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I have a 90 gal that has been up and running for about 2 months. I was thinking in about a month or two. Is this too soon? I know they require good water quality. My nitrates are around 4-5. Everything else is as it should be. TIA

Well, my tank has been cycled for over a month now. I added the clean-up crew about 3-4 weeks back, added 2 perc clowns 2-3 weeks ago, and a green star polyp rock about 2 weeks ago. Yesterday I finally picked up the hammer coral I had on hold for a week. When I was at the lfs, I saw this...

My tank has finished cycling 2-3 weeks ago and I already added my clean-up crew. I will start with polyps and some mushrooms for corals. I was thinking about getting an open brain further down the road. I have about 5w/gal from a coralife PC light. 1. Do I have the proper lighting? If...

I hear a lot of people who have fuges under their tanks keep the lighting on 24/7 and some who keep them on alternate to the day/actinic lights. Which do you recommend and why? Also, I was thinking about getting a hob fuge. Anyone know a good site and good brand? Is a hob fuge good enough...

I'm cycling my tank at the moment. It has been a little over two weeks. Anyway, I've been testing my tank daily for the past week using seachem tests. Here are the readings from the last 3 days. Ammonia: 0 Nitrite:0 Nitrate:5 pH:8.1 alk: 3.5 meq/l ca: 400 Today makes 17 days. Only two...

Is there a rule of thumb for stocking your clean-up crew? I have a 90gal and this is what I'm considering when the time comes: 1 Cleaner Shrimp 5 Peppermint Shrimp 20 Nassarius Snails 10 Turbo and/or Astrea Snails (10 total from this group) 10 Cerith Snails 25 hermit crabs Does this sound...

I've read many ways to lower nitrates, adding mangroves being one of them. How many should I get for a 90gal? Is there some rule of thumb or should I add as many as my sump will hold. Could I add some macroalgae as well, or should it be one or the other? Do they "compete" for nitrates...

*SIGH* yes , yes, I have some too. Well at least I think I do. So now the question is, how do I get rid of it. I tried using one of those long pincher things used in aquariums to move around rock and stuff, but no luck. Are these guys like feather dusters in the sense that they have cat-like...

I randomly looked at the back corner of my tank (cycling with LR and LS) and found a white patch of something that looked like a nest of some sort. It looked weird and gross. But I was even more freaked out when I looked even closer and noticed these tiny almost microscopic things crawling...

I'm learning that with my current setup, I need to add R/O water daily due to evaporation. If not, my salinity/sg creeps a little high. Is this because my tank is still cycling? Sounds like a foolish question, but really. My sg/salinity is "unstable". Sounds like a immature tank, no? Or...

I'm in the process of cycling my tank, and I'm going through a revised "fish/invert wish list". Here it is: (for a 90 gal) 1 perc clown 2-3 green chromis 1 or 2 firefish (purple or red? any preferences?) 1 coral beauty ( this one will NOT eat corals....knock on wood) 1 watchman goby clean-up...

I saw a tank today that had a bunch of red seaweed above live rock rubble in the sump. Not sure of the scientific name, but I've seen it being fed to tangs and stuff. Anyway he had a miniture PC light above his sump (I guess a mock refugium of some sort) to "grow" this red seaweed. And parts...

I just picked up 50 lbs of LR. My tank has been cycling for 2-3 days now. Should I just put the rock in, or should I brush/scrape any die-off. I know I should get the rock in a.s.a.p. What to do? Thanks

I've seen many reef tanks that have been successful keeping a coral beauty, yet it is a type of angel fish, right? It is such a nice looking fish and I'd love to have one if possible. Anyone want to share any horror or success stories with them? Cautions/warinings I should know? Thanks!

Does it matter where I put a SCWD? I'm thinking about getting one, but I'm worried that one day the hose clamps may come loose and have the return pump shoot water everwhere. Could I put the SCWD in the sump, lets say a 6" piece of tubing between pump and SCWD, and then have the two return...

I was wondering what I could use to seed my sand bed. I was gonna use a few cups of ls from my lfs, but I came across a thread that recommended using garf grunge from www.garf.org . Is this stuff any good? Anyone out there use/ have used it with success? It's a little pricey (almost as much...

I found my old powerheads that I used in my previous FW tank. They are the Hagen 402 model. Could I use these in my new SW setup? The problem is that I used copper treatments. I'm running the PH's in a bleach/water solution at the moment, hoping this will help. What do you gals and guys...

Is there any difference between the types of salts? IO seems like a popular choice but is it just because it has been around for a while? What type of salt do you use and why? Thanks guys and gals!

It seems like Instant Ocean is popular, but are there better mixes out there? For instance, Reef Crystals Reef Salt claims it is a better mix for reef systems. Is it worth the trouble to do research, or are all the mixes pretty much the same? For those who reply, please include the salt...

I orded 160 lbs of dry aragamax sand, and had planned on buying 3-20lb bags of packaged LS from the lfs to seed the sand bed. Are these good at all? I know they probably have the some beneficial bacteria, but they won't have any of the worms, will they? I know that a few cups from an...

What is the rule of thumb for water turnover rate per gallon?? I have a 90 gal tall and I think I need more flow. Thinking about upgrading powerheads. My return pump from the sump is a submersible mag 7. Do I factor this into the equation? Or is it primarily the flow from the powerheads...

Okay, I think I'm gonna run into some problems. I'm converting my FW to SW, and I realized that before I set up a QT tank, I added ich medicine (with copper!!!) to my main tank. Do I need to buy a new tank? I'm setting up a FOWLR tank, but may want to get some inverts and corals eventually...

I'm gonna pick up my LR this weekend. I was wondering how some of you made beatiful caves with the rock placement. I'm assuming you glued/drilled the rocks together. How do I go about doing this? Any suggestions on what looks nice or is most beneficial for the tank? I have a 90 gal tank...

I'm starting a new 90 gal SW tank and I was thinking about mixing live sand with dry Carib Sea Aragamax ( probably a 50-50 mix). Will this be enough to seed my DSB? I've been getting mixed reviews at my lfs. They claim that the more LS, the better. But if I'm gonna cycle my tank anyway, will...

I've already posted this question, but I'm posting it again in hopes that more than one person will reply. :wink: I'm planning a FOWLR tank. What type of lighting will I need? My tank measures 72" across. I'm a little overwhelmed with all the types of lights. I've been searching for...