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Even with a relatively new tank you think it's safe? Mine is around 3 or 4 months old

As anyone ever heard or tried lowering nitrates and phos with the vodka dosing method? My tank has only been up since Jan/Feb and I can NEVER seem to get my nitrates lower than 40 even with huge water changes. I've got a 55 gallon with 15 gallon sump with 2 clowns and a coral beauty whom all...

Have a coral beauty and 2 clowns in my 55 gallon and would like to have a few beginner corals such as Zoas or Shrooms but I'm afraid my beauty will pick at them. She seems to get "involved" in everything in my tank. She is never mean but she picks at the hermit crabs and follows the peppermint...

Dory is a blue hippo tang also

All that in a 60 gallon?!? Way way overstocked. Right now in my 55 with 15 gallon sump I have a coral beauty angel and 2 small tank raises clowns. I may total add a cardinal, firefish, and royal gramma and that's it. The "Dory" fish is too large for our size tank

I bought mine pre-drilled and it was used. I know some lfs will drill for you. Also I know people whom have drilled themselves. Google it and in sure stuff will come up.

They did eat my aiplasia so I guess I can't complain which is why I got them

I have a coral beauty angel in my 55 gallon and she does fine. My tank is drilled tho and I recommend you do that

I added 2 smaller peppermint shrimp the other day and I had like maybe 10 hitch hiker featherdusters on my lr that have been there since day one of starting the tank. Literally the next am the featherdusters disappeared and haven't shown themselves since. Did my shrimp eat them?

I live in Florida as well and my tank is always 80-82 degrees. I don't even own a heater and that's with a small fan aimed at my sump. If I didn't have that my tank would be warmer

I agree. I painted my tank with black spray paint and it came out awesome

I'm clearly not a rocket scientist but wouldn't it be easier and smarter to just get the size fish that you know is suitable for your size tank without the worry of them outgrowing it? I wouldn't have a tang in my 55 gallon tank cuz it's just not fair. This all stems down to my first few posts...

Also affording a pool sized reef build and wanting one has nothing to do with a budget FYI. Even the rich whom can afford a pool sized tank probably don't want one. Has nothing to do with budget

Also whomever this person is asked for an opinion and I gave mine and have since offended you for whatever reason. I just know how hard it is to maintain and afford a decent sized tank being new to the hobby couldn't imagine anything smaller. Good luck!

I will be sure to send you a copy of my w2 for the year and you can decide how about that! :o). Pm my your address

I think stating "we are all on a budget" is also a far reaching statement! But none the less the point is it is expensive and your setting yourself up for heartache by doing a small tank. End of story. The only good thing Is the few hundred dollars spent on you "trying" to do the tank wont be...

Budget plus smallest tank after spending 10 minutes of research will tell you it's not a good idea and your setting yourself up for failure. I feel these fish are pets and if you are going into it on a budget your not a responsible pet owner. Sorry yet again. If I were you I'd save money and...

My tank has only been up 2 months with only 9 lbs of live rock and 50 lbs dry and my dry rock has coralline algae spreading all over it. My live rock had a few inches of purple when I got it. I have never added calcium and my level is on the lower end of 360.

No such thing as a cheap sw tank. I went the more modest approach and bought a used drilled 55 gallon that I had to redo the plumbing but had the pump sump and lights. My light fixture has since blown up and I needed the million other things including a skimmer. I also bought dry rock with some...

Mine do that all the time

U added pure ammonia once toward the end and it cycled thru as well.

Nitrite is about 0.25. I did some live rock not much but had a lot of growth

These snails poop like its their job. There are piles of snail crap where I have a dead spot it's insane. Also my one turbo is almost larger than a golf ball. They would HAVE to create some sort of cycle I would think. I was going to feed them but I dunno what to feed them and most people tell...

Ok tank was cycled with some very pretty live rock and dry rock. Added ammonia once at the end of cycle just to be safe. All was zero except nitrates were 40. Have since done 50 gallon change of water total and added 2 turbo snails and 5 Asteria snails 2 days ago. These were my results today. Is...

I'm sorry a total of 40 gallon water change this past week