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Welcome back. :) Some questions...where did you get the live rock and how did it come to you? I would strongly suggest getting a turkey baster and blowind the rock with it ... will knock free some crud when you do the water change? If you have not added try adding some biro spira or however you...

I don't think the shrimp had anything to do with the bulbs...more likely a bad molt.  Iodine can help with that. Sorry should be responsible and say that if you dose you should test too. I am lax with this as I don't dose as much as suggested and have a lot of macro algae and skim which...

Totally normal at first introduction and at night.

I got three new fish .... 4 line wrasse and a pair of shark nosed gobbies. I was torn about buying any new fish but decided to go ahead. Sure enough I add three and my bicolor pseudocromis disappears....(I doubt he jumped or anyone killed the mean little bugger) and one of the gobbies jumped...

I cannot help you with the specifics sorry nobody answered. I have a starry blenny and it doesn't bother my cleaner goby(at least not that I saw)

What if anything is removable? You can use the holes for your return pump or pumps or some sort of media chamber using two holes and the pump one. Just a thought. If you did that then the skimmer could go on the right but you wouldn't have the baffles to get rid of any microbubbles.

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/reefs-magazine/66906-when-murphy-comes-callin.html The articles are pretty good reads...this issue was disasters or something sorta depressing.

Good book that is cheap is 101 Saltwater Fishes....not super exciting but they give some nice combinations of fishes for different sized tanks reef/non reef. At least it gives you a some ideas.

I read the Reef Magazine today on Manhattan Reefers....one of the articles was by a guy who was using a TDS meter that was not working .... gummed up his tank. He had the same problems algae outbreaks after a water change. Test your pre RODI water at least to make sure it is working. I have...

IO is OK but Reef Crystals is the better reef salt both same company. The difference is that RC has more calcium then IO. I would suggest testing your current water for Calcium, Mag, PH, and Alk minimum. If you have more SPS you are going to want to go with RC IMHO or another premium salt.

I used a black plastic flexible tube from HD I think was in the home electronics isle.

I agree with Dave on this completely. Not only misleading but could be very careless. If the person who listens to you has really bad tap water it could end up killing everything in the tank. Pics would be nice upload some to photobucket.com.

100 lbs will prob do it. My suggestion is Drs Foster...do combo say 1 40lb live 2 30lb dry. Shipping is cheaper since not by weight. RO/DI is one thing you will need ASAP. I personally liked putting something down on the glass before I put my rocks down...I used plastic cutting boards...

Luckly doesn't collect much junk but... Hawk is right....I found it helps with PH swings better too when it has room to grow.

Here is my cheato doesn't really tumble anymore.

Same with me but stationary. Also you can put fuge on one end of sump, skimmer on other and return in middle. Here is a pic of mine, not that way. Skimmer to the right.

Great if you can find room for two containers you will find that you need to mix SW too I have it set up so I unplug ATO pump , drain the water, then plug in second pump that moves the fresh SW into the tank. Life is good. ;D

If you are moving building walls I would highly suggest you build an area to keep your sump/ATO/saltwater mixing containers in. You will be able to "hide" them and a lot of the noise that goes along with the pump/water gurgling, etc. I love a fuge it is a great way to export nuitrients, balance...

I have seen systems run without a skimmer for a while so might say that while that is in a good place you could in theory leave it till much later. But you will likely have to leave a larger amount of room in the sump or only be able to buy a skimmer that fits your sump.

Yep the MH VS T5 debate ...one of the great reefer debates of all times. I am a T5 guy, supratt9 points out you need to replace your lights...regularly which I agree with for T5 but also you need to do it for MH. IMHO PC shift is much much worse then T5 shift....and slower. PC you need every...