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My favorite is Julian Sprung's "Corals - A Quick Reference Guide". It has only pictures ;D It would be compromised, and it would not solve the problem of inadequate distribution of lights on the surface. How many lights? By the lights I mean fixtures. How big is the tank's top surface? If...

I don't think the light you have is sufficient. Anemones need alot of light and really stable water condition. As for the clowns, some sources see them incopatibile, but Wet Web Media sees them compatibile (if you have true and not false percula)...

Are they compatibile species? And what kind of lights do you have?

That is precisely why I have suggested the net on the bottom/sides, covering all the frags and zoas. By covering what the fish goes for, you can force your hand rather then hopefully wait for the trap. Does the fish have a preferred food that you can use for efficient baiting? Or if it has a...

I am not that familiar with that particular sump, but maube you should have that particuar skimmer "off-line" rather "inline" from your overflow's return. The reason is that the overflow's flow could be either stronger then what the skimmer can handle, in which case you could get a spill, or too...

One option will be to buy the mesh used for bridal veils. Very very cheap in Walmart. Buy enough to cover the whole bottom of the tank and/or your zoas, plus some extra on the sides so that fish can swim into the water above it, but when you pull it up (by lets say strings on the corner) there...

Another source I find usefull is : http://www.wetwebmedia.com/greenalg.htm

If you want a wow effect then you should first decide on wether you want to keep soft or hard corals. In small tank like that, any combination will be only "nice" and not "wow" :) Look online at well established tanks to get the idea. The really good place is to look at are the "Tank of the...

I have found an interesting post about halimeda causing coral disease: http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=449 Anyone heard anything further on this?

If I could suggest something: wouldn't it be better if you split your livestock and rocks in several smaller containers (I assume that you are pulling everything out). Divide and conquer ! Then in each container you can focus on different things, or you can do them sequentially, or whatever...

And they are what ? Bristleworms (specially small) will not attack a healthy frogspawn. They could, however, go after the already dying and decaying tissue. Those fish will also not attack healthy coral. So, either your environment is not good for it or it got injured in the move (which is very...

Quite extensive postings about chocolate chip stars can be found here http://www.wetwebmedia.com/chocchipfaqs.htm and about the green (and other) brittle stars can be found here. http://www.wetwebmedia.com/brittlestarbehfaqs.htm

Not to be pickey, but what would you consider foul smell? Some people would consider seaweed smell fo the sea as a foul rotting smell of seaweed.

What I did was that I went to a LFS (Precious Pets in Highstown) and asked them to order AGA RR tank for me. I think (hope ;) ) that they have made only 10-20$ markup, but I didn't have to pay big shipping charges. And since I work in NYC, that way they kept it in the store until the pickup was...

That is easy, you put the sand in a big cup, pour some water in until it is fully wet, and no air in the sand. Slowly lower the cup to the bottom and slowly pour the sand out. Or, you can find a wide tube or a pipe, place one end of it on the bottom and slowly pour the sand in the other end. I...

I am a bit baffled by the bafles ;D . If i understand your design correctly, the output of skimmer bypasses them and goes directly into return pump's chamber. So what is the point of baffles? Bafles are used to remove microbubles, but in your case they are either created by the overflow's return...

Current prevailing wisdom in the reef community is that depth of your send bad is not good. You should make it either less the 1-1.5" deep or more then 3-4" . It all has to do with the nitrogen cycle and I would recommend you the following article: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/deepsandbeds.htm...

I would strongly advise you against putting it in the tank without eradicating it. Caulerpa is fast growing, will overgrow any corals in a matter of weeks if not days. It will also fight them by releasing toxins that stump the growth of the corals. That is, if you do not have some very...

I am in for 8/19

No, it does not need a lot of adjustments. And, no, it definitively can not overflow. It is an injection stream design, so while technically you could adjust the injection nozzle, I have never ever had the need for it. You just adjust the height of the collection depending on how wet/dry you...