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Just wanted to get everyone's opinion of a 29 Biocube I will be planning, especially in regards to lighting/flow/pacing. Equipment: 29 Biocube Retrofit Dimmable LED (12 white XR-E, 6 RB XR-E, 12 RB XP-E) ATO (tank/ATO/LED's are being bought from a friend of mine who used it as an sps/lps reef)...

After moving out of state and giving my nano-reef to a friend, I'm "starting" (3 months so far) to plan a 55g SPS reef. I have the variable flow planned out, but wanted to do the lighting right the first time instead of upgrading down the line. Since I enjoy soldering and the electrical...

3 Month Update - I have attached the FTS and a picture of what I think are diatoms I have been dealing with (looking for advice on dealing with it but want to make sure they are diatoms...). PH: 8.4 NO: 0 NO2: 0 NO3: 0 The small female emerald crab died (the small hermit crabs ate her), so I...

From what I have read and seen, clowns will host anything but might not host at all. Is that true? I heard it was just luck of the draw and hope they dont host the powerhead. Yea those nassarius snails are my favorite! They start zipping around when its feeding time. I have 5 of those, 3...

Update day 27 We named the clownfish! My fiancee liked the name Claude, so I named the female Simone. I was also killing some time at the LFS the next day and bought her. We named her Emma. One of my friends was getting rid of his condy anemone so I figured I would give it a shot. It has...

In the wild when puffers establish their territories, they work much like bettas. One wins, gets the territory and the other one leaves. How big is the tank? Do you have a lot of natural barriers to break their view? They say 15g per puffer and I think that is fine. I had some black mollies...

Thanks for the feedback everyone! I just noticed a couple little patches of neon green coraline on one of the rocks. I will try and take a picture of it tonight when I get home... Has anyone heard of green coraline algae? I've seen pictures online (looks like just basic green algae...

Thats all the fish that are going in there. The coral inverts and snails will contribute to the bio load and 1 gallon water changes a couple times a week gets expensive over the long run and way too time consuming. Ill take my 1 per week and call it a day :) Anyone have experience with...

Welcome, Nate! This is the best saltwater forum I have found (I am new to the saltwater thing as well). You might want to look up some nano stuff, since your tank is technically a nano by saltwater standards. What kind of clowns are you going to go with? Some are more...

Day 15. Fiancee was in a really good mood and wanted to get the fish after staring at the tank for a while. I couldn't pass it up, even though my cleaning crew will be arriving on Friday. Anyone with a significant other can understand my decision... It actually sounds like she might be...

So I just tested the water tonight. Ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 0, ph 8.2. I was concerned about the testing since everything dropped so fast to 0, so I tested again and got the same results. Maybe my chaeto and all the green hair algae in my tank consumed the nitrates? Has anyone seen...