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lower flow and as far as light i've always had mine near the bottom mine flouresces very nice under actinics i do not feed mine they are pretty hardy and it should open up for you quite rapidly i believe that is red coraline the true EE are actually an Amplexis sp. and have one mouth and...

it looks like a very unhappy rhodactus meandris (sp?) - a type of elephant ear shroom but this one dif then most EE as it will have multiple mouths and tends to grow oblong not round. they get very large 4" on the short axis and well mine was 12" on the long when i cut it so who knows how big...

looks like a nudi - most are obligate feeders so likely it'll be doomed before you ID it. BTW many nudis feed only on a specific species of cnidarian such as the monti eating nudi and the zoathid eating nudi - this isn't either of them - but still very specialized in what they eat

evaporation is your friend - it cools your tank in the same way that panting cools a dog and sweating cools you off. you will find that almost every reefer out there has open tanks and sumps to encourage evaportion! a few reefers have fish that jump so they need to cover their tank but they use...

i use reef crystals as it mixes up - at sg 1.025. Table 1. Parameters critical to control in reef aquaria. this is from randy holmes farley: Parameter: Reef Aquaria Recommendation: Typical Surface Ocean Value Calcium 380-450 ppm ...

recheck your fish - all nice fish but not together - a combo of disaster damsels get big and meaner as they grow, if you want to have damsels in a mixed community chromis types are a better choice - if you want the ones you've selected then stick with only the damsels clowns and damsels (other...

yep def nice work

yeah i'm not so sure i like your choice of substrate either - it looks really neat but unless you have a ton of flow in there a year from now it will be full of detritus. now what effect that will have only time will tell - it could result in nitrate/phosphate build up as trogdor...

everyone has some algae at some point or to some extent - search any forum and you will see the most often asked question is what do i do about algae? the answer is as the the two before me said: jesse's answer - try to find the source of the nutients and reduce them with a better fuge...

this is exactly how i do it! here are a few more of IMO type thought out loud: and as far as your question about the reason for water changes i would say yes i change water more for the reason of keeping ions in balance then for removing waste. carbon removes the yellowing compounds...

in my best effort to make a simple question complicated :) sorry....... if i'm on top of things i do 5 gallons a weekend - if i get lazy or fall behind i do a 25 gallon change. all the top off water is 100% kalk and because i'm up to like 30 SPS's in there last month for the first time ever i...

alright here i go again - JMO but............. i do not recommend that anyone doses ANYTHING in a nano - change water its cheaper, easier, and more effective at maintaning a balance then any suppliment. the only exception to this "rule" is if you have an SPS nano - then kalkwaser dripping...

cool nice pics - quite a collection you've built there hmmm... makes me curious? so does this mean a new display tank is in the works or are you just cooking your rock for a few months, to put back in there or are you keeping it this way?

i almost bought one a couple weeks back - but better judgement prevailed. in my case, i really can't have a sleeper cuz i have many LPS's in my sand bed and they are prone to bury them. they are an awesome fish and wish i could have one but i don't want to be blowing the sand off my plates and...

i post this same response so many times to people just startng a tank: 1) if your lights are on - turn them off and leave them off 2) testing can be fun and interesting for beginners learning the process of a tanks biological process but bottom line is don't do anything as far as adding...

i got a new coral tonight (A. gomezi a coral i have been seeking to add to my collection for a long time) and i always like to document with a pic the color/size the day i get it so i wanted to take a quick pic but my tang kept getting in the way - i guess she just wanted to check out the new...

do it - aquascaping is part of the fun if you have to take rock out for an extended period just put it in a bucket of salt water - might as well do a water change while your at it. it might help to move out some of the critters while you play too so as to stress them less and not squish anyone...

that should be fine........ maybe even more then neccessary at this point 10% every 2 weeks is enough with your bioload

there is a test for iodine but again i say - DO NOT dose iodine there is no need, and you don't need to test it and with a new tank and no critters you have no need to dose ANYTHING! 1 gallon a week would be a good water change regiment for you do you have sand? that will help to stabilize...

i would NOT dose iodine ALK and Ca adjustments are best done VERY slowly and your original readings were not that bad. some say to keep ALK at the elevated level of 10 but i disagree. i believe having a slightly lower but very stable ALK is much better then constantly trying to push it up to...