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Yep- here it is, but the wrasse now sleeps in a hole in one of the rocks. These are old pics- Sand is a personal preference. While it does add a great amount of aesthetic value, it doesn't bother me to see the bottom of the tank since it gets covered with calcareous algae anyways...

Don't forget that adequate water movement within the tank itself will help eliminate dead spots in the tank preventing the growth of unwanted diatoms, cyano or algae. Also, keeping your lighting closer to the blue spectrum only (like actinics if you have them) during the first 4 weeks of cycling...

Hydnophora is a relatively hardy coral. Given a fair amount of water movement and mid to lower lighting, it should flourish. Keep in mind too though, that it is a fairly harmful coral, and it will shoot out filaments when a neighboring coral gets close. It looks to be in good shape, but you'll...

minimalist rock structures? oh boomer......

Occasionally, Lowes carries them as well.. They call it Spa flex.

A decent first setup if you don't mind the length would be the 125. however, the depth (front to back) will limit your aquascape to a certain degree if you are looking to make a nice ridge or crevasse in the middle. If you have the ability to go larger like a 180, that would definitely be nice...

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Hey chuck, the pH is a little low, raise it up by using a kalk drip. Also, try to keep the dkH at 8-8.5, I was using baking soda for that, sorry to hear about the efflos. No need to worry about monti nudi's, and redbugs don't affect caps. It looks to be some kind of water related issue. Lastly...

looks like the starting of an A. valida

ditto

whoops, lol. CO2 not O2. thanks boomer

100 gph to a carbon reactor/phosban reactor may actually be a bit much, but you can always increase or decrease that flow with valves A calcium reactor only needs a drip drip of about 60-120 drops/minute. Maybe split the downflow from the overflow into the fuge instead of pumped in? (I have...

I would do a test run with what you have first. you can alway pick up a second one later if you think you need more flow. better to spend $35 in pipe hardware than getting a pump that you may not use at all

unless you really have to or already have the pumps, 1200gph as a return pump (or more) is a lot of flow going up and then down the system. You could get away with a pump that is less than 900gph and they will also be quieter. You don't want to bottleneck the input of the pump. It will cause the...

have fun Bill!

well, after reading specs at the geo website, they all seem to say "will hold approximately X lbs of large grain media" It probably suggests you use the same as that's what their reactors work best with. I remember using the KNOP Korallith before, but those grains were small. The Korallin that...

Welcome back! We always come back! You can dose either one. Or both. The best method is both. Run the Kalk at night to increase pH at night when there is no photosynthesis going on in the tank. There's a little more to that equation above~ Kalkwasser was the original method used by the...

glasscages.com makes some pretty inexpensive tanks. I had a 2'x 2'x 16" acrylic cube frag tank made for me 6 years ago and it cost me $115 which included shipping. I don't see why they can't make a sump for you at about roughly the same price. Although the frag tank had some questionable...

look here and read thoroughly for some reference: http://www.njreefers.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=12664.0

This topic has been moved to Advanced Reefkeeping. (There are many topics in the above section about dosing for an Ultra Low Nutrient System using Carbon sources, I personally don't recommend dosing a carbon source for those just getting into the hobby due to the intricacies of the regimen)...