Recent content by djbarnes88

If you want color you could get some Peacocks (auloncara). Nice colorful cichlid and I think that they only get to be about 4-6". As far as substrate goes if it were me I would go with sand. I have pool filter sand in my 30 Gallon breeder and within the next week I will be switching the gravel...

Ok, I have read a very large # of threads Here is my plan. I have a 90 Gallon that will have a 2 x 250w MH in about a year.For now I am going to use a 4 bulb Home Depot NO and the standard comes with the tank NO for a whopping 200 watts of NO light (sarcasm intended). With bulbs I can do this...

It is a HOT overflow box, not a drilled tank.

Well I am slowly progressing on my first reef tank and I set up my sump. The first question that I have is how do I quiet the overflow box down. As the water spills from one side of the overflow box to the other it kind of sound like Niagara Falls. Is it possible to maybe put a sponge in there...

I'm kind of fond of the canopy. That was one of the reasons we bought this tank. The previous owner had MHs in it. As far as the Actinic goes would I run a 10000k and a 20000k or 2 20s. Is actinic neccesary for corals? Would I be able to get started without them and maybe add a VHO or PC fixture...

I have a 125 and I am currently running a Magnum 350 cannister, and a Aqua Clear 500. The magnum isn't the easiest filter in the world when it comes to maintenance but it seems to the the job done. I really like the AC500. Its cheap, easy, and moves a lot of water. I've had it for about three...

Right now I was hoping to get by with a single bulb NO flourescent for my Actinic supplement.

I'm still trying to decide on the lighting for my 90 gallon tank. My wife would like to keep the possibility of clams open so I am now looking at MHs. I really do not want the expense of a chiller right now. The top of my canopy sits 9.5" to 10" from the top of the water on my tank I have a...

Thanks for the reply. Keeping cost in mind what is a good inexpensive sand that will allow the liitle critters to flourish? Also, is it possible to keep LR alive with NO lighting?

I just purchased a 90 gallon set up off of ebay last night and I am working on my set up. I would like to use sand as my substrate. In one of my freshwater tanks I am using pool filter sand and I like the way it looks. At first this will be a FO no live rock. Will pool filter sand work for me? I...

Ditto. Why? I do not have any experience and I do not want to add something that has little chance of survival, but the only way you can gain experience is by doing something. If your response was based on my set up I completly agree. If it is based solely on my lack of experience then I...

Curious, if I upped the lighting to a double bulb that would give me 130 watts would that open up the possibility of any more corals or an anenome?

Thanks for the quick response. In my research I had already read about the problems with the Mandarin so that does not surpise me at all. I will look into the possibility of getting the Lees CC Skimmer. My only concern is that an in tank skimmer will take up so much space in an already small...

Also, substrate help would be appreciated.

I have an idea for a small saltwater setup. Right now I have a 125 Gallon and a 29 Gallon African Cichlid tank and I do not have the room right now for another big tank. I am thinking of converting a 20 Gallon High to a saltwater tank. It has a Penguin Biowheel 170 Filter and a 100 watt...