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Is the scalpel just a calcium buildup like a fingernail?

Ooops, sorry. I found that on seahorse.COM. I keep my condo at 65 during the winter and the tank is in the spare bedroom/computer room. That room gets colder than that in the middle of the night so i think the heater might be necessary for at least winter. maybe i'll unplug it for a night or two...

Running at 75. I read I think on seahorse.org that that was the optimum temp. I know the setup is pretty basic but what do you think? Between 20lbs live sand, 35 pounds LR, and the HOB (put polymedia instead of biomedia) do you think that im set filtrationwise?

I wanted to leave the front open for viewing the coral so the plants will be on the sides. Maybe put a few items in front for them to hitch on. Thats my qt tank underneath.

Still playing around with the rockwork to get it the way I want it. Wow, 35ish pounds of live rock really doesn't look like that much at all (i have 135 in my 75). Tested the water that the LR was curing in for the last week. Ammonia:.25 Nitrite:<.25 Nitrate:10-20 Pretty happy that it doesn't...

I too always have my hands in the tank. But those damn mexican turbos just keep knocking stuff over. I blame them for my poor practices. On the plus side I usually wash my hands before putting them in the tank. In response to this thread I pose an honest question. If all these people do the...

+1 on liking the stand. Very ultra modern...

I've done tank maintenance after having a few too many. Wait, is that frowned upon???

I agree.  My live rock came out of someones display a few days ago and is already cycled.  My plan is to rock the tank and get some snails in (of course assuming the water test numbers are good).  Get the light.  Start planting. Transfer the few zoas I have in my display (all hard coral).  Start...

That decision has yet to be finalized yet. Recommendations? I was thinking 2 or 3 pairs...

I'm actually leaning towards that one. I do have some acans and some chalices that I might try in the tank and a better light would definately make it possible.

Yea, I took a look. Thanks for the link. I'm going to look at it more in depth tomorrow. I just finished shimming and found out that i only have 3.5 inches from the top of the tank to a wall mounted cabinet. I thought i was going to have like 5 inches. Tomorrow i'm going to hacksaw the stand...

Yes you are correct. The dimensions are approx 30x12x18. I was originally hoping to get away with a 2xt5 but then i found out that 30" fixtures only have a 24" bulb in them leaving me a total of 48 watts which i'm worried won't be enough for the zoas to really take off and thrive.

This time i'll try to actually take and post pictures of progress unlike my 75 build. My goal for this tank is to create a crazy cool side project involving seahorses and zoas. My plan is to only put in high end crazy colorful zoos and palys (with the exception of what i'm moving in from my 75)...

Any of the Genicanthus Angels would be a very nice addition. They're very active.

Nice pics. Also exactly the reason I don't have an urchin ;D

I have no problem fragging them. Just don't want to go through the effort and find out i can't give them away. I'm probably going to wait a little longer though as they're still coloring up and I would hate to dispose of an awesome paly, especially since this weekend i'll be setting up my...

I do have some aiptasia starting to sprout so i guess i'll kill two birds with one stone. Where can i get it in NJ?

Lots of hitchhiker zoas and palys have been sprouting all over my rock. This may be a dumb question, but is there any way to get rid of them other than cutting them off?

I'm located in East Windsor. Hopefully would like to only do a half hour drive or less to pick up.