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There are a lot of other viable alternatives - just check out the sponsor list/vendor forum. But if you are in that area specifically - Aquatic obsessions is not even a 2~3 minute drive over. Speaking of which - they are looking into getting some nudibranches that consume aiptasia...so you...

A bit of controversy with these - GARF reports that certain species will eat SPS...while other hobbyists report no detrimental impact at all. I have never heard them eating coralline - but (shrug) so much of the stuff grows in a tank - even if they do eat it - it's hardly noticeable.

wow that bi-color looks a lot like a royal gramma. Both (in my opinion) can be tempermental - but sorry to hear about the pseudo... also thanks for mentioning the losses/mistakes - it's really helpful for others (myself included) to read and hopefully learn not to repeat. Not everyone mentions...

Re: Here's my 120 vid works and wow that's really crazy...!!!

welcome!!!!

i think the two islands is a great idea - you have plenty of length to make it work. I agree with everyone...tank and stand are gorgeous!

mike makes a good point - if you have treated your fw fish with any copper - it may leech back. May not be an issue if you are going to have a FO (Fish only) or FOWLR (FO with live rock). But any inverts you introduce may be adversely impacted.

could you pick up one of those small portable de-humidifiers as a stop-gap until a more permanent solution could be attained? I had mold on all of my window sills - but the problem in our case was the windows were bent/old/a mess when we bought the house. We replaced the windows and then had a...

while you dodge chlorine in well water - you may have other issues. I dunno if we have a group buy on RO/DI this year - but that is something to consider investing in. Welcome to the forum!

i imagine if using a phosban reactor the media takes 3 months or so - then similarly that would apply to just a bag tossed in the sump. Mind you unless the water is somehow actively pushed thru the media - it's not going to help you a whole lot if the water just flows around the bag...since...

My theory - you may have spotted baby amphipods and the half inch pistol hitched into your tank somehow. But if you do find that you are breeding pistols, can I be on your list of "shrimp-frag" buyers? ;D

If there is one thing this hobby has proven - it is that last decade's (or maybe two decades ago) underwater gravel filter to this years prodibio - there are many many ways to do and execute to get to a hypothetical "ideal". Some consider one method the holy grail, while others say it's snake...

Try some frozen cyclopeeze...if you know where it is you could gently jet a batch of food via pipette. There was a pretty good article on these guys in November 2007 Aquarium Fish International Magazine. Any pics? Are these the citron gobies? Or some other species?

I'd imagine it is omnivorous - though a steady diet of worms and if you are generous - frozen shrimp/silversides would be fine. It (like all inverts) will need appropriate calcium in order to shed its shell. Only concern I'd have is that it is likely not used to tropical temps year round...I...

ouch that stinks. I'm not familiar with the float switches - but I have read that folks like to double up them to prevent floods - dunno if that is possible for you or not. There was also a post a while back of a commercial device (i think it was like $10 or something) that would sound a high...

Agree... Sorry - all crabs with the paddle features on the back are a dead giveaway of the portunid family/species and none of them are reef safe. I know it may sound in-humane but you're better off freezing the guy for a quick death. I dunno what kind of fauna you have in your tank - but if...

I think instead of money on spent feeding star, a small refugium could be set up - where a population of fauna could reproduce and replenish your sandbed...(thereby feeding your star) and will also provide some nitrate export (via the pruning of macro algae). Alternative critters that help the...

welcome Jim / newly salted! Here's a pretty good link on building the sump: http://www.melevsreef.com/allmysumps.html Good luck!

I do not have T5s - so it may be helpful to get some folks who have had those bulbs chime in - but I do not think you need to change them once a year. Ever consider swapping out the pcs for some vho actinics? It looks like you have room in the canopy...btw that is some really nice work on that...

First - I think the amount of blue you want in the tank is up to you - but the idea of using the T5s are your "daylight" and the pcs as the actinic is certainly one method that is favored by a lot of folks. My comment/ question is really about the idea of switching the bulbs out after 4~5...