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On our 20g we have T5 lights, we never intended on doing sps in that tank so we went with those. We currently have zoas, mushrooms, and LPS in there and they are all doing fine. We really noticed a bump in growth when we added the T5 bulbs and have been very happy with them.

If you can't do both, it depends on what you are looking for. In my opinion, and I have only been to each 1-2 times, AO has a better fish selection while OGII has a better all around selection. Others might disagree with me, but if I wanted new corals, I am going to OGII.

For those of us who want to take this hobby a little too far. http://www.slipperybrick.com/2009/05/hydroglass-lets-you-shower-on-a-fish-tank/

As concept3 wrote, different clams have different lighting needs. The other variable is positioning, maximas and croceas are usually placed higher up where they attach to the rockwork while deresas and squamosas are placed down on the sand bed. Also, how old is your tank? They usually recommend...

My fiancee refuses to touch them anymore after her hand went numb after moving some around. I now do everything, just make sure to wash my hands afterwards.

I added as much as I could, I think this is an awesome idea.

From the advice of Austin at Trop we have been dosing our food with Vitamin C for a while now. The theory behind it is that it helps corals heal faster when they split which leads to more growth. I have zoas in my tank and they are doing great, I don't know if it is the Vitamin C or something...

How long are you running your lights for? I assume you did not have that much light in the nano and you might want to acclimate your corals to the more intense light from the hqi. Also, algae feeds on light, nitrates, and phosphate so cutting out any of these things will probably help you.

Thanks Bob, I will try that.

I think you made a great choice. I have the 12g and love it. I agree with JohnS in throwing out the ceramic rings and bioballs. Basically they are there to host bacteria, but your live rock will do a better job of that, also they can trap gunk. I took my sponge out and added live rock rubble...

We have something very similiar growing in our 20g, it is a sponge.

Welcome to the hobby, you will have a great time. The nano cubes are actually pretty nice to have and are a good starter kit becuase they are plug and play. If you have a lot of birthday cash you might want to look into the red sea tanks. They come in 35 and 65 gallon and are great systems to...

We also have a 20g high, and are quite amazed at what it can do. What sort of hardware do you have on that system? We are looking to upgrade and are looking for some suggestions.

The ice idea is for our 30 as well. We have MH on there and it is already starting to run a little hot in the apartment. I have the JBJ 12 gallon and with the hood i really don't have to deal with that much evaporation issues, and salinity is balanced out with weekly water changes.

You can go out and buy a complete auto top off unit and get the pumps and sump. I believe that might be a bit overkill for a 12g tank. If you have good knowledge of pumps and plumbing you might be able to rig something, I personally have none of that. You can also look for a Kent doser which is...

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If you are hooked now, just wait until you play the multi-player. Not only is it really really fun, but of course there are challenges and levels to achieve that will keep you coming back for more. I have not played single player in over a year, so sorry I cannot help you on that front.

Tangs are VERY susceptible to Ich, Hippos especially.

Now I feel guilty about starting this thread. :'(

You may want to get some garlic, apparently it helps out with the slime coat on your fish. We had ich in our 20g, quarantined everything and still lost fish. We used some stuff that did not work at all. The only thing that cured our fish was copper which is like using a sledgehammer but can get...