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Full tank pics here

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You would probably be better off in the end if you went with halides on the 135. They are more expensive, but with the depth of the tank, halides would be about the only thing that would penatrate to the bottom. For your twenty gallon, you will need to buy new ballasts and bulbs and probably...

If the front half of it appears to be a shell, it may be a stomatella snail. they are a shell-less snail.

One thing, you may want to bump your salinity up to 1.0245-1.025 over several days. Temp is not too high, my tank runs at 81.4-82.2 all the time. HTH

I have had the jebo for about eight months now. Still going strong. I am currently looking for replacement bulbs, but am having a hard time paying as much if not more for bulbs than I did the fixture. I realize the quality of the bulb may be low, but I am have success with a toadstool, some...

Where did you get the acrylic for the baffles? Does Home depot have it and can it be bought in small pieces? Thanks.

Sounds like a good amount to me. I currently have ~65 lbs in my 55. So, double that and you have almost your tank. I have had a few things (crabs mostly, no fish yet, knock on wood) die and haven't seen any adverse effects. You will definitely have a variety of rock. Out of curiosity, where...

I am working on getting a sump setup on my 55 and I bought a GEN-X Mak 4. I can bet you I will have a lot of flow (~1100GPH at 4ft head). :mrgreen:

It depends on what kind of look you are going for. The 10K buld should be a white color. The 6500k bulb will probably be a whitish/yellow tinted color and the 20k bulb will most likely be blue tinted. If I were you (I am not and this is my preference) I would go with a 10k with the pc...

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If you have bubbles accumulating on your rock, you might consider adding a powerhead or two. HTH

If you have sufficient live rock, it acts like your filter, so you don't have to use mechanical filtration. I would stick with the powerheads because you don't want stagnant areas in your water. What I have right now in my 55 gal is four powerheads and a HOB filter that has carbon in it 24/7...

I am still not convinced. I think any reef tank properly set up should see no downside to bubbles. I do agree that bubbles can hurt things if there isn't enough flow in the tank, like the ocean. But you would have an entirely bigger problem than a few bubbles, so the bubbles become arbitrary...

sorry, i can't be perfect all the time :roll: