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i'm only allowed to between 8 and 9pm

that's a perfect depth for 400 watt MHs. two of them would do the job very effeciently.

Just IMO on the light, there's few right or wrong answers. If you're getting continuous macro growth and have to clip out half of it every month than it's fine.

Hi I'm looking for a finger sinularia. A type that grows tall rather than a wide bush. Thanks!! Dave

My guess and IMO is that you have phosphates causing this and that the light needs to be stronger. Some folks may differ with that opinion, but I'd use a 26watt power compact for that fuge. When you're fuge is at the low point in the sump, nutrients can settle down in there and that might be...

What's the lighting, lighting duration per day, flow and water temperature in the fuge? And how large is it, and how large is the rest of the system. And what are the nitrates?

that's a good list. the advantage of clowns in a nano tank is that they rarely go 6" away from their anemone, so in terms of "space" (rather than water volume) they are very efficient.

There are many alarmist writings out there, offering generalizations and abstractions as support. You know them when you see them. For eg., I keep trigger tanks and have combined all different species for years with only one mishap with a small bursa - and on the occasions that fellow reefers...

29 gallon is a very unforgiving size for an environment. So you were going uphill before you started. Aging the tank is your best friend here. If you could do what you wanted, I'd add a 55 gallon tank with some rock in it as a sump just to triple your water volume. Or a tub if not a tank...

Over the course of your hobby, the very great majority of livestock you get will not make it, mostly in the first few years - whether because of (1) physical weakness, (2) failure to acclimate over the short or long term, (3) accidents, (4) predation, (5) difficult species to keep, etc. Except...

I've always thought of "cleaners" to be a description of what they eat rather than a job they'll do for you. So from that, you'd just get the livestock within that scope that is interesting to you. Different ones may eat algae, leftover feed or detrius. I'd steer towards what interests...

Your probably going to find that there is, or was a nutrient spike. The water changes over a couple weeks time is the best medicine and it should lead to the situation gradually subsiding. Once you stop feeding algaes they eventually whither. It takes time though. As to the Cardinal, it's...

If you have a 3/4 or one inch flexible tube you can suction him into a bucket. It's a fun ride so I've heard.

If anyone wants to go in on a livestock order in the philly/south jersey to hit free shipping LMK and I'll do the order. Free shipping is at $175 and I'll be spending about $85.

for a few days it seems

I went to the Aquarium Center today. Relative to my experience that place is very expensive. I don't see myself buying anything there. In my estimation the livestock and drygoods run about 35% higher than the Hidden Reef. Now I understand where the South Jersey folks are saying they don't...

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Folks have success with all of the salts sold.

I don't see how there can be zero nitrates. If there is ammonia entering the system, there should be nitrates produced in the bacteria cycle. so that's curious. i used to run without a skimmer when i kept a good proportion of refugium growing macroalgae - sized at about 30% of the system.

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