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Thank you all for the fine advice. A question for dustin: is there a scientific way to quantify what you mean by "massive" and "special"? Quantity of light, I believe, is measured my lumens and kind of light by its frequency distribution. So do you have data on requirements for these measures?

lighting for reef tanks So, do hobyists in tropical climates sometimes set up outdoor aquariums and use natural sunlight?

protein skimmer for freshwater reeffreak, aside from the technical question of how long the bubbles must be in contact with the water, assuming it could be done somehow -- perhaps with a greater area of contact between water and bubbles -- would a protein skimmer be benificial to a freshwater...

question about cost of lighting Why is the lighting for marine aquariums -- especially reef set-ups -- so expensive?

A question for "reeffreak": if I were to clean the bioballs in my freshwater aquarium wet/dry filter, as you suggest to avoid nitrate problems, wouldn't that undo the benificial(aerobic) bactiria that the bioballs and the trickle filter are set up to create?

Hi all, I hope you won't kick me out right off the bat in that I don't have a marine aqurium. I have had in the past -- years and years ago, a very simple fish-only that didn't last very long. Currently I have only a 29 gal freshwater aquarium with community fish. But It is very heavily planted...