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    Finally back into the greatest hobby

    Hello all well i am finally back after about at least 2yrs its been a tough road but i am back and about to get deeply back into the hobby. My plans as of now is to make my current empty 125 a mini reef. until i can start the build process on my approved from wife 360 gallon (48x48x36) custom...
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    Lighting for 120 gal

    You can go to home depot and get reflective aluminum and place on the inside of the canopy and it will be what ever size you need. that saves you room. Or if you do a canopy build it at least 10inches high, then there is room for the overflow. But if it was mine i would just go with a 2 175...
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    Show your filtration Systems

    Well here is the filteration on my 10gallon hex nano system. I chose to use my old CPR Bak Pak 2 skimmer/filter combo to run on this sucker.
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    Looking to add a fish, need advice

    dont add more fish just start adding corals to make your tank look more productive but if you feel that you want a fish then look at a clown fish and a anemone.
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    How bad are Bio Balls?

    You need as much LR as the place where you want it to go can fit and hold.
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    How bad are Bio Balls?

    Well here is what i would do with your tank, I wouuld start removing the bio balls about a 1/4 every friday until there is only a 1/4 left once you reach that point then shut the pump down for a few so you can rearange things in there put a piece of sponge in there to block the debre from going...
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    How bad are Bio Balls?

    VERY BAD. They keep nitrates in your tank. Take them out and just put small pieces of LR in place of the bioballs.
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    nitrates nitrates nitrates

    I have a bak pak 2 filter as well and my buddie told me about removing the bio- balls and over a corse of 2 weeks my nitrates went from 50 to a 12.5. Since you dont have any corals then you should be fine with that. If your sump is a 20 gal then I would add about 15 lbs of rock to the sump. You...
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    Baby Food Info needed for Clownfish

    I was thinking of getting a group of juvies but I have had 3 clowns in my tank at one time and they all fought because I have one anemone and they all want to sleep and play in it so they started fighting. I will have another tank set up just to do the breeding so I wont have that problem...
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    Baby Food Info needed for Clownfish

    What do you think is the easiest clowns to breed I would love to breed some. And where is a good or the best place to get a breeding pair?
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    Power Compact lighting

    Run 10k over the 03 attinics.
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    how many times u feed fish during a week?

    Well I only have 3 fish in my tank but I feed them every morning around 8am. They dont let anything hit the bottom because my clown and yellow tail damsel attack the food as soon as it hits the water and after a few seconds and the food starts to drift my firefish takes care of the tiny pieces...
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    Power Compact lighting

    Hey there well depending on what you are keeping is the question? But I have a 45 tall with 4-96watt p/c I have 2-10k, 1-50/50, and 1 blue attintac. and my tank is doing great I have mostly LPS but do have some SPS and other stuff.
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    ICH in the reef tank

    OK people I have a few questions on this topic. 1) I had my tank set up for about a month and had 1 damsels and 2 false clowns and one of the clowns came down with ich and died, then the other clown started showing signs of ich and I started treating the tank with garlic and ginger mixed in...
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    low light clams?

    Yes there is but depending on how much light you have. I am running 4-96watts P/C's over a 45gal tank and the only clam I have is the one that starts with the D (word) i am not good with latin so excuse me.
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    Favorite live rock?

    Tonga Branch & Fiji :d
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