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Thanks for the reply. Thought it might be a long shot but then again you can put a 25 watt household bulb in a fixture rated for a 100w bulb. I thought it might be like that. I sold that fixture quite some time ago because it lacked the capability to do what I needed. I don't really want to use...

A long time ago, when getting into the hobby, I bought a really sweet 48" fixture off ebay. When I got it, I found out the moon lights were on the same circuit the actinics were on so I sold it. That light had 2 MH pods, and they said you could put 150w bulbs or 250w bulbs in it. Fast forward...

both have been up for around 4 years - thanks for the note about the sand. I'm planning to put new sand in and then seed it with 2 cups from each tank. It's been awhile since I did anything other than a pwc though so I just needed a little confirmation before I started going all crazy.

oh I should probably add the LR for both tanks comes to around 85-100 lbs.

today I am going to combine both nano reefs into a 46g bowfront. Am I correct in thinking if I add all my exisiting LR to normal PH seawater of the proper temp that I will not need to cycle? I will basically be setting the bowfront up while leaving the other two tanks up, then moving the...

Thanks, it hasn't acted up or anything, but I have a few so they aren't afraid to spread, and I wanted to make sure I didn't have to kill them before they started popping up everywhere. thanks! I like it too, and spend a lot of time looking at it.

I found this anenome on my LR and it's been in the same place for months, so I think it's cool. It has an orange tubiferous body and colorless tentacles with pink tips (think frogspawn or torch coral) Here are some terrible pics: Whatever it is, it's a very slow grower.

Oh, my bad. 3rd pic looks like a pocillopora, which is an SPS coral and will need high lighting. It will probably not make it in your tank, but to greaten the chance of it surviving, move it as far up on the rocks as possible.

Coral in the third pic looks like Xenia.

No problem, I wasn't offended or anything, and your answers make sense.

I have: -10 gallon nano in my office, been up for 2 years. 25-30lbs live rock, 20 lbs live sand. 1 penguin 550 ph, 1 maxi jet mini powerhead. HOB filter filled with LR rubble. Current 80w PC fixture. Visi-therm stealth heater. Tank has: 1 two head hammer 1 single head frogspawn 12-15 assorted...

I have read so many articles over the years that recommend crushed coral or aragonite primarily because of their Ph buffering capability. Is all of this incorrect and faulty information?

I thought that's why we all make sure to use aragonite substrate in our reef tanks? If not, why else do most reefers go to that expense?

Well, basically I'm living the dream. One of my customers has a lot of cash - he's well off. He used to be in the saltwater fish importing game and he wants to get back into it. maybe sell enough online to recoup his costs and get some nice fish for his fish room while he's at it. He has no...