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i had black and blue sand mixed in my tank for about a year. It looked cool at first, but the got dirty looking. I am now in the process of changing over to white sand. I would imagine white and blue sand wouldnt appear as dirty. The color of the sand does not have any affect on your tank.

I just added the heniochus butterfly to my tank last week. Great looking fish, not shy at all and eats most everything I put in the tank.

Thanks for the info everyone, now its time to shop!

At this time I wont be running any reactors, it will just be used as a return pump. Do you think a mag 9 would be too much? Should I go with a mag 7 instead?

the tank is 48" high

Hmmm... i see what you are saying. well its a HOB overflow, it came with my sump, which is rated for up to a 125 gallon tank. I think my overflow is rated for 600 GPH. The hose is 1". Does that make more sense?

The overflow is rated for 125 gallons...

I need to replace the pump in my 75 gallon tank. The one I have is old and very noisy. I am wondering what pumps you guys recommend. I need advice on size, and I would like something quiet and halfway affordable... any help would be appreciated.

My tank has the same thing, interested to know the answer...

Here is a link to the Coral magazine with the LED lighting article: Coral - September/October 2011

Last week I bought an algae blenny and a yellow angel. I put them in QT, both were shy, hiding in the PVC pipes. They both ate, but not very much. I assumed that this behavior was because of stress, however when I woke up this morning the yellow angel was dead. He showed no signs of parasites...

Sometimes my peppermint shrimp go into my overflow box... have you checked in there?

I am also hoping to get some dry rock. Hoping the discount applies...

I am interested...

So I added him to the DT on Sat. night. My QT tank is down in my basement with very low lighting. Due to my low lighting and his refusal to move from his back corner spot in the tank I was unable to see how sickly skinney he got. I knew that he hadn't been eating well, but he is almost a...