Recent content by 6Speed

I thought I had read that the chlorine would soak up into the liverock and stay there for a long time? I'm glad to read that other people have been ok with the whole bleach thing...I was really scared I might not be able to use all that liverock. Now my only problem is buying enough liverock...

Hello. :) I just picked up a 65 gallon tank from my friend who wanted to get rid of it. It was sitting in his basement with about 100lbs of liverock and a 3" aragonite sandbed. It had a lot of algae growing in it, but no fish or anything...so he decided to put bleach in it to kill the algae...

Nice! I have a bowfront too, but it's not SW...yet. One thing I'm curious about is the lighting. The way the bowfront is shaped, it seems like it kinda limits you to what kind of lighting you can use. Did you build a custom hood?

Hmm, well, could I do maybe 1 MH, and 2 or 3 PC or VHO's? How expensive would that be? Would that even work, or would it be a waste of money?

I'm not sure about how much. I would prefer not to spend 600 dollars, though. :) I love the way MH makes the shimmery look on the bottom of the tank. I'm not sure if I will be keeping hard corals. I just want a very colorful tank. My main concern was simply what kind of lighting would I...

So how did you light your bowfront? I have a bowfront too, same as yours, and I would like to upgrade the lighting on it.

I will be picking up a 65 gallon tank from a friend, and I need some advice on lighting it. I was told that since the 65g is so deep, it will be harder to light than a 55g. I'm planning on building my own light setup to save as much money as possible, but at the same time I don't want to skimp...