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I got my first coral about 2-3 weeks ago so I could see if I was doing everything correctly for them to survive. Well they didn't. They lasted about 10 days. In fact they looked like they were doing fine right up until I did a water change. Very soon after adding in the water, they started...

Revised: Skunk cleaner shrimp Blood red fire shrimp Flame Angelfish Blue Tang A second tank raised percula clown (hopefully a mate to my current) 3 Snails Electric blue hermit crab Emerald crab I have no idea where to start with corals, Which ones are for beginners but look cool and whatnot.

So I got my 29 gal setup for about a month now. Here is my current setup: 29 gal aquarium 10 gal sump sea clone 100 protein skimmer 600 gph sump pump RO/DI water filter 100 Watt heater 130 Watt 50/50 PC lighting 200 gph PH livestock: 16.5 lbs live rock 10 lbs regular rock that is covered in...

I built an overflow for my tank but the drain part is really loud, Like a bathtub draining. Is it because I don't have a spounge around the outside of the intake of the drain, or because the drain tube is too narrow, or perhaps because it is not ribbed?

don't forget that the tip of the tube extends under the water, so you actually have negative air pressure holding up all of the weight. The ping pong ball would only be in there to prevent mixing fresh water with the salt water.

Now that I think about it, I probably don't want a rubber gasket in the water, so I'd probably use something else for that.

Heres what I was thinking for a really cheap auto top off. basically an upside down 2 liter bottle of fresh water, with a ping pong ball to keep the fresh water from mixing with the saltwater. Is there an better really cheap way to do it than this?

Ok, previously someone suggested I get PC lighting for my 29 gal tank which I am wanting to eventually keep corals in. is pc the same thing as cf? this is what I was thinking about getting: http://www.hellolights.com/30aqualights.html what is Actinic for?

Well, I bought 16.5 lbs of LR yesterday. 2 rocks are blocky but have good growth. 1 is larger and oddly shaped and only half of it has growth the rest is barren. Theres some bright forest green growth on one that I really like. Can I help spread that around by scraping some of it off and...

I live in Champaign, so Valparaiso IN is like 4 hours away, definatly not worth $90 to drive that far. One thing I was wondering that wasn't answered though, is do I need the lighting BEFORE I can get LR?

Hi, very nice forum, glad I found it. I'm just starting into SW, and aquariums in general. I bought a 29 gal tank with the generic lighting. After finding a different LFS I've decided I definatly want to get some corals but would also like a number of fish also. Currently I have a 1/2in. live...