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I would get a Cu test kit and go from there.. are you sure that copper was used in this tank? Are you sure it was a dead crab and not a molt? That suck. Maybe you could drill a small hole in the to of the elbow and attach a small piece of airline with a valve to adjust how much air you are...

What fixture did you get? Because you mentioned it was affordable, I assume it has one large reflector as opposed to individual reflectors for every lamp. This significantly affects the total output of the fixture and you really cant compare them to MH at that point. The key point to...

I would highly recommend you just give your tank some time... the algae you are describing is perfectly natural for a tank that age. Give it time, water changes, and patience and it WILL go away. I doubt any shrimps will survive.. just an inappropriate environment for baby shrimp Im...

Probably too large of a cleaner crew and a couple of inappropriate choices that John mentioned led to their demise. Jesse

Were these web-loioking things coming off of the corals/anemones or the rocck or what? Sometimes corals can slime up after a water change where they become slighty stressed or irritated. Exactly what kind of anemone did you get? If you arent sure, do you have a picture? What kind of...

I figured that, although this thread has sort of wrapped up, I should add this link... http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showt ... id=1074168 There you will find all sorts of T5HO-only tanks that are supporting SPS tanks quite well. Jesse

That's a sweet mustang! I hear on the "bugs" thing with the cubes... time will tell/ Jesse

Welcome back, island... any pics of the Mustang? As far as the cube goes, my main concern with Nanocubes has always been the glass. I worry that these may have the same problem as the older nanocubes and may break. I do like the 150 watt MH but I want to see the reflector. I like the...

If you ever want/need to get something out of the way, you can just send it my way! ;-) Jesse

Incredible! Still one of my favorites! Jesse

My marine aquarium science class took a field trip to the amazing cabrillo aquarium yesterday. This facilty isn't the normal HUGE aquarium that most people have grown accustomed to, but they do serve more people than the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific (where I just became a volunteer...

Your overflows are so loud because they are succking in air.. you need an external durso overflow like this... My only other concern is the fact that there are 4 outlets but only about 750 GPH... do you have much force coming out of the outlets? Everything else looks good... keep us...

Thats crazy... I have had some pretty good conversations with the owener and that other guy that works there... never really talked to his wife though. That "japanese" chocolate anemone is pretty cool... funny thing is when they first got that anemone they were asking $500... now it says...

Agreed. Jesse

That is a joke. A good quality blue T5 lamp like the ATI Blue Plus as nearly as much PAR as the ATI Aquablue Special which has a ton of PAR as well. Now the actinic lamps on the other hand dont have quite as much PAR, but should be included in the total wattage especially with T5s. Do you...

No nothing like that and they are a waste of time... just package it back up and send it to me. Of sourse Im kidding. I dont know much about any tricks or tips... sorry. Jesse

The maxijet 1200 is probably a source for alot of the heat... those things run at 20 watts. You may want to consider a mj900 which does 230 gph (the 1200 is 295gph) but only uses 8 watts. Jesse

I would suggest removing the conch. You should be able to find at least one thread here that shows why. They dont do well in nanos. I personally like trochus snails over turbos... turbos will knock stuff over like crazy and can get rather large... especially in a nano. The nassarius...

It happens more than you think... especially with the all in one tanks like the nanocube. An uneven stand, a bump, a bad seam... thats all it takes especially when you start looking at seamless glass tanks with the bent corners. Jesse

Im not sure what the term bush coral refers to... is it a Cladiella like a colt or or finger leather? Most leathers like flow, but it isnt uncommon for them to close up for a little bit once or twice a day. We have a healthy, large finger leather at my college and he seems to close up about...