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Many people want to know what the difference is of appearance of 10k vs 14k bulbs. Recently I upgraded from 10k to 14k phoenix MH bulbs. Here are the pics of the tank with both bulbs so you be the judge. 10k Bulbs: 14k Bulbs: Well there you have it, and if the glass looks dirty that...

Just put in the pheonix 14k bulbs and they throw out a very nice blue color. Highly recommend them.

Have to jump in here and say we love it as well. We use both the rods food and coral food as well. Fish, inverts, and LPS love the stuff and we pretty much gave up on other sources of food (besides blackworms).

You can go with a sea hare, but if you only have a little bit than I would not get one. They can clean out a massive outbreak very quickly and then starve to death. When I was doing some research on the electric blue hermits which is part of the invert group buy juice44 is doing I read on...

Not sure where you are located, but most LFS sell RO water. We buy ours for 50 cents a gallon at tropiquarium and might be a good holdover until you get the unit. We will get an RO/DI unit later on but for our nanos the price is right.

Thank you so much we replaced the bulb and the new one turned on. I did not realize you had to be so forceful with those bulbs and thank god for my fiances skinny finger to get behind it. Thanks again.

I run my 12g lights for about 10-12 hours, about a normal daylight cycle.

We have a 250 double ended MH pendant and are trying to take out the bulbs. We cannot figure out how to do this. Is there a trick or are we just that mechanically disinclined? Can someone out of the kindness of their hearts please help us out with this.

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From what I have read monthly seem to be the overall concensus under normal circumstances. I change it out monthly as well. I am sure others have differenet schedules, but whatever works best for you is the answer.

We also love the mandarin. Here is a good link to check out discussing how to try and ween them onto frozen food. http://microcosmaqx.typepad.com/matt_wittenrich/

How big is your tank? I have seen and heard of tanks where a coral banded was an upstanding citizen. In our 20g he molted and ate every shrimp smaller than him. We also watched him catch and kill a neon cleaner goby that landed in front of him. We also spot fed him daily to make sure he was...

Some updates on the 20g. We have not caught the mantis even though we pulled everything out. We have not seen him either so who knows. We added a small CPR fuge on the back as well as an AquaC Remora skimmer. We also added our first piece of SPS so we will see how that goes under the T5s. We...

So we went ahead and got the tank covered so we could add a new friend, a blue spotted jawfish. We introduced him today and he spent the day digging out a ton of sand behind the piece of live rock in the middle of the tank. He has about 3 spots he pops up in when he wants to. The coral beauty is...

You probably want to wait 2 more weeks, but it all depends on the types of corals you want to add. Mushrooms, zoas, and leathers are much more tolerant of lower water conditions and can actually thrive in them. If you step up to LPS and SPS they are much less tolerant of low water conditions so...

Here is there website http://www.tropiquarium.com/ very bare bones. They have beautiful display tanks, if you are close check it out.

In our 30g we try and top off every other day about a gallon. It has an open top and a MH pendant so we need to keep up on it.

I have a convertible they are more fun that way. I have never had a top blow off but I have had plenty of things fly out of my convertible. Good luck with the new look.

Not sure where you live, but tropiquarium sells 5 gallon jugs. They have a screw off top and that is what I am going to use when I setup my ATO eventually. I was going to put the pump on the stand and have the jug on the ground. Was also looking at the exact same setup that you want to buy.

Having a sinlge specimen will not incite them to fight. The shrimp tend to be more active and visible when you have them in pairs. They are hermaphoditic so you don't need to worry about sexing the shrimp. Mine are constantly pregnant which is nice and adds a different source of food for...