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Try AZ-NO3. Worked like a charm for me twice ... not permanent (as in forever), but it works. I've used it twice since last Feb.

Did you use hypo in your main tank with the live rock?

I'm not sure I agree with the biowheel, though. Those things potentially INCREASE the amount of nitrates in the system. In my 90 gal I will have about 160 lb of lr - and another 40 or so in my sump. That should keep the nitrate level down to near zero.

But will you get stung while placing frags???????

Good question. I'm lurking. Only prob that comes to mind right away is how to work with coral frags and avoid being stung by the lion.

I'm inches form a decison to go MH, and am leaning toward dual 250W SE mogul bulbs. Are DE bulbs better? More light per watt? HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Try this http://www.garf.org/calculators/SandBedCalculator.asp

I'm not sure about brains, but some corals expel a portion of their zooxanthellae periodically, as well. It often appears as a brown, stingy snot-like substance. Yum.

That's a pretty blunt conclusion, isn't it? "Complete nonsense"? I'd like to hear more about the specifics of this, if you could. I mean, you are asking all of the readers of this board to substitute your judgement for his - maybe a few specifics would help.

Blue Gudgeon Lyretail Dartfish. $32 plus shipping.

You may get lucky!!

Your pH is too low. It shoudl be around 8.3. ALso, at this point I'd be less concerned with nitrates and more attentive to ammonia and nitrites. Agreed.

Your livestock will eventually benefit my being cared for by someone who obviously cares a lot about doing things properly. Best of luck to you. Send me a PM if you can to let me know how things are settling in. A few pics, too!! John

Everyone learns something the hard way. Don't make any other big changes, though. Monitor your ammonia and nitrite levels. Do water changes of no more than 25% of the volume (50% in a dire emergency) at a time to keep them down. Try to match the new water as close as you can to temp and SG...

Leave them. Frequent changes can be an even worse problem. Monitor your cycle carefully, and replace the bioballs slowly over a period of weeks. You should be fine as long as you don't let the ammonia and nitrites get out of control. Test them daily, and do partial water changes if...

Did you let them dry out or wash them with tap water in the meantime? If so, you might not want to add them back. How long have they been out? TO be safe, monitor your ammonia and nitrite and be prepared to do water chages or detoxify with Prime if levels rise.

Mixed sizes would be fine ... like gravel. If you already removed all of the BB, you're likely to cycle anyway, since you removed you biofilter. A good idea is to add some LR along with the BB, then add more each time you remove a fraction of the BB, eventually replacing it all. Nothing...

Replace the rough equivalent of your bioballs.

Live rock rubble is a great addition to a filter once you ditch the bioballs.

Depends what you mean by strong. My idea of strong current would never allow Xenia to stand upright. Mine sways in the turbulence formed by two PHs aimed at each other and it pumps like crazy. To me, that's "moderate" current.

You'll hear a lot of anecdotes about short cycle time. Typically, it takes longer than this, because no one is going to post to tell about a "typical" cycle of perhaps a month. There are so many variables, that the only way to know how long your cycle will take is to wait and see. Personally...