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Hurricanes might seem fun for me since my dad is such a hurricane freak. He bought a $25,000 generator to run the house and sandbags the property line and it looks just like a bunker! But the problem is that all my friends come over and constantly mess with the fish tank... I can't tell you how...

if i was to use sand and live rocks from the bahamas (abaco island, treasure cay), would i have to clean and filter them out? Dont worry, its from a dead, crushed reef because of the hurricanes. Thanx -Trent

A glass cover would be more versitlie, but if the hood is cheaper in the end, than go for it

alrighty then, sounds good

uhhhhhh, thats not gonna be good. I would agree that re-arranging the lr would help reduce its territoiality. So i would suggest getting a slightly larger false perc so they might be able to become a mated pair.

For a long time, I have gotten everything as HOB and it was good. But now that i am almost done buying all my equipment, the labirynth of the skimmer, filter, uv sterilizer, power cords, power heads, and soon to be a phosban reactor is getting rediculous! But I only have a 29 gal tank, and no...

well, good, thanx then

i saw the powers of ten book, my grandma has it. It makes an atom seem so small...

it might ba a bad skimmer, but if you set it to instantly go to the collection cup, you are setting it too high. Sometimes skimmers need a few days to get going on a cycle. And the manufacturer should have a book with the line foam should constantly be at, because the bubbles don't always have...

water changes will only slow down the cycle and eliminate vital bacteria. And you could buy a ph conditioner (i'm not sure, but i think Kent Marine makes them)

lighting can get quite expensive with metal halides on our scale (since i have a 29 too :D ) and you might have to end up getting a chiller. I have 2 75 watt compact flourescent/actinic lights since just actinic makes the tank a dark blue color (which you might like). for most corals i agree at...

yes, it is a turbo twist, so it will work for 30, but i was confused as to the issue that is you set it to low flow (for parasites) at 75 gph, will that also work for my serious suspended algea problems.

Frogspawn also looks more shiny, bubbly, and thicker. I thought it was that at first too, but the smaller, flatter structure shows its inner mushroom

the lfs only sells as low as 9 watt

and if you have shrimps or unsecured corals or other inverts, you might want to remove them since they are intolerant of copper based meds.