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Cleanup crew is a mix of snails and hermits. Nassarius, cerith and astrea snails and blue legged hermits. We just add as we go along. We know we are going to lose some, so we just look and see what we need.

Thanks vang, we will be talking about it this weekend, but it looks like the way we are going to go.

Look around for some used fixtures on the For Sale thread. You can go ahead with the PC lighting I just wanted to let you know that you will be limited in your coral selection.

I will contact TEK on monday and let you know, I live in 08730 so it would just be a straight shot out 195 to get to you. Will let you know.

I think you are making the right decision to return the two bulb system, it would not be enough light for what you wanted to do. The new system would be enough light for softies and zoas, but not for an anem. Also, most people in the hobby are getting away from the power compact lights. They are...

Thank you guys for all the responses and the offers. We are still over a month away from setting up the tank, just doing research. The tank will have no canopy or hood. The new currents say they have individual reflectors but I was told it is just one big one kind of folded around the bulb. I...

Well we are back home in rainy cold NJ. The tanks look fine, just a lot of algae growth. The mp10 got switched to a different mode so it did some aquascaping of its own with the live sand. We may have lost a fish, not sure yet but everything else is fine and no floods. Tanks got a little cold...

We had our clowns host our frogspawn so a torch is not a stretch. I would probably recommend frogspawn (or hammer), our torch coral is getting to big for out 20g and is constantly stinging things. We have to leave so much space around him it takes up too much room. Frogspawn can sting corals too...

Forgot to mention, if you look in the for sale thread, people on here will sell live rock and sand for a lot less than what stores sell them for. Generally you can get is for under 5 bucks a pound.

Welcome to the Dark Side, and yes it only gets darker. The good: Your salt choice is very good and most people on here use the same salt (including us). The Koralia 3 is a good pump but might be a bit much for your size tank and what you want to keep in there. We had two Koralia 2s on a 30...

We are going through with ordering the tank, thank you all for the responses and look for the tale of the tank thread soon.

We have two Aqua C Remoras and yes they take time to break in. It takes a good two to three weeks before they are ready to go and setting the height of the collection cup also will make a difference. My advice would be to start it low and work it up until you feel you have a good foam level. Did...

If you get a nice protein skimmer, you probably don't need the canister filter. We run sumpless systems and have been very happy with the Aqua C Remora HOB skimmer which would be fine for your size tank. I would go for T5s depending on the length of your tank. We have both MH and T5s and have...

You can look at a tube anem which prefers to be in the sand. All of our BTAs liked it better in the live rock where they can hide their foot in a cave. PM Blange, I know he has a sand dwelling anem.

Looks like a great stocking plan, you have fish that will live in all three levels of the water column which is nice. With that low of a bioload you could probably squeeze in one more fish.

What kind of corals are you keeping in there and what is the depth of the tank? Have you done any water tests to see what your calcium or any other levels are?

It is a newer building built to be a business and apartment so it was not converted. I think we should be ok, but just wanted to ask.

We live on the second floor in an apartment that is over a business. This essentially means that we cannot reinforce the floor at all so this has pretty much kept us in the nano range (nothing bigger than a 30). Of course this means we want a bigger tank and we just saw the deal that AO is...

Not sure where you live, we buy our RO water from Trop for fifty cents a gallon which is much cheaper than the distilled water you can buy at the supermarket.

We drove by the Marriott where the conference is going to be held and to say it is an impressive sight would be a massive understatement. The hotel complex is enormous and we talked about how nice it would be to see MACNA from the other side. With MACNA and the wedding done we have no idea what...