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It's only on the back of the tank, the front and sides are clean. We filled the tank up outside on the patio and let it sit, looking for any possible leaks, and we're good. So the 180 will be going together, just have to clean her up a bit more. I wasn't planning on stacking rocks against the...

RO system just got delivered. Don't have my sump finalized yet, changed my course. Going with the berlin sock setup instead of the wet/dry sump. Going to go get a couple 55 gallon trash cans this weekend to start mixing some water. Hopefully rest of my supplies will be here by middle of the...

I know acrylic tanks needs special precautions compared to glass. My tank has coralline all over the back of it on the black surface. I want to clean it off since it probably wont match my rock formation. I was told there was a cleaner for this from the guy I got it from. I can't find it...

Oh well, that means the 55 will just be a little fish tank, or a QT. I'm turning my other 55 into a sump for the 180. So if I want anems or corals, I need MH's. I'm kinda understanding how this works now. Where does LED's come into play?

The 55 has 2 65w 12000 daylight bulbs, and 2 65w actinic bulbs

Description is "I have a 6ft 3 x 250w metal halide light. It has 6 x 65w actinic lights built in as well. For a grand total of 1140 watts." Doesn't have any moonlight led's though. I'd have to add that.

Is the lighting requirements for anemones the same as coral? I have no issue waiting for anemones, I'm just saying eventually I do want at least one. My original plan was FOWLR for this one, and turn my 55 or possibly 125 into a reef. I have t5's on the 55, is that enough for coral/anemone...

Just a lil update. Worked on the plumbing for the 180. I now have the overflows & returns ready with barb fittings for the hose I picked up. (1"ID for the 2 overflows, 3 - 3/4" ID for the returns.) 2 - 1" for the sump. My next step is getting the sump ready. I picked up a wet/dry sump for...

Man, I just screwed up all the way around. Poor fish. :frustrat: That sucks. I didn't realize that about the salt mix for 24hrs. We never waited back in the day. :grumble: I just assumed I was doing it right. And I transfered right straight to the tank. SO I need to mix the water with a...

I had setup 2 QT tanks. 1 10 gallon for the yellow tail damsel, and a 55 for the sailfin, trigger, yellow tang, and domino damsel. My reasoning for 2 tanks was so the yellow tail wasn't harassed. he hid 90% of the time in the 55. We setup a second 55 QT tank, a couple fake corals for them to...

:frustrat::frustrat::frustrat::frustrat::frustrat::frustrat::frustrat::frustrat::frustrat::frustrat::frustrat: Lil fish, I need some serious advice/direction. I just killed my domino and sailfin. :death: :death: Barely saved the yellow tang, she was on her side, on the tank bottom barely...

Well, broke the 55 down. I have the yellow tail in a 10gal qt (he's small), and the other 4 are in a 55 qt. The domino & sailfin ended up with ich on them, on top of the trigger. (We put the fresh water fish in a bucket with the contents of the 10 gal for now, and took over the 10 for a QT.)...

We've been testing every 2 days. Also keep logs of the tests. The only thing of concern is the kh(250.6 last test) and phosphate (1) amonia has beena steady .5 and nitrates went up to 20ppm the last test.

Ah, the LFS also said it was invertebrates safe, but after looking on-line, websites say it isn't. Hope we didn't kill the crabs. Haven't seen any. :grumble:

I thought of the feeding thing, and fed them a bit more than usual tonight. He ate like a king. :) I figured the ridich killed it all, because it changed the color of my rocks, covered a few things, and now I have some alege growing on my sand now.

What would you suggest my best course of action to be? Take everything out of the 55, and use that as a QT tank since I already used the ridich in it? By reasearching, I think whatever was live in the live rock & sand, may be dead now due to the ridich. Should I try to salvage my crabs/hermit...

That is how I bought the tank. (Bought the whole setup about 2-3weeks ago with the sailfin, some crabs) I've gotten it corrected since. Started at 1.011, pwc later 1.018, pwc later 1.024, pwc later and been 1.025 every since. Then I brought home a bunch of rock, and the rest of the fish, and...

Oh, and water quality wasn't what it should have been when the corals and other fish got in this tank. Salinity was only about 1.011, nitrates were way high, nitrites were high, basically every reading wasn't where it should be, and the water conditions still isn't quite right. But I've taken...

I'm unsure of the plan right now. My other pump for the 125 should be here tomorrow. Then my only hold up is lighting, sand, and rock. I have plenty of rock for now. I may get it running without the light for now, just so it can cycle, and I can move fish around. But I might leave the trigger in...

My bad little fish. :) Thanks Dana, that is also my name. :)