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ok I pretty much ready to get my new hood I have selected between two both offer 3 HQI 250 MH one has 4 80 watt T5 lights the other has 2 160 VHO so produce the same wattage simuler cost but which do you think is better for the tank is a 6 foot 24" tall 4-5 inches of sand and about 20" wide. the...

labman Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southfield Posts: 81 labman is on normal grounds T5 or VHO I am looking to get my new canopy I have been planing to get the fallowing Debbie is checking on price now but reading things would be better of with t5 light I have decided I want the best...

I know the hawkfish rep I have one I love him so much fun to see him swoop down I also love blood shrimp can these guys get along I know the hawkfishies rep would I be thowing away 20 buck on a BS in that tank or is the guy big enough to hold his own. I also want the blood shrimp as cleaner...

I have a very very aggressive tomato clown harassing and even killing a couple of fish another clown false some damsels and I had 3 chromis down to one, he has been a bully for a while but he is getting worse and worse. I thought about geting him out and moveing him from my 55 to my 150 I have...

in other words ask before you buy it that's the reasin these forum were set up everybody wants to help everybody else. there are certentlt some great lfs but there are many many more bad ones and allot of them have won expert the rest no better then a bagger find out who the expert is if he's...

yeah but i think I might recomend different book lol! 8O and let me just adda rushed fish is a dead fish! 0X

:) I have been into this hobby for about 6 months now I have learned allot so far of course I have a ton to learn I would like to share some of it with my fellow newbies. I am not going to cover stuff about cycling the tank others have done that and it is easy to find. but I want to say do it...

I have a sting ray I got Sunday he has been eating frozen shark ray food at the LFS I got him at he barely eating since I brought him home didn't eat Monday, tuesday he ate a little and today he has hardly eating he hasn't been very active today eather spent most of the day in the corner all my...

Well he is deffintly a round ray and I would say not elcctric as I have touched him you can also see where his stinger is I hope he doesn't get 12" as a 150 tank might be to small for him and he might crate to much trouble hopefully he is being confused for a smaller speices. here is a photo I...

Well I might get shot but I was at the LFS today and there was a couple of very cool Cortez rays or at least that is what the dealer called him the larger was maybe 7-8 inches round he said that would be about as big as he got mine is maybe half that I wanted to get some differnt things for my...

Will get photo's I will get a photo of the red sorry that all they told me when I bought it and they are considered to be the primo FS here in this area of michigan. nd the chocolate chip I was told was a great cleaner so far he has not been at all distructive mostley cleans my glass

I have a 150 gallon tank about 6 feet long I am currently cycling the tank. I ran a splitter of the pump to give a little better circulation. I think that is working pretty well I am also debating adding a 2nd over flow and contecting them together is this a crazy idea? here is the info on my...

I was reading in one of my books last night that starfish in tanks often live for years but die of malutrition.mentioned that they might feed on sponges but that was pretty much it can anybody provide more info I have Red Star and a Chocolate Chip, and some little baby guy my daughter would love...

I bought 200# of playsand to set up my 150 gallon tank do I need to wash it or do anything to it before placing it in the tank of course I will be cycling the tank before adding anything my understanding is the best way for cycling is put the sand in add water and salt start the filter system up...

update went to my local Fishstore today I went to the closest of the two talk to them about the problem well the most knowlagble there. he had a couple of ideas to add he said I might be over changing the water abit and to slow it down and also we decided to add 5 Nassarius Snails to the mix to...

I will have to check on it the box fish that is I had a fire shrimp he never bothered him and he has been happly eating the Phytoplankton that is what the store recomended I feed them they are a pretty well known Saltwater store in the area have a great reputation. I might have to concider...

I usually feed the fish every other day usually feed them Phytoplankton which the box fish and everybody has no problem with I buy it frozen and just give them a very small piece about the size of the very end part of a paper clip i bough 2oz about a month ago and have well over a 1 1/2 oz left...

I have about 2" of crusher coral just added about 10# of live sand have a few pounds of live rock I am getting 50# of live rock latter this week I am running a Fluval 304 with a Skatter protien skimmer. the water I add is from a local fish stores RO system I am also getting a RO system for the...

my tank has been establish for about a year I bought it about a 2 months ago since then I have been trying to get my Nitrate below 20. I can never seem to do it I change my water about every three days usually take about 10 gallons out of my 55 gallon hexagon tank. of course I am cleaning the...

Well if nothing else I can do it that way I have a couple good pet stores near me I was going to see if they board them for a few days there are two places I would trust for this . the rocks and the sand or from two very good sorces and have been in there tanks for two and three years. so curing...

Yes the rock is Cured I am getting both from a retable sources hopefully this will cut down the housing time but I take it I should still get them to a good temporary home.

right now I have a basic tank about a two in bed of sand in my 55 a couple of live rocks and mushroom polup my fish are all happy and have been doing very well but I want to make it a little more natural for them so I have 50 lbs of live rock comming and 10# of live sand so I plan on removing a...