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A long time ago, when getting into the hobby, I bought a really sweet 48" fixture off ebay. When I got it, I found out the moon lights were on the same circuit the actinics were on so I sold it. That light had 2 MH pods, and they said you could put 150w bulbs or 250w bulbs in it. Fast forward...

today I am going to combine both nano reefs into a 46g bowfront. Am I correct in thinking if I add all my exisiting LR to normal PH seawater of the proper temp that I will not need to cycle? I will basically be setting the bowfront up while leaving the other two tanks up, then moving the...

I found this anenome on my LR and it's been in the same place for months, so I think it's cool. It has an orange tubiferous body and colorless tentacles with pink tips (think frogspawn or torch coral) Here are some terrible pics: Whatever it is, it's a very slow grower.

OK, looking at setting up a frag tank to grow into an online business soon. Probably going to use one or two 55G to start, or maybe a 40 or 50g long. If I just have coral frags set on a substrate of crushed coral (with maybe an eggcrate shelf or two) - how much LR am I really going to need? With...

.....with a neon goby in a 20 gallon reef with about 50 lbs of LR? I'm thinking probably OK but with them being the same general body shape, I'm a little unsure of goby/blenny relationships......I'd like to toss a tiny neon blue or catalina goby in the tank, just wanna make sure nobody gets...

Sandy Springs/Roswell here. Would love to meet and maybe swap frags....

I have the SeaClone 100 venturi skimmer on a 20 gallon nano reef. It's been running for about 3 days, but I cannot have the bubbles going at all or my tank ends up coated in microbubbles. Today I was able to turn it on full blast for a few and make some skimmate, but it sure blanketed my tank...

I may or may not be in posession of an economic stimulus check that is the harbinger of a large coral purchase in the near future. Where's the best in terms of price, color and selection?

I'm upgrading from a 15g to a 20 gallon reef. Got about 13-14 gal new saltwater mixing in the new tank location. Got a bag of dry aragonite. I plan o tossing that in when the saltwater is fully mixed, cutting off the pumps and letting it settle. How much of my old sand should I throw in the...

Or, more specifically the uplift tube extension that is supposed to come with these filters. I simply need to elongate my filter tube. Perhaps someone here has one of these HOB filters and does not need this part, or a LFS has one of these in stock. Here's a URL for it, but it seems to be out of...

I want to buy a retrofit kit with 2 18w power compact fixtures with an external ballast. Do any of you DIY gurus have links to a good site to find this? I'm seriously considering buying a dual satellite PC fixture and cannibalizing it, but I'd rather go a lower cost route. I'm not finding what I...

so I am goig to look at a 15 gallon aquarium tomorrow, It;s tall. 13" by 13". I'd like to make a small reef out of it. I was thinking about using a 5 gallon aquarium as a sump and aerating/agitating in sump to solve the gas exchange issue. Is this a pipe dream or a serviceable idea? I would...

OK, I'm getting ready to do a 75 gallon reef here in the home. I have designed the stand/canopy (for the most part), but this is going on the 3rd floor of an apartment building. I am seriously leaning towards running almost everything in the reef HOB. I want to have a refugium that I would also...

OK, first, sorry for not having any pictures. I have a few tubes amongst my rock, very small, like perhaps the diameter of an ink cartridge inside a pen. They are white, and calcerous, and look very much like the tube of a feather-duster (but harder). Sometimes a very thin white tentacle/worm...

I was waffling there for a few, trying to figure out whether to put this in the "equipment" section or the "nano" section, but since I am asking about equipment specifically for a nano....... What kinds of skimmers do you guys use? Do you like it? Was it a worthwhile item to purchase? I'm...

I'm currently working with a 10 gallon AGA with 3 damsels, 5 margarita snails, 2 large turbos, a cleaner shrimp, an emerald crab, a few feather dusters, a colony of starburst polyps, a pagoda cup, a colt coral, a few heads of candy cane and a frogspawn. I need some sand sifters and some...

I'm either going to go with a 75 gallon standard or a 72 gallon bowfront. I'm sending my light fixture back I think, so I'm going to need to purchase a fixture. That's really what I want, a fixture. I'll need MH lights for SPS/clams I'd like a fluorescent option for actinics/daylight I want...

I'm interested in doing a 75 gallon reef tank in my 3rd floor apartment. I'd love to have like a 10-20 gal refugium in the bottom of the stand. I am terrified of water leaks (for obvious reasons). Is the 'fuge a bad idea? Should I get a drilled tank? I mean, what if the power goes out - will...

I just got a sweet 48" light fixture on ebay: 2x175w metal halides (20K bulbs) 2x54w T5 tubes 30 moonlights OK, fixture arrives, and the T5 bulbs and moonlights are on the same circuit. This means that I cannot run T5's and moons on timer because if the T5s are on, so are the moonlights. Pretty...

I have a nano with a lone mushroom, it came off its rock and was floating free, so I re-aquascaped and got it a little crevice. It had folded in half but the colors were still vibrant, so I hoped it would recover, but this morning it's folded up and crooked and there is brownish grey goo coming...

I've got a 10g nano that I'm ready to start populating with coral and I'd love to get some frags locally. Absolutely willing to pay, just the LFS has poor selection and I'd like to get some nice variety. Any help is appreciated. I'm in North Atlanta off GA 400. Anyone know any good SW fish...

I have ordered a light fixture for my upcoming 55g reef project. Fixture has 2 175w MH, 2 54w T-5 Actinic, 6 lunar lights. I am building a canopy and stand myself, and need to know how high above the surface of the water would be the ideal hanging height to minimize heat transfer. Or even...

This is my first post here. Someone who bought my old 55g fw recommended this forum, and it's been very helpful, so thanks! 1st time sw aquarist, been into fw for a while. I'm in the process of developing a 55g reef for my home, so I set an unused 10g up in my office so I could get some...