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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...