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your in the right direction. I assume these are the PC lights you are talking about. I have one 96w on my 46 bowfront and everything is thriving. A lot of times people "over rate" the amount of light you should have for your tank. With a 2x96w you will be in a great position to keep most low...

Thanks guys...I am quite a newbie to SW myself. Been doing planted fresh for a couple of years and now here I am with my 46 gl bowfront SW. The wife took over the FW and is running a 29gl with another 10gl nursery tank. This SW is only 3 months old so i am still keeping my fingers crossed...

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Get yourself a banded bullet goby...very calm....sand-sifting and fun to watch....the yellow-watchman goby is not a sand sifter but beautiful as well. HTH

Thanks!! I just updated the shot up there as of yesterday....added a couple of corals....

cool...thanks for the advice

I saw a post recently on this and I am having some similar problems....a very fine light brown powder settles at the bottom of my sump. I have a filter sock in-line with my overflow box. Is this just the nasty stuff that is being overflowed...detritus maybe? My question is what might eat...

I love this skimmer....a great price...easy setup....a pump is already included and you can use it for in-sump or HOB. I use one for my 46 gl bowfront and would not have it any other way....SeaClone is alright but you will continue to run into those problems. HTH

thanks for all your help!! I am running a reef setup, but I was also wondering if there is any type of temperature compensation i need to think about with my Sea Test Hydrometer when I check my SG. I have read that depending on the standard setup temp for hydros, my SG might be way off from...

The age old question of what is a good salinity and SG? Also...I am using a Sea Test Hydrometer, does anyone know what type of correction needs to take place for this hydrometer as far as temperature goes? I think it might be time to get a refractometer

beautiful area! I am in the now over-stuffed capital of LA, the lovely Baton Rouge....any good LFS's in your area?

how much the light bends throught the water gives you the reading. Here is a good one that I know everyone likes to be asked. What is proper salinity and SG for a reef aquarium?

cool...thanks for the advice....I drip acclimate all my fish and inverts but was not aware to drip corals. It makes sense though. Hopefully it will come out alright, i am going to give it a couple of days. Thanks for your help! Oh yeah...where in LA are you?

I acquired a great striped mushroom rock from my LFS yesterday. Loaded with extras on the rock(good and bad) but overall it looked great at the shop. After floating for a half hour after i got it home I noticed that most of the mushrooms had shrunk to about half of their size. After putting...

yeah...I am trying to take it slow as reccomended. Added a nice stripe mushroom rock today with a couple of extras on it. All is live rock but it appears I probably wont get too much off of it. Probably a good bit of die-off when shipped. Thanks for the compliment....this is my first SW...

SG-1.024 Ph-8.3(good alk level as well) Ammonia-0 Nitrite-0 Nitrate-5-15(been battling for a week now with PWC's) Calcium- 380-400 Temp around 78-79 Anything else I forgot?

I am working on a low light tank, so i am only running a 96w Coralife PC(50/50 Actinic 03/10k) I have also noticed some strange white spots on the skeleton of the coral as well. Any help?

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/movinweight/100_0350.jpg Here is an updated shot after the addition of a hammer coral, some more shrooms and a nice little assorted rock.

I have the same exact problem with my sump setup....whenver i do a PWC I try to clean as much out as I can...but my sump is also wide open and only two chamber. The snails sound like a good idea because most of this is detritus build-up....I have the same filter sock on mine, but it only makes...

Anyone that can help me post this pic...mine is too big http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/movinweight/100_0315.jpg I think you should be able to view the photo here

Just aquired from LFS. It appears as this bottom side was close or touching the base of the holding tank. Anything I can do for it? Also, what is good placement for this coral and should it be horizontal or vertically placed in my reef. P.S. I do not have a smaller version of the pic file...

Thats my plan as well...had a 30 gallon batch of saltwater brewing the past three days. 10 gal PWC's a day until they are down...gotta love those nitrates....they are not as bad for the fish, but any inverts and corals will suffer in the long run...I have been lucky so far. Good luck to you!

I am in the same boat right now...just not as bad...my nitrate levels are around 15-20 on my 46 gal bowfront. It has been set up for about three months and had fully cycled around 3-4 weeks....all my water parameters looked good but nitrates have steadily been on the rise....I tested my water...

I have a 46 gallon bowfront tank. I currently have about 60 lbs of live rock, a cleanup crew, some damsels from startup and a banded sleeper goby. I am looking to upgrade to a full reef setup and have heard some different opinions from different sources about lighting. I have read 3-6 watts...