Wayne

Can't grow corals with LED's though. I looked into the Marine Land LED fixtures and emailed them. They said fish only.

Wow when those frags take off that tank is going to look awsome!

Updates? Pictures? Must be running by now

Well I went with a Red Sea Prism... Mainly because my tank is so close to my wall. I have so many corals in my tank I have to run a skimmer, there is a huge bioload and my Goniopora are very picky about water conditions. They tell me when a water change is needed

It's Target brand Play Sand. Apparently washed and sterilized...

Not sure, bought at Home Depot... I think its at my Mother in Laws, its been there for 2 years now if its still there... I will see if I can locate it

Oh I can use play sand I have a huge bag of that. I bought to hold down some fake flowers at my wedding, but we used water bottles instead. Never knew what to do with it after cause it had a small hole so I didn't want to return it Does it need to be changed out regularly?

This one is from a guy on CanReef a Coralife Super skimmer 225. I was probley going to direct the flow right at the back side of my tank so nitrates don't build up behind/below my live rock... How much flow comes out of the outlet? If its too much I may design a different outlet to divide the flow into 2 or more nozzles.

I am curious if you can have too big a skimmer... I have a 29G tank right now, but plan on something much larger in a year or two... I would like to buy an oversized skimmer so I only have to make the purchase once, good idea?

What kind of substraite would be best in the breeding tank? Right now I have fairly large rocks in would sand or smaller rock be better? Also I understand that gravel vacuuming will suck up smaller snails, is there some sort of better waste control...

I may be color blind but which one is the black one? All I can see is 2 blue and a clown...

That looks awsome! Good Job! Looking at that couldy water when you first set up brings be back

Wow thanks for the replays. My tank is 30" long, 12" wide, 18" deep. My clam and coral is about 12" from the lights so if this is going to work thats awsome. If not... those Metal Halides, do they just need replacement ballasts, bulbs, and better legs to be a not-so-bad unit?

Hello, I have a 30" tank which has 4 24w T5HO bulbs in it (in two housings). I have hard corals and a clam which most say require more light then I have... I have positioned them as high as I can on the live rock and am most likely going to get some more live rock to push them up even further. I am really considering a Metal Halide Retrofit Kit with a smaller bulb (150w) and just gutting one of the light fixtures and mounting a retrofit kit in so my corals/clam have enough lighting and keeping the other housing with T5's. Will this work? I am trying to keep costs down because this is a temporary tank (till I move and go bigger). Any suggestions on brands or experiences? Oh on a side note I also have soft corals they are very low and at the front, so Metal Halide would be in the rear housing...

They are super nice fish and I am really considering them. I am worried about my corals and calm though, some sites say that they may nip at them...