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I have about 60 LBS of rock in a 55 US Gal tank, and haven't had problems with it not beign clued. If I wanted to get something like a sea urchin that prys it's way in the rocks, then I would have to. My best luck came from just shifting it around, looking at it, shifting it some more, testing...

I think they've killed this sponge. Then, the sponge may be dying on it's own, as they're pretty hard to keep. But I just noticed these tonight. They're very small, translucent or white bugs crawling around on it. I've been looking over the tank very closely over the last few days, several times...

Thanks. That sounds good. I have a kind of weak protine skimmer, I put the airstone in my sump just to keep that stirred up and oxygenated, have an overflow and trickle filter, plus an extra powerhead in the tank stirring things up, and went and bought another cheapo powerhead that supposedly...

New additions. I'm giving the Angelfish away to a friend, and I'm getting rid of some of this kelp, but I added some stuff. I included a sponge, two featherduster worms, some kelp, and a Halimeda Plant, along with a couple of small fish, a yellow gobie and a striped clingfish. Two worms and...

Haha. I noticed that when I was first setting it up. Before I put any fish in it, I had the airstone in there, and stuck an old powerhead on top of that. It was shooting super-huge ammounts of micro-bubbles, but my sump had nasty goo on the surface. I asked around adn found out what I had done...

If I put a tree sponge in a 55 gallon with an airstone a couple of feet away from it, with the air bubbles that linger in the water do damage to the sponge?

You can buy a chiller, but they're 300 to 400 bucks. I'm looking now for ideas to make a chiller from a used mini-fridge. I've seen some plans out there, but they're more complicated than I care for. I'm planning to buy one of those 50 dollar desktop micro-fridges and coil thinwalled plastic...

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Thanks, all! It's a 55 (US) gallon tank.

Thanks! It took a little while to get it worked out, but I'm pretty happy with it.

And some coral

Oh. WOW. Very cool. Thanks! :cool:

Are those worms, or are they a part of the coral? It's a Bullseye Mushroom coral. This is my first attempt at keeping corals, so far so good, but I'm not sure what that is, and what to do about it if it's bad. Any ideas?

Thanks. This forum is a lifesaver for a newbie. :) On a somewhat related note, what do you guys think of the idea of getting a very small version of fish that will grow large, like a huma/picasso trigger, then selling it back to the LFS when it starts to get too big? It was something someone...

Thanks to both of you. It's kind of a shame that the coolest looking fish are the least easy to keep. I built a really nice looking complex of caverns and caves out of my liverock, and it's starting to grow some good, rich reds and purples from coralline algae. That's the basis of the display...

Thanks! I did research, and knew all of those species to be okay together, so long as they're not over crowded. That specific angel is supposed to be semi-aggressive and semi-reef safe, but he needs room and lots of food. So far, I don't think it's going very well. A friend of mine wants that...

So I set up a 55 US Gal marine aquarium. I have a little over 60 pounds of live rock, and an inch or two of live gravel and sand substrate. The water is good and has remained stable. So far I've stocked it with: Fish: 3 Red Firefish 2 Ocellaris (False Percula) Clownfish 1 Bicolor Angelfish 1...

I just used them, too, and I was very happy with the results. There are only three local stores that have marine fish. One is a joke. It's a pet store that specializes in puppies and kittens, but has other stuff. They have a very, very small selection of tropical fish and know nothing about...

Thanks! After you get it from the RO filter, do you still treat it with any kind of dechlorinating solution or anything like that? Or just add salt?

Okay. I got an answer to that. It should be fine. Another followup question, though, is if I were to pump out 35 gallons of it in a new, cleaned garbage can and put a lid on it, would it be fine for a long time, like bottled water, so I could just dip from that, or should I filter it fresh with...

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Thanks a bunch. I think you just saved me from a system crash.

That's what I was afraid of. Live rock would do well, or possibly live gravel, but not this stuff, right?

I have a bunch of this gravel left over from whem my 55 US Gallon aquarium was fresh water. I don't want to throw it out because it's good looking gravel, and I'll use it again if I ever set up another freshwater system. In the mean time, would it be good, bad, or neither to put it in my sump to...

I just converted my 55 US Gallon tank from fresh to salt. I had a community tank with lots of little swordtails, tetras, angles and such that was 20 gallons. I put a Pacu in there because I didn't know how big they get. I ended up moving the Paccu and Placo to the 55 I just converted. The Placo...

I'm just starting a 55 US Gallon marine aquarium, now. I've got it stable with lot's of live rock, and a firefish and a few hermit crabs. I tried a smaller tank the first time I tried marine, that was around 1988, and it was a disaster. It was 20 US Gallons, and it was impossible to keep...