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Eddie that link is too funny. That is unless its your son........

I have to agree, three fish is pushing the limit pretty hard even in a fully cycled 3 gallon tank.

I say as soon as you can catch him is when you need to remove him. As it grows you fish are in more danger of becoming dinner and as he gets bigger you can end up having more troubles getting it out of holes in your LR.

Keep on taking it slow and things should progress nicely. The clown goby will perch on most corals when you add them which looks pretty neat IMO.

His is made of acrylic as well but if you notice his light is attatched to a bracket on the rear tankwall. The heat from your light is whats causing the acrylic to warp. If you make it out of 3/16" or 1/4" plexiglass you shouldn't have any troubles. If your light is sitting directly on the...

I built one of those air powered ATOs and I was quite satisfied with its performance. I built it for my Nanocube which of course it turns out I didn't need it for. I have a 1 gallon plastic jug that had Hawaiian Punch in it that I am going to use to make a new topoff container with, the...

Great pics, you have a lovely family and a beautiful baby.

Since its excess food cleanup you are looking for I would opt for the neon gobies, they are basically bottom dwellers where the food will be and they are small and don't add alot to the bioload in cased you want to add something else.

The Catalina Waters SG is fine (I have found most people using synthetic seawater mix theirs to 1.025-1.026 for a reeftank), what I was getting at is if you let water evaporate too much the salinity could get too high. Thats why I mentioned an auto-topoff, there would be little evaporation...

Cyclopeeze is a favorite food for corals and inverts, it is available in frozen and canned forms. I use several different liquid foods in my tank, mainly the Kent product line. I try to add a different food each time I feed the tank so I am giving it some diversity. I have seen the Purple up...

Before you order any lights check around and see what kind of prices you can find, shopping around can save you a decent chunk of change. I would take a look at www.hellolights.com as well as the major e-tailers.

:welcome to the board. Moonlighting is a neat feature but it is mainly there for us to have even more tank viewing time. There has been some speculation that lunar cycles may help with spawning events but in our tanks these are not necessary since most of the planktonic larvae ends up feeding...

You could also keep some zoos but they would be the more brown ones, the more colorful ones would need higher lighting. You could also try a sun coral since they actually prefer low light.

1.027 is okay if you stay on top of evaporation, if you are manually topping off then you may want to bring it down a little to make sure it doesn't get too high. If you are going to have an auto topoff leave it as is to keep things easy.

I find that doing DIY projects allows me to spend more time related to my favorite hobby. I can spend hours just planning a DIY project.

It sounds like you may have found the problem (even though we have no idea what the yellow stuff is). it sounds like it is finally almost completely skimmed out of the tank. I see the yellow substance in the sand but would like to know what caused it in the first place. At least it looks like...

I haved both a NanoCube 6 and 12 DX and actually like my 10 AGA with the 96 watt powerquad the best so I have to agree with you. For what the cubes and other all in one tanks are they have their place but you do have almost limitless options when you start with a plain tank.

Check the tanks you built into the bottom of the stand and see if they are perfectly clear. I know both of us live in hot, humid climates and this time of the year we get some strange colored mildews and molds. I wouldn't think they could grow in the tank itself but in the make-up tanks where...

Sounds like you have all of the basics to get things up and running. Keep us updated and feel free to ask any questions you may have.

They sound like a gimmick tank to me. I don't think they would make a very good reef due to the front to back depth. Aquascaping would be a nightmare. I think that the Nanocubes and AquaPods would be a better choice than these, or you could start out with a plain tank and add equipment and...