RyanGSP

Try Minnows next year. They will never get big enough to stop eating the mosquito larvea like the goldfish will. Depending on how deep your pond is the goldfish should make it through the winter. Ours is 4.5 feet deep and they make it okay.

Nice stuff. I love the long low profile tanks. I have a Regal Tang as well and does the run and hide when he gets spooked too. Like yours there is always a eye ball poking out to keep watch. I also love the Blue and green zoanthids.

I think the last sat of the month Riverfront puts all their LR on sale 50% off. But if you keep an eye on the classifieds on here and on Canreef you can pick up premium LR for $4-6 per pound although my last buy I bought my rock for $2.75 a pound.

Dana I asked ya a question about your 90gal on another forum just a heads up incase you didnt see it under your canister filter you had forsale.

Where did they put it?

A couple cheap battery operated air pumps and a pack of batteries would ahve saved you ALOT of trouble. I keep 2 on hand for my little 40G SW just incase but am looking into a Vortech with a battery backup so there is always water movement.

Have you tried pieces of raw shrimp?

I would leave a molly or 2 in there, the JD will take anger and frustration out on it instead of each other.

Now I am not a perfect speller but this is near impossible to read. Download Firefox and the spell check add on. It will make it much easier. I do agree with the person that said the salt we specifically buy for our aquarium has a bunch of additives already in it and this is why we use it. I would doubt that corals, or inverts would live very long in there because you lack the chemicals they need in their everyday lives. If you come back and say you will dose then you may as well just go buy a Bucket of salt for $50, save yourself a bunch of time and money. Alot of people seem to forget that the Marine Salt isnt just salt it is full of additives that our inhabitants need to survive. Salt isnt one thing I would skimp but dry live rock seeded with some premium rock is a good thing. It will just take a few months for it to seed throughout the tank.

Thats a 78 gallon tank. 48 x 18 x 20 is your standard 75 gallon but its actually 74.8 gallons.

LPS, SPS, Clams, Softies can all be kept under T5 or Metal Halide but T5 will give you more play with your coral colours because you will have the ability to change out different bulbs. You dont really get that choice with a MH because you only have 1 bulb.

What is the price on that? I was able to get a 48" 2x250 Metal H and 4x54w T5 and 6 LED moon lights for 425 US including shipping from ZS Aurora (http://www.zsaurora.com/Product_pages/mhadv.html), and I am really pleased with it great quality and it comes with lights! Just a thought... Your exchange, duty and shipping is going to drive that price through the roof. You would be better off cruising this forum and canreef looking for a used fixture. I run a 24" 4 bulb T5HO New Wave fixture (Same company that make Teklights) and love it. Individual reflectors, 4 bulbs, runs cool, a t5HO for $130 (thanks to Gold's). I would look at a New Wave 48" fixture and they come in either 4 bulb or 8 bulb for half the price of a Tek if I were setting up a 48" tank..

I would check out the canreef forums all you need is a small fountain pump. I would use a small rubbermaid container fi you dont care about seeing clearly inside.

Depending on the size of the fuge. I plan on running 5x turn over per hour through mine tops.