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Look more into the LED option. LEDs are coming as their technology improves. They do give the shimmer, you might be surprised at the wattage you can put together and you don't need a lot of watts to get a lot of light. My lfs is switching out all fluorescents on the fish only tanks to LED...

A dozen red leg hermits wouldn't hurt. They can get places where snails have trouble and love to eat algae.

Seems like an issue if your starting a salt water reef tank and have no money but that's up to you. It's not a cheap hobby. I just got the Tunze nano doc 9002 skimmer for $152. From all the reviews I read, the best two small skimmers are the Tunze and the Remora AquaC. If Mr. Sniffles can give...

There is no avoiding getting the nitrogen cycle balanced. You will have an ammonia and nitrite load that will have to be balanced with enough bacteria to handle it. Even in a cycled tank, adding any fish or other load will put the tank out of balance and it takes a few days for the bacteria...

I appreciate the replies. I'll just have to see how the sand bed looks after a few weeks. I don't think nitrogen bubbles are a problem, its sulfide you have to watch for in the sand bed. I'll keep a check, and if I see anything starting to look black, that's a sign things have gone wrong. The...

Well, I put the sand in the canister, drilled out some holes in the bottom of the center compartment, and for the moment am leaving it empty. I have some floss and half a sponge in the top compartment. The sand doesn't move at all, there is no flow through the sand. I can't see how I'll get...

I'm an inch from the back wall, no HOB option. I barely have room for the tubes going to the canister. I thought about throwing some light on the filter, but don't think its worth it, at least not with the filter I have. If you had a really big capacity canister with clear sides I don't know why...

Why would you say releasing nitrates is a problem? The sand bed will convert nitrates to nitrogen. The only thing I would worry about would be sulfides but what would disturb the canister? It's a lot less prone to releases than deep sand in the display tank. I also think the canister will end up...

Of course it collects detritus, its a filter. but if I have a non flow sand base, detritus won't collect there. It won't collect in large chunks of lava rock. Sand won't get out of the filter through filter floss and a sponge. More sand will get sucked into the filter than gets out. I figure on...

After years of just fish only salt, I'm switching to soft corals in a 70 gallon tank. The tank isn't drilled so a sump will be tough. I would like to continue to use the Fluval 403 that has been flawless for 17 years. The filter has 3 compartments. I am thinking of taking out two...