Recent content by Reef79

Sorry ain't been here in a while 10 hours a day is sufficient anything more than that is just wasting electricity you don't need a uv sterilizer there nice to have if you need them but as you put corals in the sterilizer will kill any natural food your system creates plankton rotifers copepods...

First thing those are mushrooms they don't require to much light your t5 fixtures will be fine Second getting your nitrates down. Is water changes. I do at minimum 40% per month this will keep them under control. Also a good Skimmer will help as well sounds like he wasn't doing water changes...

As for fish in a 90 yellow Yang is OK dwarf angels are fine. Bue hippo tangs get quite large over time if u want one get it small and let it grow you may eventually have to get rid of it just keep it in mind most lfs's will take them once there to large or by then you may have a bigger tank

Did he clean the detritus out of the sand if not u should definitely rinse and clean it I would do it anyway so you know you have a clean start

If there 16"x8 1/2" you should only need two to cover a 48" long tank imo just trying to save you some $ great deal. By the way make sure they get the correct plugs I ordered a titanium heater once direct from China it came with a plug for Europe

Here is close up about a week after I got it

I paid $30 bucks at a not so lfs for it it had 9 heads when I got it five months ago its now at 22 heads and starting to split again

Candy cane is the really bright green corals

Here is some pics. Made first attempts at propagation today started with some Superman zoas and my purple gorgonian both opened up and appear to be doing fine next will be the big leather

No that's good to know aren't they in Indiana I live in Illinois may have to take a drive in a month or so and check them out. I've been to Inland Aquatics about 10 years ago they had a incredible facility and were captive breeding and raising clownfish. It was worth the trip. Thanks

I have a 180 I'm using Tao tronics around $150 a piece you would need two for 48". You can check them out on my forum 180 reef more than enough for lps I've got some pics of candy cane and a pectinia. Corals that don't require high levels you can keep toward the bottom deffinetly recommend led...

What size tank and depth what type of corals have you considered led

What type of food are you feeding I had a huge issue with hair algea once upon a time it was from flake food that was loaded with phosphate. Also I didn't catch how long are your lights on per day

Premium Aquatics had no sps at all listed. Vivid Aquariums has a lot to choose from thanks for the lead on that anyone used extreme corals before if so what was the results

Everyone is entitled to there opinion but no amount of maintenance stress free enviroments and water changes will reverse lateral line disease the only other known cure that I've read is to release them back to the ocean. I've seen it work and your reference to leaching I think something would...