Recent content by Reef55

I am not saying he is going to have success by mounting it upside-down, but at least it will give it a better shot. I would think the chances of it surviving in his tank properly mounted are better than its chances at a LFS. I give him credit for trying at least.

I own a PFO dual 400 watt SE setup already. I do not have the PC stuff nor the moon lighting. VHO's are certainly an option. Any suggestions on a kit with individual reflectors? Heat is not going to be an issue... I have over 200 gallons in refugium / sumps in the basement that is going to...

I am thinking of this for lighting... Dual 400 watt MH, SE 10k's 4 x 55 watt PC Actinic 03's Lunartracker moon lighting (http://thelebos.com/main/cgi-bin/lunartracker.cgi) Tank will have SPS / clams / etc. Too much / too little? Comments? Thanks!

It will do the collapse thing if you mount it "bottom end down" like shown in the picture. They grow hanging upside down in the wild. Believe it or not, I kept one alive for over 1 and half years in a skimmerless tank (refugium with miracle mud was the only filtration). I even cut it in half...

I flew Delta back from Cincinnati to Manchester, NH, with a stryo box filled with corals, marked as such as carry on (I could have checked it if I wanted to, they gave me the option). It is in Delta's official policy that "salt-water aquaria" are allowed to be brought on board.

The floor plan doesn't exist at this moment. I haven't built the room in the basement yet (unfinished basement), so I can do whatever I want there. I was thinking of a linear layout, where all the water flows in one direction and finishes under the tank above it.

The "curing" is the tank seams :) The tank was built less than 2 weeks ago, and glasscages said not to put water into it for about a month (2 more weeks to go). I am not curing live rock... I have about 100 lbs of live southdown sand and 200 pounds of live rock from a person's tank they just...

Ok, here is what I have at my house... I am looking for advice on how to set this all up. Main tank is a glasscages 120 gallon with overflows on both short ends, to be installed in a wall that goes between the living room and dining room, both long sides will be visible. I have the tank, but...

odd question... i've looked at a lot of skimmers and plans for ones... one of the common items is the drain hose for the skimmate. Why not put the collection chamber crooked? By this I mean have the hole for the collection chamber off center, in fact as close to a side of the collection...

Hello all :) Well, I am trying to design a completely new aquarium for my wife and I for when I return from Iraq. I am looking for any and all advice, the following being guidelines: 1) built into the wall 2) most likely a 96" long x 24" deep x 30" tall tank (350 gallon). I am currently...

talk about a shameless plug!... of course, it worked and I called :)

Here are better pictures... sorry about the first set:

I am not sure if this is the right forum, but I have a serious problem going on with my corals. There has been this strange type of brownish "mold" randomly appearing around my tank that looks like it is "eating" my corals. It envelops all (if small enough) or parts at a time of a coral...

I am not sure if this is the right forum, but I have a serious problem going on with my corals. There has been this strange type of brownish "mold" randomly appearing around my tank that looks like it is "eating" my corals. It envelops all (if small enough) or parts at a time of a coral...

I am running a 55 gallon reef (10 different SPS a couple LPS and a bunch of softies). The only filtration is an eco-system type refugium under the tank which has the eco-mud and a couple different types of algaes (red turf to spaghetti to caulerpa). I have been running a LOA 65watter 24/7 for...