Recent content by Big Tex

Well he was asking about price point, money wise the 120w leds are the way to go IMO

nope, t5's wont support much, you want a minimum of 2w/gal so if the t5's are 15w high output bulbs he would need a 4 bulb fixture for a 20g and that gets expensive fast plus replacing all 4 bulbs every 4 months is a pain in the wallet as well.

I'm was constantly tuning my skimmer for the first 6wks or so, I've had it for 6 months I got it to pull dark skimmate consistently.

I have all my rock work against my glass, I never bother cleaning my back glass because my tank is about 1" from the wall and I have no way to reach my hand back there, just paint the back glass black and you'll never notice, I like the look of a coralline covered rear glass. Just give yourself...

x2 on the rock location, is it against the glass? also i would go with at least 30lbs of rock for a reef, you can get smaller "filler" sized rock to fill in the gaps on the rocks to hide the seams in the larger rocks to make it look more natural and also add a few more pounds of rock to your...

How's your sludge problem now?

alright guys, thanks for the id's ill be taking home the purple and green favia and the poci up front and center!

so theyre both slow growers? i have a green birdsnest already and its growing like a weed in my tank.

yes the green ones are encrusted onto the plugs, and how are the care levels of favia and procis?

So I'm at my lrs right now and I need some identifications fast! The first pic is what looks to be a birdsnest, maybe another sps and a monti? These are all $29 I definitely want a few, The second pic is of some small 1.5" frags for $19 and I would love a few as well, some nice color on them...

5 gal bucket and wash the he'll out of it until the water is clear you don't have to let dry if your in a hurry but if you have time just sun dry it for a day, if you have wax paper it's perfect for this. Lay it out thin, pour out the sand layer it thin and dry it. I've done this with 100lbs of...

definitely after the cycle, and i would add snails first to help you with algae and diatoms that all starting tanks go through, then hermits for nuisance algae like hair algae, then you can add decorative shrimp if youd like, but in that order would be my advice.

disregard, i jumped in on page 5 lol nice looking tank!

good point greg, ive been contemplating buying the seafood medley at my local grocery store and adding maybe some fresh tilapia and muscles or oysters throwing it all in the blender with some garlic extract and making my own frozen mix. of course washing it all first, blending then freezing...

woops thats what i get for not reading all 8 pages lol :banghead: