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Hello all. Looking to upgrade my girlfriend's FOWLR setup to a reef deal for christmas. Not talking acro or clams here... mushrooms, leather, maybe brain coral at the most. Any of the lower-light corals. She currently has a 5 gallon tank with a 20w 50/50 PC bulb on it. I'm basically mirroring...

Hey folks. Before my question, let me explain my situation: I want to upgrade my lighting system. Ive got a 20g long (and about double that in filtration volume) and I have a PC 130w lighting system on it (6.5wpg) and I want to do clams and sps. I have experimented and put a birds nest frag...

I've always used seachem marine buffer to bring my ph up, but it also raises alkalinity. My weekly testing has shown that by the end of the week my ph could use a boost, but my alk doesnt need any (as it stands, my ph is at 8.2 but dKH is 13.4, after adding. Before adding yesterday it was ph7.9...

1st ill start off with my situation ph 8.0-8.2 (its really hard to tell the difference between such subtle shades of brown... methinks ill pick up a better version tomorrow... but it cant be below 8 since i added buffer a few days ago and nothing since) dkh 11.2 meq/l 4.0 calcium 400ppm...

http://www.reefopticslighting.com/ Anyone have any experience with these bulbs? What would make these bulbs perform poorly verses a more expensive name brand like Ushio?

I know starfish cant be exposed to air. I *thought* that included all stars period, but Im hoping to find out I'm wrong.... I bought a green brittle star yesterday and the guy just picked it up out of the water and put it in a bag. Not wanting to be a picky pain of a customer, I figured maybe he...

Ok time to poll... which tank option generally smells worse. Think... general aroma, not skimate or anything like that.

I know supplements is generally a shunned topic 'round these parts, but during a search yesterday I happened upon a thread topic which got me thinking. The thing is calcium... for a tank with lots of corals and other high calcium demand critters, clams and whatnot, I read that PWC may not get...

Two things: #1 When would be the best time to add a cleanup crew? Right after the cycle, 3 months later, 6 months later or... other lol. #2 Im looking at a few websites that sell cleanup crew packages, and it seems like some of the packages recommended for 150 gallon tanks have an obscene...

So I tested my water for my 150 7 days after I started cycling, but I also got the rest of my live rock (for anyone whos been keeping up with this tank, you know what Im talking about) so I decided to wait a few days to run the full gamut of tests. So 10 days after initial cycle, heres the...

I saw in the FW getting started forum they have a sticky thread about the start-up cost of a FW tank, and I saw there was a SW thread on the same subject but its way old (2003.) So I'm curious to see what people are paying these days? I added up the rough costs of my 150 that is in its cycle...

I'm considering using for my 150, but I've never used it before. I dont really have a filter to put it in, so I was thinking maybe I'd just stuff one of the glass spacers in my sump with some packets of it, thereby forcing all the water that goes through my sump through the purigen. (I'd...

So my 150 is cycling (sort of... I got shipped a wrong order of fiji LR when I actually ordered tonga shelf, so the shelf will go in when I recieve it tomorrow) The house its in wont be occupied by me and my room mate until a month from now so the AC isnt on, and today I checked the tank temp...

Im just beginning to consider a stock list for my 150 gallon tank. I seem to be drawn more to the aggressive type fish, they just seem to be prettier in most cases (maybe its what I would think someone who never saw a saltwater tank before would see and go 'oh wow!') Considering this will...

So the 150 im setting up... I got to drain it. again. This time $55 worth of reef crystals along with it, sigh. I am (obviously) at the sand phase of setting up and if you read the other thread on sand, you'd know I decided to go with kolorscape. I had my tank full and salt mixed for a few...

I know oldcastle and yard right playsand is primo stuff for our aquariums, but are they the only brands that are what we want? I have had no luck finding either of the two brands talked about but I have come accross lots of other brands. Does anyone know of any other brands that would be as...

Bioballs in the sump. Yay or nay? opinions optional and appreciated :)

---FIRST UPDATE--- Well, after many months of waiting, I have begin setting up my 150 gallon tank! Folks in this forum have helped me a long way from where I started, and since they nicely asked for updates when I started my 150gallon, here they are :) This is day 1 and 2 of setting it...

In preperation for my 150 gal tank, I bought an RO/DI unit. After 4 hours of getting everything hooked up and leak free, I tested it and water barely trickled out. After letting it sit for a few minutes, a decent amount came out but nothing rushing. I figured I'd let it go a day just to see if...

Anyone have opinions about calcium reactors? I havent heard too much talk about them. Are they worth it or is it just easier to add calcium by hand?

I have calerpa algae in my 29gal tank's fuge but the more i read the more i think I dont want calerpa in my 150gal's fuge when it gets set up. If I understand correctly, calerpa goes sexual at some point? My fuge has yet to do that, and its just fowlr so i dont -think- anything would be hurt if...

Well, the time draws near to finally set up my 150gal tank. (3 weeks and counting!!) But in the mean time, my 29gal is still going good except for 1 thing. I've noticed my baby emp angel seeming to loose its color. He seems generally happy, eats well and the like. I feed daily a cycle of...

Just thought I'd throw this out there, but I have 3x250W 15k Catalina Aquarium MH bulbs I got with my lighting system. I told the guys I wanted 13K, as that was an option when I ordered, but I got 15k's insted. And I have such a rediculous amount of trouble with these guys I dont even want to...

The bulbs I got with my lighting system are 250W, the whole system is 1030 watts (I can squeeze out another 120W by putting the crappy old lights i used to have on there... maybe) but 1030/150 is like 6.87 wpg. I had origonally assumed that I could put pretty much any coral in my tank and it'd...

Ive never dealt with a wave system. From what I understand, its not actually waves but just pulsing water (pump on, pump off) right? What equipment should I be looking at to make a 150 tank happy? I see theres lots of brands and controllers, but Im lost as to what combination of all of them I...