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If I had to choose between the surface skimmer and a protein skimmer in a Nanocube there is no contest, the protein skimmer is history. I would rather have the surface skimmer removing the film that tends to build up on the waters surface that decreases the amount of light penetrating the water...

It turns out that I will be at work without internet access unless something changes so it looks like I won't be attending after all. Hope everyone has fun and learns alot.

Sounds great. I'll have to mark my calendar.

What is that in the lower left corner of the brain? It kinda looks like a bristlewrom but not quite, is it the arm of some kind of starfish or what? Nice looking coral too.

I somehow missed this yesterday (way too many things going on I guess), I hate to hear about Eyore. Hopefully everyone else is happy and healthy.

I had the glass shop dress all of my edges when I ordered my glass, I had thought about just getting them to do the exposed edges to make it a little cheaper but figured I would blow their mind only getting certain edges dressed. I also thought with my luck I would cut myself on the unfinished...

I only have a small frag but I see it inflated and deflateda t different times of the day so I think some inflating/deflating is normal. Like already mentioned if you think it is excessive try target feeding and they should perk up.

You pretty much have the plumbing thing down in your mind it sounds like. The only thing to make sure when buying a hang on overflow is that it is rated to handle at least as much flow as your return pump, this usually isn't a big problem in the smaller tanks we keep but more so in larger...

For a tank without a sump your best bet is a system that utilizes float switches because most of the other systems I am familiar with would allow too much fluctuation in the water level between the pump coming on and cycling off. Most of the float switches I am familiar with have less than 1...

I really like having the tank near the computer so you have something to look at when you have to stretcg for a minute. Your tank turned out very nice.

You don't have to completely empty your tank if you drill the back, there are a couple of different options for overflows exiting through the back of the tank. I would empty the tank at least halfway even for drilling the back just to take stress off the glass.

Sadie has outlined a good plan. If you have any corals that are receding you can frag the good part before it gets affected. Keep an eye on things and have some extra water mixed just in case you need it.

Off to a good start. :D

IMO you need a minimum of a 55 gallon thats been set up for 6 months (better yet a year) for a mandarin. The space you have available to you is the same as a standard 30 gallon tank, you could also go with a 45 high but lighting would be more difficult due to the increased depth. If you take a...

I have to agree that it may be easier and you have more options just to start from scratch with a bare tank but the cubes have a certain look and IMO will always have a place in the reefing community. Its all a matter of personal preference but I also feel its important to know your options...

Great link Mike, great explanations of the different ways skimmers work.

I think that I would also skip the red legs and stick with either the blue legs or the zebra hermits. The snails sound fine, the trochus and margaritas do get a bit bigger than the ceriths but not so big that I have had problems with them. I also vote for a goby to go with the pistol.

I wish you the best of luck with this ich problem. I have heard good things about the garlic elixer in your pic. Keep us updated so if I ever have a problem I'll have a good starting point (hopefully fool proof cure) for treating it.

By any chance did you get any pics? That is so neat that you witnessed this event.

No problem, I just wanted to cover all of the bases since you didn't specify.