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Once the novelty wore ofthe wouldn't care about that stuff anyway. :) the fish themselves are WAY more interesting than any lighting effects.

Get 2 of the dimmable TaoTronics 120w units from eBay ... perfect for 90 gallons! (and less than $400 including shipping for the pair)

yep, this needs to move to freshwater ... but... to answer you anyway... just keep doing 20% water changes every couple days ... keep this up for 3-4 weeks (or until you get a test kit) and things should calm down. Don't replace any fish that die until the tank is more established/cycled (give...

But the question may have been from something other than a "legal" perspective... The rock will certainly work in your tank... but if it goes in "as-is" you will likely bring in a lot of unknown "critters" and such to your tank. Some may be good, others bad. If you plan on just bagging it and...

Bubble Tip's are very pretty and will do well in that size aquarium. I like my Giant Carpet, but after only 6 weeks it has doubled in size and is now almost 10 inches across and I imagine will get much larger.

Yes they are safe ... and you are wise to sterilize them first :) Depending on the pH of your water, they may break down over time... but a handful of shells should have no appreciable effect on the water parameters.

My 90g has 18" of water (as opposed to a more "standard" 22-24" depth)... i like it fine. You get good light penetration all the way to the bottom! A LFS I frequently stop by has several big tanks that are only 12" deep ... he uses them for frag propagation/display, but has a bunch of fish and...

That will work ... it's been done before. Just 100% silicone with no additives (specifically no anti-mildew stuff.) If you're looking for a popular brand name, GE#1 silicone caulk.

They're pricey, but I love 'em! ... I recently replaced a couple Koralia pumps with MP40's and really wish I had just gone with the MP's from the beginning! ... Oh well... I use one of the Koralias now to stir my saltwater mixing tub. :)

So... where are you then? You should have no problem finding local enthusiasts willing to come and get them if you find the right (local) club/forum!

If you're talking the red stuff at the top, it looks like a couple of mushrooms at the base of some sort of red macro-algae. But I'm just guessing about the algae... pretty sure of the mushrooms. Again... that would be highly unusual behavior for a clownfish. Could it be that the current just...

While I'm not running fans, I do have quite a bit of airflow around my sump right now ... so I'm just not sure if that would provide enough cooling. I'm more interested in getting rid of the hassle all together.

Oh well ... now that outside temps are in the 90's (I'd prefer to keep my indoors around 80) and high humidity, the water temp is back up over 82 degrees. (That's the point I have the lights and skimmer programmed to shut off.) So a chiller has been ordered... time to fix this problem for good.

Auto Top Off... You have a container of fresh water, a small pump, and a float switch in the sump. As water evaporates, the float switch activates the pump which moves the fresh water into the sump till the float switch opens again, stopping the pump when the desired level is once agin...

You can cover it to slow the evaporation, but... yep, it's normal. As summer gets here though, I'm finding that keeping the water cool is getting hard!... having that evaporation happening will help to keep the water a little cooler. Do the math, and you may find that an RO/DI unit (if you...

I've got 2 of those LED units over a 48" wide tank and it seems like a perfect spread... I'd probably lean towards 3 on a 72" wide tank. You might be able to get away with two though. It's not like they're hard to get... start with two and then get a third if you decide you need/want it.

My new-ish 90 gallon runs in that range as well... I'm not sure it's a problem though... LOW pH would be hard on corals, higher numbers should actually make it EASIER for them to calcify. ... I'm not really sure just how base the pH would have to be before causing problems.

Oh... If you have a CLEAN rock (or some other type of structure) around (not from the DT you've got a parasite in)... you might consider giving the wrasse something he can hide in/behind in the event the Clowns want to get territorial in that small space.

1... some sponge or floss would do just fine for that setup (remember, this is just temporary and you'll be putting in the extra effort to keep it clean during this temporary stage! :) 2... 10 gallon non-cycled system? ... I'd probably do 2 gallons every day. 3... just once should seed the...

PVC for me as well... with a couple pieces of 1" dia. hose to isolate the return pump. PVC may be a bit more expensive, and unforgiving of mistakes during assembly, but once it's put together the way you want, it's mostly indestructible and leakproof.

The reddish stuff? Based on the "new" look of the rock, my first guess would be Diatoms, second would be some sort of algae. Both are things that a new system will go through during the first few months ... neither bad or good, just part of the system stabilizing. My third option would be...

sorry guys... it appears to be a worm/duster of some kind. I finally remembered to check it before the lights came on this morning (too hard to reach to try to "touch" it) and it was fully retracted into its tube. I'm happy with dusters as well, but was thinking I might have gotten a free...

LED ... It is the future, prices are declining. The Radions are REALLY nice, but expensive... I'd like to get those eventually, but am running something similar to the TaoTronics you can get on eBay. Much more affordable, but still plenty powerful to light 20" deep water (approx). I haven't got...

If you don't mind doing the maintenance (or the aesthetics)... letting fast growing plants do their thing and pruning them regularly is a fairly good way to remove Nitrates from the system! :)

regarding the original post: That could be some type of sponge as well. Many varieties of sponge branch like that.