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ok good advice thank you....i had live sand

when i had my reef tank few years ago i found that the gravel/sand got dirty pretty quickly, but when i would try to clean up the gravel (little vaccuming) the tank got cloudy and the soft corals didnt look too well. Alot of slimy material would appear to shed off my anenome. So now for...

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ok, well with animal that were mentioned does it matter then where in the tank they should be placed? Such as top or bottom of the tank?

im thinking about re-starting my old tank again and making it a reef tank, but before i do i would like to know what kind of life i can keep in my tank with the lights i already have. 55gal 48 1/4 x 12 3/4 x 21 lighting--power compact flourescent with 1 98watt blue 1 98 watt daytime bulbs...

very nice setup---do sumps and fuge's need to be cleaned out? if so how often?

I had one and it would do the same thing (not all the time) but when it did i just assumed that it was normal. I thought that what it may have been doing was just trying to find somewhere to grab on to. I really dont know but that was my experiance.

Yes that may be it, I had feather dusters before and the tank i saw them in the other day at the local fish store also had feather dusters in it. It's just that my base rocks were starting to appear polka dotty. Is there anyway to controll it if it ever happens again? Any animal that can...

Well its not just on the base rock, i found it on equipment as well. This was going on in a reef tank which was being poorly run by me a few years ago. I gave up, and am thinking of restarting. But got to looking at the base rock i had and remembered those tiny dots. I also have seen it in...

Ok i checked out my lights .... PC (great now i forgot) I know its either 96 or 98 watts. Now Im pretty sure its 98. There are two bulbs one is the blue actinic light and the other is the daytime . I do also have regular 48'' single bulb canopy that i have had since i originally got...

Nice pics thanks for doing that.

both....but more so pics

I was looking for somewhere whether its in these forums or not on the set-ups that people have. Not so much the tank but more the behind the scenes. Like all of the equipment, plumbing...etc. I went to the members showcase and found mostly just the tanks. I am looking to restart my reef...

Im sorry i edited my 1st post, it is a power compact flourecent. As far as moving the water from the tank to the sump I had a overflow box mounted on the back of the tank then from the sump there is a submersible pump that move it back to the tank. As far as the water i used none of it was...

Ok here it goes, I am intrested in starting a reef tank. I have tried it before and I would say I roughlyspent around $1500+ before I finally gave up. I found that in my situation (meaning my set-up) was very awkward. My aquarium is in the wall and required me to access it through a closet...

LOL no if it did it woulda finally got me to change it. But the craziest thing is that i have had the filter running the whole time. I know I know why would anyone.....just lazy. Every monday morning gotta go top off the tank. :oops:

i would say serpulids look closer. Again they were extremley tiny and didnt really seem to grow anymore than 1/8 inch. they were white and very sharp! If they grew on rocks they could grow flush with the rock straight up and out from the rock. You could break them off but if i ever took out...

It has been a couple of years since i have turned the lights on in my tank. Water still in it and some rocks(not live). No fish. I had put live sand in it before i finally gave up and now have recently decided to try to give it another try. What do i do with the live sand that has been in...

Ill say right now My tank has not been set up for a couple yrs but i was curious if anyone could tell me what this was. I had a 55gal reef tank and along the way popped up these little tiny white looking tubs about 1/8 inch long (very very tiny) and something coming out. Now i did have a...

I cant help ya but can tell ya that i myself had a 55gal in past. Never had a SW tank before so i skipped that and went straight to a reef tank. I would say it was a disaster but i have no clue what a disaster looks like. Mine is built in a wall that requires me to climb a latter in another...

another thing is because of the limited room on the top of the tank, the light is not able to be centrally located on the top. It's kinda like offset torwards the back of the tank

i had the same problem i think with the "smoke" but mine looked more like a slimy material shedding off of it. does that sound the same?

Well maybe i can use my 55gal to just start SLOW (just a few LR / BR ) It just became so confusing with all the testing and controlling of the water. 55gal 48inches long Sump box w/bio balls with protein skimmer i think i have a metal halide power compact (with no hood) Dont remember...

Is a "Nano tank" a small tank? If so i have a 55gal that i had tried in the past to make a reef tank but became too expensive and was not very succesfull in the whole thing so i quit. So i was thinking about making a very very small tank (one you may consider placing on a desk) and trying to...

Ok Im new to this hobby and tried a while back to start a reef tank. Your looks very nice one of the best i have seen. How are you able to keep the live rock from growing on the glass or equipment? I know it may be common knowledge question but that was one of my main problems. I even...