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This still leaves the underlying question of whether or not I should clean my sump walls.

Starting tds is above 250. my lights are 400w mh's.

In my sump i have some CC that has adopted many pods, small starfish, and probably lots of life I cannot see. Also the walls of the sump are covered in what looks like a gelatin mounds( i.e. filter feeder, sponge?). Should I clean these off or leave them as they may help more than hurt? Also...

Only question I would have is what wave length those led's are. The closer to 430 nm the better from the literature I browsed through when I built my moonlights. I put mine on a timer to where they blink at such a rate they look constant. But those light setups would work great. I have 8...

Well I am doing both. I have three 400W MH's on my 180 that come on for 6 hours a day and the rest of the 12 hour photo period is ligthed by t-5's. They look really nice and all my macro and coralline has responded very well to this new setup. before i just ran my MH's all 12 hours but as you...

How many Bannerfish-Heniochus acuminatus would be too many in my 180? i want at least 3 but what would be the max since they could obtain 9 inches in the wild? Perhaps i should just stick with the chromis..... any insights would be helpful. anyone keep bannerfish?

Ok i bought one box and these are my readings after mixing it in 50 gallons of water and brining the salinity to 1.023 pH- >8.4 my test kit i used goes to 8.4 (Salifert) pH- >8.6 used my red sea pH test kit cause i thought the first was a bad test Ca - 290ppm Alk - 2.7 KH - 7.6 PO4 - 0 My...

I have a snail that has fuzzy lacy stuff like that all over his shell. i will try and get a pic this weekend and show you.

check the "u" tube for algae, sponges, or built up air bubbles. i have to re prime mine about once a month cause of microbubbles

Current members: 1-purple tang 1-lawnmower blenny 2-tomato clowns 1-rock beauty angel Ok here are my next additions: 7-green chromis 1-royal gramma 1-purple firefish Then 50-75lbs more live coral rock from liverocks.com yes SquishyFish my tank is in sherman. i work and go to school in arlington