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I've had xenia attach themselves to a neighbouring rock in one day Tangster

I feed my anenome every other day--one uncooked raw shrimp--I put a few small pieces on the substrate which are devoured immediately by the crabs, and stars. The awesome strength of an emerald--I seen one take a piece of crab twice his weight in size with one claw and give the finger(oops claw)...

whew--- I was worried we were going to get into a debate about size being better--LOL perfectly normal behaviour for them Tangster

Open brains like to be gently turkey basted to get rid of uneaten flake food or other garbage that might accumulate on them. I agree with the other poster--they do not like metal halides---I lost a one that way Tangster

IMO--invest in the best protein skimmer you can get. To control algae effectively invest in a micronbag--3 for 20 dollars--washable--but don't get caught using your wife's washing machine-LOL Micronbags effectively remove phosphates nitrates which indirectly controls the algae by removing its...

I run the coral life system--2 150watt 10,000 halides 2 96watt attinics and 4 moonrays. IMO the moon rays are just scenic--the debateable part and the spin that goes with the system is that it illustrates conditions on the reef so it may help nocturnal inverts--but it is debateable. What there...

alot of people have had good luck(because it is against nature) with a copper banded butterfly fish--esp if they are bought young and small. If they grow up well fed then they can be kept with corals. Tangster

trying canadian frags. org or com---great selection, great prices and the guys will mail Tangster

the power head is the key here. I mix 30 gal of r/o water up at a time and keep the salinity at .015. two days before a water change I put the heater on and then recheck the salinity level when the temp is 78 degrees. At this point I bring the salt level up to .024 and make the water change...

figure on 3-5watts per gallon. Concentrate on LPS and see how they do. Then add some SPS frags---near the top of the reef or tank. Experiment with the clams--if you are feeding phyo and zooplankton twice a week they will tolerate lower light levels. Tangster

LPS corals----buy trade frags--average 10-20 dollars---don't require alot of expensive lighting by learning where to place them in the tank. Tangster

You should increase your cleanup crew----you need about 30snails and 30 small hermits, 2 cleaner shrimp, 2 coral banded, 6 emerald crabs. There are also good water filterers--- fan worms and clams. I would concentrate on building these up then by the time you do your tank will have further...

its best to turn the skimmer off for one hour after feeding so mysid shrimp, phyto and zooplankton etc are recirculated. I run a micron bag in my sump. Every other day I turkey baste the rocks etc and the uneaten food is filtered out. Normally a bag lasts every 4 days but when I baste the...

corals and clams need the flow of water over them with the nutrients in it. some also need direct feeding by using a turkey baster but they still don't like the baster being directly aimed at them--so it is good to be close and let the power head direct the food to them. some corals retract...

Concentrate on maintaining your alkalinity which you can get a good test kit for. I monitor calcium, magnesium and alkalinity levels because I have a good deal of corals, clams and macroalgae which are consumers of calcium. To keep calcium levels at 450 I use Kent Calcium Booster( a powder) and...

It's not a question of a magic number but of how much bioload your tank can sustain. there are so many variables from tank to tank: This can depend on such factors as: water circulation--gph of your pump size of your sump--is there live rock in the sump? age or maturity of your tank and thus...

you are far enough along the way to add some emerald crabs--they will take care of the algae The best method and I know I will take some opins about this is to add a Tang--one Tang will clean up your tank in two days. However that said-----you have to be sure that your tank has at least cycled...

also the type of bioload. Corals take alot more work--you have to feed them, move them away from others, replace them according to currents and light needs, glue them back on the rocks when the jumbos knock them over etc etc.

what's the total fluctuation over 24 hours. A two degree temp variation is ok--again I agree with everyone else--its the total variation that might be a problem. FYI the average temperature of sea water around a reef is 85%. No one has every been able to give me a satisfactory answer why 78...

You don't have a lot of live rock in a 125 lb tank--you need between 125-160 lbs for it to cycle enough for the bioload of that size of a tank. The base rock is not live rock--it will take about 3 months to become live with bacteria--therefore it is adding nothing to the cycling. If you are test...

I would do a 25% water change immediately--that will bring up your pH to 8.2 and remove the nitrate in the water Get rid of the bioballs period--run it without them for now. Add live rock to your tank---gradually--5lbs a week. The live rock contain the bacteria that control the ammonia and...

how long has your tank been up?

an easy way to check out sweeping tentacles distance is to shine a flashlight in the tank at night or at dusk---this is the time when corals like to feed or take over realestate etc Tangster

Star polyps are really irritated by debris and substrate. At first I placed a colony on the substrate--were fine for a couple of days and then didn't open for a week--placed them on the rock--they opened up the next day. Another time I was using a turkey baster to clean the live rock off--they...

also are you using tap water for your changes? if you are using bioballs let me know---i have a quick fix for that Tangster