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If you have enough zoos who cares if he eats them, right? That's the whole trick. Odds are, he's going to bite your corals tho. Beautiful fish but meant for the ocean/fishonly/big *** tanks.

theyre like 100 bucks, good investment for your tank.

ah i guess he means the fuge has a much better at keeping water quality pristine for this fish. I know my friend had one for about a week. It broke out in Ich and died promptly. After eating his zoos. Lol. Amazingly pretty fish though. It has that large angel look contained in a dwarf angel.

sounds good. I have 14 K, it is a little bluer. You can google it and see pics of bulb comparisons; not only k rating but different brands look different. make sure you are getting good water surface agitation. That is what gives it the shimmer looks as well. Point a powerhead up at the...

yeah. mine doesnt eat the caleurpa. yours does? I have a scopas tang juvenile, like 2". Don't mean to hijack thread.. did this tang ever start eating?

hmm they don't? T5 is newer technology than PCs. I have an aquactinics 48" 2x250w MH and 2x54w T5 lamps with 2 LED moonlights and its awesome. Very pleased.

did he say why the fuge is needed?

hmm. i'm going to look for that stuff in my asian mart. Could use a new variety of algae growing in the fuge. Tangs don't eat caluerpa or chaeto.

i would feed as there are definite advantages, but as melosu said, don't overdo it. A little goes a long way.

I don't see why you heard you need a refugium. This fish does not eat copepods. This is a fish that will absolutely eat your zooanthids and nip at corals. That is the thing to consider. If you are building a fish only system, this fish needs lots of live rock to feel "at home". No refugium...

bacteria in a bottle is lame. A better strategy is to buy cured live rock from all sorts of different regions (Fiji, Tonga, etc.) to sample all different kinds of microorganisms in your tank.

the polyps extend to feed and take in light. during the night time, they conserve energy, so they draw polyps in and such "sleeping" behaviors. Some corals extend feeders during the night after extending light gathering polyps during the day. An example of this would be a trumpet or candy...

15 gallon nano tank you should make or buy an automatic top off system. Salt levels fluctuate too much via evaporation on tanks of that size.

you want to keep him well fed to make sure his immune system has the best chance of healing him. Don't cut feeding, he needs more food than ever because the parasites are stealing sustenance from him. Use garlic on your food as well. Garlic extract drops boost immune function. I don't know...

i don't think it is overkill if you want to keep SPS corals. I wouldn't use PC for actinic supplementation, I would use T5. More efficient and much less heat. With this kind of firepower, though, you may need to also include a chiller in your system to keep from temperatures getting too...

i like to leave uncovered for the gas exchange but yeah that light doesn't even get hot to the touch. You could do that.

There was that little something extra... called love. :D:multi:

yeah man, its perfect, cost barely anything. got the idea from here. works PERFECT. My fuge is a swamp and my nitrates are zero with minimal water changes. Perfect. Melevsreef.com - Refugium Bulb looks like the floodlight one on the left, perfect for what you need.

is use this wack energy saver I think 29 watts bulb from home depot, its 6700K, grows the algae like mad. Looks like the motion floodlights people have on their house.

the "shimmer effect" comes from the light being directed "from a single point" (single point light). This effect can't be achieved with fluorescents, only with MH or LED's which also are single point light.

cured means the rock hasn't been left out of water for a time, causing the creatures on it to die, causing ammonia. If you are running it from down the block it is not going to suffer any die off.

get the vortech. I am LOVINGG it. Mp40w. 400 bucks though.... but it's the only powerhead you need. I hate looking at powerheads.

in my opinion, those worms get worked over pretty good by any wrasse type fish you stock in your tank. Of course, then there are the horror stories with some guys who have had to call in Steve Irwin to wrangle an anaconda sized worm like 4 feet long out of their tanks after losing whole coral...

as thincat says, the 600 calcium isnt harmful to your livestock, but it WILL upset the ionic balance of the water. Explianing it further than that would require more chemistry than I remember from High school, but the result is your calcium and alkalinity levels affect each other and can cause...

i have a fishneedit light. had it for a long time now and it still works good. It isn't the best light in the world but on a 30 Gallon, i have a 36" T5 4x39w fixture, like 2 years old now. Doesn't have individual reflectors, just one parabolic reflector. that is the downfall of it...