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Sugar Magnolia, 3G is pretty tiny, not sure how much good that will do. Why not just go to walmart and get a 15G rubbermaid plastic tub for $5?

Unfortunately, as is usually the case with lighting there is very little actual mfg data to rely upon. Where data does exist, it is usually not consistent with each other making it very difficult to do comparisons. The only real data we have to work with is that created by Sanjay and others like...

Just read Matt's link. That was impressive. BTW, if anyone ever really wants to try raising them and needs some rotten red mangrove leaves, just let me know. I paddle by islands full of them on a regular basis...

I'll second Matt's response. There are hundreds of these things on the sand/mud flats near the mangrove keys by my house. Lots of birds roost in the mangroves and the water is downright filthy. The upside down jellies just rest on the sandy bottom in a few feet of water. Their requirements are a...

You can try ordering the materials from Florida Aqua Farms to culture brine shrimp and rotifers. If you feed the brine shrimp when they still have yolk sack attached they are much more nutritious. You can also try Cyclopeeze and the smallest frozen Mysis you can find. In the long run you'll need...

I've seen titanium tubing on eBay. You may be able to buy some there and either fabricate the coil yourself (if you have some tube bending equipment, beware - titanium is not easy to work) or bring to a metal fabrication shop and have them make one. If all else fails I'd try to contact the...

Actually, from a cost perspective, I don't think T5's make as much sense for small tanks as they do for larger (longer) ones. Here's why, T5 bulb cost doesn't change very much with length. The 24W sunlight bulbs are ~$24 and the 80W ones are only ~$28. Just as a comparison for a 2' tank using an...

I find my TDS meter to be very helpful in determining when to change my DI resin. IME depleted DI resin will actually raise the TDS of the input water, and it will do this before all of the resin in your cartridge color changes. Without a meter you're kind of shooting in the dark. And, don't...

It's purely observation on my part, but my pod population seems to increase when I feed more phyto. The little guys definitely eat meaty foods too, though. It's pretty comical watching one try to hoard a formula 1 pellet that's bigger than itself. Maybe you could put your fuge pump on a timer...

Hurricane release, what the heck is a hurricane release? It's even funnier since it's mentioned so casually, like it's a common occurence, "Oh, just another hurricane release". First thing is there hasn't been a hurricane down here that could have done this (if it could be done at all) since...

Sanjay Joshi recently did some very extensive testing on reflectors and I believe he also tested white painted backgrounds for comparison. You should be able to find his article with a search on his name.

TBS = Tampa Bay Saltwater. I got a "package" for my 220 and am very pleased with it. I posted a looong story on it here: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthrea ... did=339082 . I'd consider getting a 60G pkg for the 75 unless you want lots of rock. They ship the rock in water so there's very...

Captivereef, If you are looking for a discussion on this topic why aren't you addressing the issues people are raising? It appears to me that you have only randomly and intermittently responded to any of the multitude of very good arguments against this idea. The reason this is one sided is that...