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    90gal Saltwater tank - full setup w/ liverock and fish

    90gal pre-drill Saltwater tank with everything listed for sell. Tank has been up and successfully running for over a year. Asking $350.00 LOCAL PICKUP ONLY Hardware: -90 pre-drill tank (older tank and has some scratches) -custom build stand and hood (solid wood) -4 VHO 48" lights in hood. -3...
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    New Koren Angle with eye poping??

    The tank is 100 gal....been up for over a yr and have triving fish, and live rock.... got a small koren angle last wed ( i got him and a Pearlscale Butterfly, which is doing great) did 2 25gal water changes before i got the fish (1 2 weeks before and the 2nd the week before) and did 5 hrs...
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    When to add supplements?

    ok....i am getting so many mixed answers on this... i do have a few corals and plan to have more. what supplements show i use/add if any? not only the LFS tells me supplemens are good to use with a reef tank. i have had ppl tell me the starting supplements for a reef tank is CA and ALK... i know...
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    UV filter or not?

    ok....lets get a poll and suggestions on UV filters. Iknow i have read somewhere that they are goo but kill too much in the water if you have coral and filter feeders but on the other hand...they greatly reduce the amount of algae. whats a good one...the turbo twist?
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    Algae hell

    ok....i have been fighting the green hair Algae for awhile. then i added another dual VHO ligh set on and gezz......its like green hair everywhere. I'm planning on spending the next month doing water changes every few days or so and i have a way to scrub it off the rocks but how can i prevent...
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    What do you think of my wish list

    OK....I will soon be adding my 2nd pair of VHO as soon as i rebuild my hood. That will give me 4 110 watt VHO bulbs... heres my wish list i will look to get after thats done. - BTA (for my clowns) - FoxFace (keep hearing they are great to help with the cleanup crew) - Bluehead Wrasse (not sure...
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    Where did all my snails go??

    I know i lost som during my reef ready conversion...unfortantely but the conversion was well worth it. The tank is running better now then ever....purple coraline grow good an all over now where is didnt before. I have added 2 starfish i caught in the gulf, they appear to be common brown...
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    Foxface?

    I heard these guys are great at eating algey.... any pros and cons to adding one to my tank?
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    clown fish eggs....??

    OK....i thought i saw what appears to be eegs....possibly from my matin pair of clowns are they orange??.... lill rounds eggs....balls lol all in my zoos coral. how long do they take to hatch?
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    Common Sea Star

    Are these reef safe? What do they eat? heres an example of one. http://www.biol.andrews.edu/everglades/organisms/Invertebrates/marine_inverts/Echinodermata/Common%20Sea%20Star/common_sea_star-main.jpg
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    brown zoos

    I bought a frag LR at the LFS awhile backa nd to my surprise one piece came with brown zoos all over it :) not bad for $4 lb these zoos have thirived thru my reef ready conversion and are doing excellent but i was under the belief that my lightin was not suffient for corals....i know these zoos...
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    sea anemones

    i know i want to get a bubble tips for myclowns...hoping they will host them.... should i look at gettin more then one bubbletip to better mychance since i have a pair of clowns? also is is unwise to get other types of sea anemones with bubble tips...like condys....they are just cool lookin and...
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    VHO or MH

    OK...this is something I know has been talked and discussed alot.... i just need a poll... I have researched and theres pros and cons to MH lighting and with VHO I current have a dual 48 VHO on mytank and want to add to it... The biggest issue I have with MH is heat...Im in fla and my tank is a...
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    Big project started - reef ready conversion

    ok....sat began the big conversion project to a reef ready tank on my 90/100 gal lucky its pre drilled broke down the tank and moved all the critters to a 30 gal - moved all the LR to a large bin and LS to a seperate bin. have the old overflow and return pump runnin the 30 gal and 3 phs runnin...
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    Caling all Reef Ready Tank owners

    can someone who has a reef ready drilled tank tell me or draw up a simple disgram. I have a tank thats predrilled and goin to set it up but im curious as to the flow. I have seen kits using the 2 predrilled holes one for the overflow goin down to the sump and the other coming from the return...
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    does anyone have pics of ick

    Just want to know what it looks like so i cna watch out for it...added a new yellow tang and heard they are prone to gettin ick easy.
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    does Fla LR give off phosphate?

    Everyone one of the LFS look at me like i did something bad when i tell them i have gulf LR and ill will nothing but issues with it and leakin phosphate....i am having a green slime alage issue....and just started using a phosphate filter anythought on this?
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    converting to internal overflow

    ok...i have a 100 gal and got it from a friend way back....is has 2 drill hole in the corner but capped off....Im curious as to how much of a pain would it be to make an internal overflow using these... does anyone have any info or gudies on doing this cause im having a hell of a time with my...
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    hating my overflow

    urrrgg.....(have to vent) I need to get a good.....(quiet) overflow box. any suggestions? how good and reliable are these http://cgi.ebay.com/Overflow-Box-Prefilter-for-Aquarium-Reef-1200G_W0QQitemZ7733801577QQcategoryZ46310QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem i have dual over flows...and i...
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    Does mixed saltwater go stale

    I mixed a 5gal batch of saltwater with my RO/DI system and its been sealed.....how long can i keep it before it goes stale or bad?
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    How to catch a fish

    as you can read the title...i need ot catch a fidh...a lil burg want to get rid of the blue devils before i invest in more expensive fish..if you want what i mean i may start up a 30 gal tall and put them in it any advise to prevent me from completely rearranging my LR to get them...there 2
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    green cyno?? wont go away

    ok....i have done about 3 - 4 water changes...somewhat to get my sal down the correct level and also to suck up and get rid of this green cyno it keeps coming back....like a bad headache LOL i have about 50 Nassarius Obsoleta coming cause the last batch seemed to have been eating by some...
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    whats the best salinty to stick with

    just got a nice refractormeter and i want to be pretty accuract with it and my salinty right now its at about 1.030 which i think is abit high...
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    thinking of finally adding more fish

    OK....now that my tank is stable and all I'd liek to add more fish thinking of getting rid of the 2 blue devils ok....1st fish id love to get is a niger trigger (anythoughts form those who have one....i know they are somewhat aggressive) I was also thinking of something like bleenys or gobys...
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    coral? zoos?

    I got some new LR and frags from my LFS and after a day I see these 2 on a small frag....its the 3rd pic http://web.tampabay.rr.com/felixx/tank.html
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