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Out of curiosity why wouldn't you make T5 led bulbs? T8 fixtures are especially outdated in marine/reef applications.

Off topic but do you have any other pictures of your tank?

How is your tank coming along? How long has it been running?

I did the same thing to 2 of my hairy mushrooms and now I have 10!

Do you have a FTS?

Interesting picture. I had a star fish once and it devoured my blue sponge.

Here is a couple of pictures of a Midas Blenny I picked up today at Aquarium Illusions. Call addac it's hitting the pipe.

Sounds like you have a FOWLR(fish only with live rock) tank or predator tank. I don't think you can really add to that but I'm no expert. Like crystal said there is divided opinions on canister filters mainly because they collect alot of ditrius and can create nitrates which are horrible to SW tanks. But people have used them without problems and swear by them. They are great for media like phosphate remover and carbon if you don't have a sump.

wow that's an amazing tank. From what I seen that tank is mainly a SPS(small polyp stony) coral and Clam tank. They must have spent a small fortune for that tank. Well worth it in my opinion. :thumbs: Perhaps one day we could have tanks like that. Here is a picture of my tank. Nothing like that tank you linked but perhaps one day!

I think the only reason at the time I didn't buy it was because it's so much larger than my red crystal shrimp. Having both in the tank might look funny.

Has anyone ever had a vampire shrimp? I seen them in pj's and was very tempted to buy one. Just wanted to know how they are to keep. pros/cons?

Yes they would but you would still save money in the long run. You'll probably be topping off around 5G a week in a 55G tank.

I would definately look for a begginners book on tank care and take your time because patience is key to a SW tanks health. Button polyps, mushrooms, hard corals (LPS, SPS) are all coral. Inverts (shrimp) are very sensative to poor water conditions. It's better to start with a simple CUC and a hardy fish. SW tanks can be expensive but anyone that's taken care of fish can justify these costs when they look into their own reef tank.

don't know alot about FW but aren't oscars predators?

Rays are amazing creatures. One day I might have some. Thanks for sharing.

When I started my first tank I bought a book called "The Nano-Reef Handbook" by CR Brightwell. There is even a section that tells you exact equipment, amount of live rock, what livestock,..... to start a tank. It's a good book for beginners.

Around $1000 by the time I shut down the tank. I learned my lesson big time with that tank. Now I have some patience and buy used if I can. I set up my new 95G (hardware and 80pnds LR) for $1600. It took 6 months to find everything but I bought almost everything used and saved $$$. $1000 to $1600!! My girlfriend was pissed when I added up my 10G receipts. Oh yeah don't tell your significant other these costs. If you can afford it Newbettabreeder and have the space buy a bigger tank the cost ratio is alot less when you go bigger.

10 gallons. This tank crashed when I moved into my new apartment. Nice set up! How many gallons was that?

Don't know everything but I know this: 40 Blue Knuckle Hermit Crabs - will kill snails 40 Nasser Snails 1 Coral banded shrimp 2 peppermint shrimp 2 Fire cleaner shrimp 1 Arrow crab 1 Magnificent anemonie - these get big, move and can sting other coral in it's path 1 rice bubble coral 1 flowerpot coral - Hard to care for, aggressive and short lifespan 4 blue-green chromis 2 clarke's anemonie fish 2 yellowtail blue damsel fish - aggressive 1 blue neon goby 1 purple firefish 1 strawberry dottyback 1 yellow sailfin tang 1 psychedelic mandarin dragonet - wait for your tank to mature for at least 6 months because these feed off pods If someone else know better please update this. Oh and don't add all this at one time!!!

That rock is good but you will still need some LR that is already seeded. Also with that type of rock you will have a longer cycle in your tank. If you have the patience you can find all your rock in Edmonton around $5/pnd searching the internet (kijiji, canreef, albertaaquatica...). I have a Koralia Nano powerhead if your interested for $10. Good luck on your tank Here is what mine looked like before I upgraded to a 95G.

I have some that's grown into the gravel. But the rest that I tried to attach to the wood floated to the top of the tank. I had a hard time with that plant so I took it out of my tank.

If you aren't a member already check out http://www.canreef.com. Many good deals on this web site.

I had some people over for dinner last night and they noticed that I have a bunch of baby shrimp in my tank.

This crab escaped from my tank 4 or 5 times before it died. It escaped at night and we found it the next day in a bedroom but it was too late. That crab was an unbelievable escape artist. :drunk: nice

New SPS New Zoo frag I put all my zoos on this flat rock so they can grow out.