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Hey guys, I know it was against better judgement but the wife got me a Haddoni anenome and a saddleback clown for Fathers day. Its in my 210. The problem is it is gaping a bit at the mouth and goes limp and lies flat on the sand. The wierd thing is it does this in the mornings and by 5:00PM...

Can someone ID this for me? I know Ive seen it in books before but couldnt find it when I needed it... Thanks

Picked these guys up the other day. I had never seen a frogspawn with two different colored tips in one head. This one is pink and green tipped.

Ive got a 210g (see equip in signature) which has been up for about 8 weeks. Everything is good with the tank- just going through the new tank algae phases. Water testing today: Temp: 80.3 PH: 8.34 SG: 1.026 Amm: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 0 Alk: 4.23 Magn: ~1800 Ca: 380 ORP: 305 The...

Well, hard to believe but the new 210 has finished the cycle and has been up now for a month on Saturday. Ive slowly increased lighting over the course of the month and have been at full glory for a week and a half now- (3 x 400W 10K + 2 x 96W Actinics). Did a full battery of tests this...

Just got a TDS meter. My intent is to be able to tell when I need to change cartridges in my spectrapure RO/DI. Did a quick check- tap water reads 545ppm, output of the RO/DI reads 2ppm. Seems to be doing a fine job after 6 months (cartridges). What do you all consider unacceptable TDS...

When curing rock in a new tank, at what point should you start providing light over the rock? Ive been running a single 400W bulb over the tank a few hours a day to try and keep some light loving stuff alive. Ammonia has dropped Nitrite is spiking. I assumed Id wait on full strength...

Well, I wanted a bigger tank, so after looking at several I settled on an acrylic 210g. It has two bottom and top skimming overflows, flat black back, and is drilled for the closed loop. For equipment, where to begin: I built the stand and canopy myself. Sump- 75g glass tank with...

I'm prob reading too much into all this, but my tank is really cloudy. Im curing 175lbs or rock in the tank and it has been in three days. It is incredibly cloudy and has a green/yellow tint to it. I dont remember any tanks Ive cycled before getting this cloudy. Someone reassure me here...

Yesterday I added 180lbs of fresh Kaelini LR to my soon to be 210g SPS/Clam reef. The tank is 84x24x24, and the white return elbows you see are about 3 inches below the waters surface. 1/2" layer of sand will go in after the curing process. I wanted a two island structure, but not sure if I...

Alrighty- the tank was delivered monday and is filling now. An incredibly slow process. I finished the plumbing for the closed loops yeterday and have to admit I am a little disappointed in the amount of flow Im getting through the closed loops- here's some pics, question to follow..

As some of you know Im starting a 210g SPS/Clam tank. The tank ships tuesday the 9th and should be delivered by the weekend of the 12th. I found a place here in Fl to hand-pick Keys LR. They are off collecting for the next two weeks and will be returning to the warehouse on the 20th with...

I bought this reactor used and am not sure how to hook it up. The blue line from top to bottom I assume is to keep the bubble counter full- . The blue line in the back is effluent out, got that. The red line in the front appears to be the reactor input. I am going to mount the...

Im starting my canopy tomorrow and was wondering what the concensus was for distance from lights (bottom of bulb) to water's surface? It will be 3 400W MH and 2 96W PCs on a 210g- 84 x 24 x 24.

For those who have an aquacontroller: I want to control a heater and chiller. Each has its own temp controller with it. Do you just turn their individual controls down as far as they go to allow the aquacontroller to turn each off and on? I want to use the seasonal temp control functions...

Thought I would post a few pics of the stand construction and equipment for my new 210g tank. The tank will be here in a week and a half- man I better get to work!

I got some 1/4" acrylic that I am going to use to create some baffles in a 75g GLASS tank Im turning into a sump. I'm going to have three compartments- equip/return/fuge. I read a post a while back about acrylic expanding more that glass and cracking tanks. I think the post recommended...

Anybody see any problems with placing my calcium reactor- its a marine life aquatics cr-500- directly in the sump. This would save room under the stand. It uses an Eheim 1250 submersible pump so that wont be an issue..

I know I saw a thread on this but couldnt find it. I need to install some acrylic baffles into a 75g glass tank to convert it to a sump. I though I remembered someone recommending marine goop, but not sure. Any ideas? I think Im going to borrow Pro_builders sump plan:

Well, I settled on a 210gal tank for my new SPS/Clam. Placed the order today, will be here in 3 weeks! The tank measures 84 x 24 x 24, with two bottom and top skimming overflows and black back. Im going to run MAG 24's for the closed loops and the return from sump. Ive got an old 75gal glass...