corrosionjerry

I have cherry shrimp in several tanks... color is more dependent on the substrate , plant material and lighting... Black substrate is great for cherries and green shrimp....

You can not use water softener water for fish... totaly different process and would kill them.

very nice indeed!

Where did you get that ss ? someone in Calgary?

Something does sound a little off / however with enough liverock that has been cycled and sand it may be possible that the cycle was very quick.

Eco Reefer

There is a distributor on Canreef / its not live rock however it is the same rock ... you just have to seed it with 15-20% live rock / it is clean and very porus and because it is shipped dry you get a lot more then if you would of purchased wet rock that weighs a way more.... almost double

I puchased 100lbs of this rock... great looking stuff

Thanks for the ideas... I am definetly going with the sump... anyone have any idea what size of return pump I should go with... thinking maybe something like 300-400GPH / Also what brand should I be looking at...

Welcome to a great site... you will find lots of help here

There are no issues... the only issues I ever had with angels and rainbows in the same tank were with the Angels .... You can not have 2 males and 1 female / the males will scrap forever... so you need to spread out the Angel aggresion and have more females then males and all should be fine.

Ok / I posted this on the Canreef forum however i have not recieved any decent answers.... so I thought I would try over here the tank i am going to use for the sump in 48x20x14 about 60G the tank above is a 75G 48X18x20 How should I divide up the sump? I plan on having three sections maybe four if I include a bubble trap.. I plan on having a protein skimmer in the drain line section ,a refugium in the centre / then a buble trap if nessesary and then the clean water return section... how big should these be and the height of each section? Also what size of return pump should I be using for a 4ft return / on the other forum someone said if I used the 800GPH pump that I would be moving to much water in the sump creating a tsunami in the refugium... and that I should use something smaller and creat the extra flow needed for corals via the use of PH's... What do you guys think?

Ok / I need to clear out another of my tanks to make room for my new project... all that I have left in this tank is the Juli's... I would like to move the two pairs that I have into a 72G that is stocked with Trophius , Cyp blue flash and a small group of shell dwellers on one end of the tank that has three equal group of rockwork... is there going to be a problem to move these guys into this tank? The cyps and Trophius seem to be mid to top range dwellers for the most part...

Why would you do the 2 returns Jason? To add more circulation to the tank? Thx for the advice

I have had BN and Ottos and the cherries and greens keep on multiplying....

Ok // I need a little help here.... I am getting a tank ready to go for salt reef tank with sump below... the tank is 70G ... do I need to turn that water over ten times per hour or what generally is the rule of thumb for water turnover... what size will I need to have this drill out to turn over that much water...1"?

I definetly will be getting one of these guys once I have my reef set up....

great start to that tank...

We were there about a year ago as well... great exhibit... the tank at the Mirrage is no slouch either

Is it a salt store or Fresh?

Welcome... PM me any questions you may have

exactly!

Breeding what we have is going to become very important...

Superstore you can also buy a totaly generic basic / unperfumed etc. that is very cheap... still have nearly a galon of the stuff after about 4 fishless cycles..