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I was thinking the same thing Jesse. Thats why I thought same water temp would be best bet when doing those dips. But it seems his corals doing fine, WOW! aquemeni5110, I want to be updated if you use the lugol when doing dips. I just want to see how well it works for you since its been really...

Wow.... if I'm ocrrect this is off of one outlet? Your main powerstrip then 3 others off of that? Yeah, I'm at my parents right now and I just got a frag tank together with a pendant halide. Its been two night with the timer being used and works as it suppose to. Just scared since I'm not...

Wow, didn't know about temp that high for freshwater! I always thought it had to be acclimated to the same temp as the tank itself.... Thanks for the info. Yeah, go with Lugol! Whats $15.00 compared to what your dealing with but then again thats my opinion. Hope it works! Have you gone to any...

Hmmm.... Sounds like alot for one /two outlets! There has to be a precationary limit for each outlet. Is anyone familiar with outlets?

I remember Mike showing us a power strip insert partially melted. So I wanted to know how much can a regular outlet handle? If the watts is too much what are solutions that one can do inorder to avoid these potential fire hazards? Thanks Please put in your input of how many power strips you...

hot fresh dips???? huh was the water hot? I'm confused? Yeah, I just use lugol solution and leave them in there for 7-10 mintues with a shake here or there. My live rocks are fine but those nudis aren't :twisted: I just bring a flash light once every week before going to work (dark) and look...

Also look into creating your own saltwater. I know when I began I used to spend a good amount of money on catalina water. Do some research on the forum, just future advice. Plus after a month has passed put in a clean up crew for a week to make sure everything good. After that you can add fish...

Please wait for a month.... Yes you can do a water change but please don't rush anything and wait for a full cycle. Keep lights on only for viewing purposes, don't want algae growth. So far so good! :mrgreen:

Here is a test kit on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/Aquarium-Pharmaceut ... dZViewItem I'd just stuck to the basic ammonia, PH, Nitrite, nitrate..... If you can buy it on ebay rather than LFS. Your just cycling so you have time to wait for a package....

No problem.... Just keep reading the forums and 90% of the time so one has asked that same question. But if you wanted others opinions on choosing items then always post a topic! Yeah, a test kit is always vital, along with a hydrometer!

Here's a guick link.... In this case its all over your sand bed and rocks right? Don't worry about its part of cycling a tank. Just in case, whats your parameters and what is the GPH of water water flwo in the tank? Thanks http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/algaec ... 091100.htm

Jesse, I can always increase the water depth by 2 inches. If that doesn't help, I can always reduce the sand bed too.

I just got my halide system, 250 watt with 14K bulb. Tank specs: shallow Frag tank Depth: Sand bed 4 inches deep and water level 5-6 inches!!!! How far do you think the pendant should be from the water itself? Right now I have the pendant 19.5 inches away from the waters surface.

aquemeni5110, yeah Steve is the owner of New Alameda fish store. He does have items for sale on ebay too. Check out the website too. newalameda.com he's known for his zoa/paly's, I'm on his waiting list for the crazy daiseys and dark star. I have a meeting there tomorrow and may visit the store...

As usual I read to get myself educated with zoa/palys. I read on other forums that zoa/palys tend to grow slower with skimmer due to lower amount of nutrients in the water that the skimmer takes away? This was confirmed by atleast 5 individuals that saw the same out come! One individual stated...

aquemeni5110, I made a day going to all of the LFS and went to Great Bay. I was disappointed :!: Don't get me wrong, the place is a 360 on how nice the place looks but I was there for frags. I remember before thye looked nice they used to have tremendous amount of frags. Now it was more...

Djconn, yeah I just brought my ammonia dropper and a tube. I still bought the rocks cause ite was only $4.50 a pound and smelled how rotten/dead they were once out of the water!

Jgreen, how we learn the hard way! Yeah, the live rocks at $9 pound was pretty high pending on what kind of rocks they were. Where are you located? I'm from the bay area and craigslist.com is really popular to pick up LR/LS or whatever you may find. For the catalina water that gets pretty...

Jgreen all your living bacteria is dead. You mine as well scrubb the LR even more since your not sure that all the bubble algae is gone.... :neutral: Sorry to break the news, in the bright side the future holds no bubble algae for you ;-)

Johnanddawn... Yeah he is one of my fish that survived my heater dilemma :mrgreen: But he's in my 66 gallon tank so that makes a huge diffrence. 71raw, I'm sorry to mislead you! I started off with a nano but upgraded to a 66 gallon tank. I like the people here so I stay around learning and...