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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...

I don't have your skimmer but do have the sicce pump, see what you get when you unplug the "good one". I find that mine is not consistant in that at times it runs low then when it gets good flow of waste it flows higher. Assuming you have a valve on the skimmer try to adjust the hight of the...

No but they are a lot of fun, you get to see what comes out at night. Also for some corals they are dependent on lunar cycles, somewhat beyond me.

You won't want to put SPS in that 6inches most likely but so long as you are going to hang it you should be fine.

That pump is a great one ...low watts...is it possible you are not getting any flow through the skimmer? Assume you are geting a lot of air bubbles right? If so then really it is a mechanical(well some sort of fluid dynamics I guess) process that if you have gunk in the water you should get...

I totally believe in researching every fish. Remember you will own the fish hopefully for years. Make one mistake (bi color pseudocromis) and you will have a 6 year mistake. I research each type of fish and the individual fish. For instance I like Will at AO because he is very honest about each...

+6 or whatever on RO/DI AWI or TB aquatics you are getting a good product. Where is your tank going to be in your house? Even if you have the sump in the stand, which I do, you can put some of the equipment below/behind the tank. Things like auto top off containers, salt water mixing...

See all we needed was a lazy reefer to prove it. ;D