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why would you guys want cheato in your display? just curious,

I have the red sea berlin skimmer and it does a great job, not sure about the prism at all. My suggestion unless anybody else chimes in on them is to get a bigger skimmer, do you plan on getting a bigger tank in the future? I guess the prism would do the job on a 20 gal tank. I don't have...

yes the silicates help the bloom, but how come your lights are on a 10 hour schedule? do you have corals? if not i would cut down on the time they are on and is the tank in direct sunlight at anytime during the day? also there are people that think those bio wheel filters aren't any good. The...

it's probabbly just a bloom, I had minor issues well past 6 months on my setup. how long has your tank been up and running? what are the parameters? nitrates mostly? what kind of filtration are you using? also what kind of lighting and how long are they on?

hey you don't want anything that is feeding on snails in your tank. I have predator worms that i am trying to rid myself of. If something is going to be eating snails they most likely will eat something else meaty. also I have never had an issue with a coral banded shrimp being aggressive but...

you don't plan on using the UG filter right?

hey S!mon, believe me I know how much it costs to have a reef tank. I am in the thousands category as well. And I am just about in my second year for a salt/reef tank. My system is stable I have no issues with anything yet. I put alot of time into my set up and I don't think the length of...

apples and oranges

sorry ansphire the link I sent you was to purchase power compacts not really the metal halides. The metal halides were like 30 bucks lol wya out of my price range but the power compacts are cheap!! sorry to confuse you i just sent it incase you needed power compacts the MH's is X's dept...

well go get one, but I think for the most part with water changes your Iodine level should be fine, you can add iodine if you want to suppliment a little.

yeah probabbly six or so, I am going to try for 9 months. I only run my bulbs 8/9 hours a day. Some people do alot more than that. hey trido, do you know anything about the bulbs I am using? why are you down on them? You need the masses of people to tell you what to use??? lol don't you...

I bought 150's he sells on EBAY ask X for the specifics

was the company AquarMckzo in your study you reference?

you should get the ushikimo's or the yamifungoos!!! whatever!!!! I have not found the reason yet to buy expensive bulbs. I bought direct from china and I bought double ended 150 watt metal halides 14K for 12 dollars each bulb shipped. yes 12 dollars total! They fire up nice and look...

hey can you give a pic or two?? I am really curious about the rock being bleached from light. I have a few rocks that actually stick out of my tank and they get bleached but nothing that is submerged. I have rock towers and they go to the top of the water and are right under the metal halides...

http://toptropicals.com/html/aqua/plant ... ve_eng.htm looks like it gets real big! I don't know much about them but halfway down the page it tells you some info on how to acclimate

these guys are right, your fine nothing to worry about you probabbly still have all your snails!!!

lol, nice one, i forgot

I would get a sally lightfoot, they are work horses or even an emerald crab but my sally lightfoots are always busy working.

.023 to .025 is tiny jump i think, why couldn't he just get it there in one shot? mines up in the 1.027 area