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You will want no more than one banded coral shrimp if you choose to keep them unless you can get a true mated pair. Otherwise I have kept all kinds of combinations of shrimp with no problems. One shrimp you may want to avoid though is the camel back shrimp because these guys are polyp eaters.

Pretty interesting so far.

I have had lights do that when the bulb is near the end of its useful life before but with it only being a month old I am not sure.

It sounds like the filter is partially clogged, maybe you can give it a good rinse and see if that helps out any.

:welcome to the board, we look forward to hearing more from you soon.

With only 8 days since the tank was set up I would be hesitant to add anything, even though the test results look like cycling may be complete I would wait for at least another week to be sure. Then I would start out by doing a water change to lower the nitrates before adding anything. I would...

:welcome to the board. I have a 12 DX and found its lighting to be adequate for low light corals like mushrooms and polyps, there are also non photosynthetic corals that you could keep in either model like sun corals. I have always thought it better to decide what you really want to keep and...

Macros can be beneficial in helping to keep mitrates in check and they are also great additions for herbivorous fishes to graze on but like you mentioned they can also be a nuisance, this is especially true if they get established well with no herbivores to thin them. If thats the case the can...

Does you house have a whole house water softener by any chance?

With the nano that you have it already has a built in filtration system that also helps the tank with circulation, I thought you may have had a standard 29 gallon aquarium. This should help with some of the language you didn'y understand- http://www.nanotank.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23 , if...

I am not familiar with the product you are asking about but if you can find a DI unit that has seperate chambers for the resins (one for cations and one for anions) that should work out well for you, since you said you have hard well water the exchange resins will likely exhaust pretty quickly...

:welcome: to the board. Like already mentioned you have a fairly long wait before the tank is suitable for adding fish so you have plenty of time to learn more about saltwater fish keeping. You should get a set of basic test kits (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH) for starters. You will not need...

If I am not mistaken the 1/2 cup per gallon is a general rule of thumb to mix your water to a specific gravity of 1.021, I know most reefers try to keep their salinity higher and that will take more salt to raise it to the higher level. As far as the softener goes I am not familiar enough with...

I am not a big fan of crabs because IME all of them have been killers of snails or each other. Some people I know have no problems with them but I think they feed their tanks alot more than I do. Turbo snails are great algae eaters but you already hit the drawback of having them in the tank...

Looks alot like the "its feeding time" looks I get.

A calcium monitor is just an easier way to check calcium levels, you have a constant readout instead of having to test every time you want to know the level.

Lookin' sweet. I have to admit that I was quite disappointed when you stopped working on this thing before, its great to see your plans actually being carried out now. I am going to be keeping my eye on the advancements of this project.

I wouldn't recommend trying it unless you have them in a tank where you could easily catch one of them and had another tank to move it into. IMO they are too much alike and would fight. I also want to mention (though I am sure you are aware of it) that they are jumpers and need to be in an...

My first thought was coralline cluster, if it is hard and kinda sharp pointed then that is what I would say it is. They are not uncommon in my tanks and pose no problems at all.

Maybe it is getting it fill from coepods and amphipods and doesn't want the offerings you having been tgrying to give it. I would keep trying occasionally but as long as it looks good and is growing I wouldn't be too concerned.