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I'll do the shrimp thing. Thanks everyone!! Bill

I just started a new 28 gallon Nano with 30 lbs of argonite sand, and 30 lbs of cured live rock. I'm wondering if it will cycle being that the rock is cured? Will it go through a small cycle at least? I'm not planning on adding anything to it for a couple of weeks. I didn't like the skimmer...

I know it's very new, but does anyone here have any knowledge to share about the new JBJ 28 gallon tank's stock skimmer. It is an old fashioned counter current skimmer. It has no water pump, just an airpump that connectes to it. I haven't set it up yet, and was wondering if anyone has any...

I still wouldn't recommend keeping both the firefish and the gramma. Keep one or the other. Bill

I had a cherub in my 120 gallon reef, and if you go that route then definitely add him last. They have great personalities and are a lot of fun to watch, but they do tend to be agressive to fish that are added to the tank after them. Bill

Drop the firefish and the gramma, and you could. You might be ok if you have adequate filtration just dropping the firefish. Also with that list of fish you should add the angel last. It will be the most agressive of your fish so the rest of your list should be acclimated to the tank before...

What else do you plan on putting in the system? Are you planing a reef? They can nip at corals. Bill

The banggai Cardinal is a beautiful addition to a reef. I had a couple that were a bit shy. You don't have anything to worry about aggression wise right now. Your dottyback is the most agressive fish in your tank and he should only really harass smaller fish or fish similar in color or shape...

Alot of the larger fish are not reef safe, but definitely look into the many different types of reef wrasses. They are very colorful and great in a reef that size as they move quite a bit. Also you can go with more than one type of Tang. You can have your yellow, and then add a blue tang or...

I'll try not to go on for too long here. I've been away from the hobby for about a year. I had a really incredible 120g reef with 60g refugium, and 2-250w hallides and 2-96w PC's. I live in the Santa Clarita Valley in California and my electrical bills were skyrocketing during the summer. My...

Thank you to everyone for your replies. It has been informative. Bill

Yeah, I checked on my policy and as long as the damage meets the extremely high deductable ceiling it will cover it. Bill

I have been in the hobby for about two years now. I know about cleaning filters and pumps and all that. What I was wondering is if there is ever a time that you need to check the seal of the tank itself. I have three glass tanks, one is 4 years old, one is two years, and the other is 1 year...

I'm not sure. It's big. I think it's 1/4 hp. Bill

I can clean the pump that way disconnecting it from the loop. There's no way to disconnect the entire loop. It's drilled through the wall of my house and part of it is inside with the other half outside. The pump and the chiller are just outside the wall of my house. What about the chiller...

It's attached to my chiller and my UV it's closed loop. Draws from the main tank into the pump through the chiller and UV at small rates and then back into the main tank through two returns. Only a little of the water gets run through the UV. I have that segmented off at about 250 gph or...

So now that I am abandoning all the LFS in my area and I'm going to start cleaning and maintaining everything myself I have a few questions? 1) I have what I beleive is a Little Giant external pump. It is supposed to be pumping 1500 gph. How often do I need to clean it if at all? Also is...

So if I cut holes in the back of the stand with a hole saw would I then have to install fans into the holes? There is about 8-12 inches between the back of the stand and the wall. Is that enough space to ventilate properly? The tank stand is 6 feet long. How many holes should I cut? Also is...

I appreciate your responses. The one thing I could use help with is trying to mount fans in a stand that already has a tank in place on it full. It is a fully enclosed stand with only 2 doors as openings. I could definitely figure out the lights myself. I beleive those are pretty easy. Any...

Well I made it to my breaking point. I live in an area of Californina that there are very few Saltwater Aquarium stores. I'm not much of a do it yourselfer so I've had to rely on others that I pay to do the dirty work. I try to keep the tanks clean myself, but any mechanical things that need...