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I think that is a decision you have to make based on what you think looks good. As long as you use a good reflective product in a retrofitted hood, the corals will still get the light they need. As for brands, well I usually pick something middle of the price range. I have bought really...

Thanks, Hot as usual for this time of year. It is fine up here on the Goldie but Melbourne and Adelaide just had a full week of temps beyond 40C. Lots of reefers down there lost thier entire systems due to heat and power loss. Was a real shame. BTW dived the seaway last weekend, 25m vis...

jardinii is looking good at the front there. How often and what do you feed it?. Also is there a powerhead aimed at it or is that shot taken while it is in the middle of a 'wave'?

The world economic crisis is responsible my latest ebay purchase, 2x2 gallon tanks that an online shop was letting go cheap as it had closed down. I picked them up for 2 bucks each. I have also have 2 hang on filters 500l/per hour ($4) I don't have any experience with pico's so here...

Man, I have to think I'm lucky now to be able to collect NSW. I never even thought about all of the reefers that don't live near the sea. Lucky for me, I can see the water from my bedroom so it has never been a problem. Makes me think how committed some of you inlanders are. My NSW has...

That's not a bristle worm. Bristles won't harm your tank unless they are huge. Otherwise they are great clean up crew.

nice. what is that to the right of the zoas at 2:02?? Think it's some kind of leather but it may be an anemone. Whatever it is, It looks great. Well Done.

Can't help you there. Water quality changes from place to place. You will need to do the research as mentioned in my post. It all depends on your location. Eg Here on the Gold Coast Australia, we use water from dams that has been chlorinated, flurodised and who knows what else. My...

Your local authority that controls the water will have typical ananlysis info that you can get hold of. This will be different for every area. This may be tested at the source, and may not be accurate either. It won't take into account the water network, some of which are hundreds of years old...

Up, up and away.... Tank is going fine. I collected a very small lawnmower about 2 weeks ago. I went missing and I suspected that it went carpet surfing. Turns out that is went for a ride throught the overflow an is in the sump, it's hard to get out of there.. So, I have that Blenny plus...

I don't want to knock you down, as I have said several times I am trying to help. My previous post, explaining the issues with tapwater was genuine advice and did not have a malicious tone at all. My first post merely pointed out some issues that you should be aware of, most of which have...

No I use only rain water, check your facts. And I posted that particular article of the MANY out there because I believe that it suited your intelect. No, the jury is not out on this, Tap water is not good for marine aquariums the end. It contains high levels of PO4, Cu, No2, and various...

http://ozreef.org/faq/starting_out/can_ ... water.html This is why you shouldn't use tap water. An Alternative is rain water to top of Natural Salt Water (NSW) You could collect 20 or 30 litres from the Gold Coast Seaway at High Tide and use that instead of mixing salt with tap water...

Nice, give us more details, lights, filtration, livestock ect.

Cool, looks like a nice, healthy system. What is your water change schedule, those feather dusters will be using a fair bit of your calc, you might need to suplement if you are not already. Love those zoas on the right of shot, hope they go nuts for you.

That's good, sounds like everything is going great. You should go ahead and fill it with corals. :shock:

Ha, thanks. Do you measure calcium content? I have been keeping mine at about 430 to promote coralline growth but would I be correct in assuming yours is sitting a bit below that and your corals are still growing.

how are those guinea pigs going, I meant to ask you.

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? Here is some light reading for you. Every single animal or coral you put into your tank requires research. Never impulse buy. Find something you like, go home, research and then purchase if you are certain it will survive. http://www.reeftime.com/reef-articles/a ... nes/11.htm...