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Thats what I was thinking... my oh my thats a lot of poo... I guess i have a lot of junk in the tank...good thig I got then eah? :mrgreen:

I put together that same 12" cube tank. It went together real nicley. I have had water in it for about 3 mo. now and love it. Great surface area and room for good looking LR. Have fun building it and just take your time. I am runing it with a whisper 30 trickle and 2 60 GPH mini...

The moving thing could be an Amphipod of sorts... I did see it shortly after i turned on the lights. About the brown things. I don't think it is brown alge. The cylinders are to perfect. All a uniform length with definitive chape and a randon but well defined distance between rods. They do...

I have been going slow with my tank to keep things stable...perhaps too stable. I set it up 2 months ago... with sand ad solid LR from a buddy. I cycled it...twice..haha.. added lighting, heat and some cool figi LR from an LFS. abot a week ago. Reedings settled back down, nitrates were a bit...

A 100-watt light bulb produces 1600 lumens of light. An "eco bulb" is advertised as such..18 watt (Equals Reg. 75w bulb) 1100 Lumens Color Temp. 5800K. A lument is equal to 1 candle of light falling over a 1 square foot area. A standard. or for that matter vho florescent broadcasts light...

OK a new twist to the question..... The lights I am using currently are Coralife self ballasted mini compact floresent. Coralife rates them at a 10 watt power useage but a 50 watt incondesent delivery. The same holds true for much of my house lighting... 20 watt compact floresent giving the...

I have read all of the posts in the lighting area and still haven't been able to pin it all down. I believe 80Watt or so would do me fine... the problem is my tank is a mere 12" wide... I have not yet been able to come up with a solution. I am very handy and have built the tank my self. The...