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Thanks johnanddawn and Ritsuko for the input. I will definitely fold them into my selections.

Now that I have the lights on, what BAD algae should I be on the lookout for. It's been about 1.5 days (8 hr. shift) and all my pale rock has turned to different shades of brown. I've also got some green and purple forming. Interesting is that most of the rock appears to be sweating...

Thanks Tim - I did my first set of water tests today and the tank has cycled. I fired up the light and protein skimmer (took your lead on the skimmer to only be on when the light is on) for an 8 hour cyle. My chiller shipped yesterday, hope to have it by Thursday, but Monday of next week is...

Light is a 150 watt 14K MH - I did a little research on a calcium reactor, but it looke to me like a lot of things could go wrong - especially in a small tank like mine.

Attached are my selections for populating my tank. If anyone sees an issue, please let me know. Thanks!!

After all I've read here and there, I have resolved to wait until three weeks before starting the population of my tank. I'm trying to develop a startup schedule. Here are the events/when: I've already started adding daily calcium supplements. After it cycles, I'll fire up the protein...

So - does the use of Activated Carbon also have a negative effect on their food supply?

OK Tim you hooked me - Why would you back down on skimming because of clams? Do they possess some quality I'm not aware of?

How much time per day would be appropriate for skimming?

They have been running for a week. This only happened when I turn on both pumps and the skimmer.

Interesting - I switched the wave maker to full on for both pumps and turned on the skimmer - now the pumps are "burping" bubbles. I looked into the feed chamber for the pumps and they have about 5 inches of water covering them. The pump in the chamber furtherest away from the skimmer seems to...

Thanks for the input - I think I have it stacked a little too high at the back of the tank - I'll take it down a layer and move forward in the tank.

New tank has been up and dark for 5 days now - What would be an appropriate time before firing up the protein skimmer? Also I have read some not so rave reviews about the protein skimmer that comes with the 28 Gal NanoCube HQI - Anyone have any advice?

Tank - JBJ 28HQI 28 Gallon tank and 30 lbs of rock on 15 lbs of live sand. I placed the rock to form a large cave with multiple access routes, but I'm not that happy with the way it looks. The tank will be coral oriented, with a few fish and inverts for a cleanup crew. Would there be...