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I just got back my camera from the repairman today (it had some type of malfunction or something and wasn't working). Let me go grab it and snap a few shots now. Tank never really had to cycle since I used all my old water. A lot of corals are in there and live rock that I bought from jazzsam...

I think that a 120 would be fine for either of those set-ups. You should put some hardy, easy corals, too. Maybe some star polyps or something that would look nice on the live rock and require little to no real upkeep.

Watch out for the sea hair's. A lot of them come from sub-tropical places (probably 99% of them in the hobby) and die within a few months because of the tropical temperatures in the tank. If it dies, they usually aren't tank wipeout-ers, but there is always the chance.

I would get at least a 180G tank for all of those fish if you want to keep every one of them. I might nix the grouper, also, since the Lion might be a snack for it (I've seen groupers kill lions before). Why not do a Marine Betta instead? Much more docile than the V-Tail groupers (which are...

This really sounds like alleopathy if you ask me. Try running some Poly Filter instead of the carbon. Frankly, it should replace carbon in most reef tanks anyway if you ask me. It's a bit more expensive, but you get the results that you pay for.

Most LPS are pretty slow growers outside of a few of the Euphyllia species.

And one who appreciates LFS frozen food! ;) But anyway, the tank is actually going back to Brooklyn. Unfortunately, it had a minor crack/air bubble deal in the lower corner that neither Eddie or I noticed. Oh well! Better to start the tank off a bit later than anything! Fish are still in the...

Just finished setting up the 39G Sig. CADlights tank I picked up today (meeting Eddie in Brooklyn was a blast -- super nice guy, great shop, great tank). This is a bit of a teaser post as there won't be pictures until tomorrow ;). I went with black sand. Wanted a bit of an exotic look and I...

Well, to me, all of the additives that reefers add to the tank are mainly for skeletal growth. It just seems that people see "success" with skeletal growth rather than flesh growth for some odd reason. I didn't mean that it is actually PREFERRED, but yeah -- the balanced way is obviously the...

http://www.checkworks.com/personal/bydesign.asp?design=EA Like these a lot. Moorish Idol, Undulate Trigger, Clowns, and an Emperor Angel. Pretty cool checks. Figure you can fuel the addiction WHILE you pay for it! ;)

Check out goniopora.org and do everything they do. Great site.

Bummer. Would've liked to have seen it past. Too many people buying small yellow tangs and throwing them in a 30 only to watch them die later on.

As long as your calcium levels are optimum, the skeleton growth will happen. Frankly, though, I prefer the flesh growth, anyway, mainly because that means that you're doing well with everything else in the tank. A lot of reefers go for skeletal growth over flesh growth.

Great idea. I'd totally be down to participate in the future with it, also.

For a SPS tank, you're probably going to want at least 15-45x flow rate for your tank. Personally, I don't think you can have too much flow and I'd shoot for the highest number in that range and even go higher. In my 20H, I have a Koralia 4 and a Koralia 3. Haha. Corals love it and downright...

I like that you split the rock up rather than have that 1 giant rock wall that everyone seems to do. Much more realistic. Tank looks great.

I wouldn't go with a lot of additives in my opinion. Get yourself a really good salt mix (I love the Tropic Marin salt mix) and that should have all the trace elements you need. Check the main things like calcium, magnesium, pH, nitrates, phosphates, and specific gravity. The other additives...

I once saw the big sucker in Trop's tank almost catch an Anthias and a Goby before. Things are dangerous in a tank. Definitely not fish safe in the least unless you have humongous fish. They can definitely catch and kill fish as large as them (about 4 inches or so).

I'd actually be more worried about your live stock in the long run than the crab. These guys get downright antagonistic at times when they get older. They also are great jumpers/swimmers and love to grab fish this way to kill and eat. Keep an eye on it.