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opening the return valve all the way and then dumbing it back until the H2O level is right at that little bend on the bottom part of the skimmer is the only thing I can think of...... you didn't happen to cut the intake tube to short did you?

whoa, I didn't even know anyone had posted in this thread in months..... This tank has been torn down for about 5 months now and it got moved to a 72 gallon bowfront that had close to 200lbs of liverock, 2x150hqi MH & 2x96 PC lighting, css 220 skimmer, 20gallon sump with 50lbs of LR and almost...

they use 1000 watt lights at a LFS in atl. it's called cappuchino bay. They have the lights probably 6 feet from the tops of the tanks and if I remember correctly it's something like 1 light per every 4 foot square. all the SPS they have there rock to, if that means anything to you.....

were there 3 heads total before you fragged it and are the same 3 heads still intact? If so then you are okay HTH

If you just broke the skeleton, you don't have anything to worry about. If you ripped the polyp, your (for lack of a better word) screwed

You can have that in a 525 no problem. A japanese hibachi place in my town has a sohal, a yelow, a blue, and a naso in a 280 and they are all full grown and get along fine! The sohal does run the show in the tank though. If I were you I'd probably nix the Sailfin, they don't look as pretty...

I'm not sure what kind of hermits they are, but my blue leggs have killed about 10 turbo snails since I put them in the tank. (about 3 weeks ago)

I'm sure that some hermits would pick at the polyps, but probably not the hermits that you have. do you know what kind of hermits they are? more than likely, the hermits were picking algae off of the rock or something off of the polyps, not eating the polyp. HTH

Everyone else is going to tell you no, but I will tell you yes. I had a purple crocea in a 20 gallon under 65watts of PC light for about 8 months. It grew about 1/2" in that time. That's just my experience though.

I tried to add a small MGB clown in with the one I have in the tank now....... I stuck the bag over in the tank(still closed) and my clown FREAKED OUT. he started attacking the bag and flaring up like crazy. you could hear him hitting the bag from accross the room.... thump thump thump. I...

I've got the coralife MH fixture with the moonlights, I am not sure how much more they cost, but I guess they are kinda cool...... it has a weird effect when the lights are off. I could do either with or without them though.

my maroon and gold banded clown tried to kill a smaller almost as soon as I put the bag in the water to begin acclimating him (yes, the bag was still closed) unless they are percs I wouldn't even try it. and a bigger one would probably work out better I would think

if all that was in the aquarium is Live rock sand and water you can start over if you want too.......... my water was green like that in the beginning too. I put my skimmer on it and the green turned into crystal clear. I probably wouldn't start over if I were you though. just wet skim...

pretty much any soft coral or LPS. I wouldn't put any anemones in there that's just me though.