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so im thinking about 2, coral life t5 high output 36 inch lighting systems. keep in mind these are going on top of a oceanic 125 long. i was wondering if these would be powerful enough for most corals. Im not really planning on keeping that many sps'. I talked to people at this huge reef store...

id say its to small honestly. i think everyone really doesnt recommend anything smaller than like a 40 breeder. but if youve had saltwater before im sure you could deal with keeping the water parameters in check. have fun plumbing the sump. it was an experience for me to say the least. but i...

well my girlfriend bought all the decor for the tank. its actually like a man made reef. tacky for a cichlid tank but it actually serves a really good purpose. it has tones of crevases for them all to hide. she got it at petsmart

i have had a pretty large green severum (about 7 inches) for about 9 months and I can tell you, you def need more hiding places for him. There is a giant cave in mine. Its set up like a reef and he really likes to hang out back there especially when he sleeps. All though he doesnt really freak...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgVaM4sCYqw   i made mine exactly like new york steelos sump/refugium and it works great. i just used silicon and got half inch acrylic from lowes and got them to cut it at the store and it works great. i already had a 30 gallon long sitting and around. it only...

do you guys know anything about the coral life Lunar High Output lights? I was thinking of going the LED right until I saw those and theyre about 50 cheaper. Do you think they would be strong enough to grow corals?

So I almost have my 125 up and running and have spent a small fortune. I know this is probably is a dumb question. But Because ive spent all most a grand just in the plumbing, live rock, live sand, sump, pumps, skimmer not including the price of the tank and everything else Im kinda on a budget...

whenever i add my live rock and sand to my 125. should i already have water in the tank with the salt added to it before for i add the sand and live wrock? i would imagine that if i were to use fresh water it would kill all the critters in the live rock?

im slightly confused to rig up a sump/refugium for it seeings as it has 2 overflows

yeah its a 125 long. if thats what you meant

what kind of filters would you recommend?

Hey guys ive been into aquariums and fish for sometime now. i have a 50 gal cichlid tank and a planted tank, and i feel like im pretty experienced in those fields however i just stumbled across an Oceanic 125 thats already pre drilled for a sump and everything with two heaters, full lights and...

I wouldn't advice putting any moss in a cichlid tank. I had to out a pice of drift wood in my tank that was covered with java moss for like 20 minutes I say while I was doing a water change in my planted. And it literally got shredded within 20 minutes.

Yeah it's going great. I posted the updated pics in a different post. It's called update green killing machine. There's a bunch of pics I put up

I guess if I got some kind of diverted valve? Do you think that would work?

also dont know if this helps, but its one of the bulbs that came out of a pack from walmart.? it grows like a weed!

i wasnt happy with the other pics i posted as i feel they didnt really do the tank justice. so heres one from my perpesctive. plus i fixed the sand path sammy haha.

cmon people

Hey guys I just got a ista co2 diffuser do hook up to my air pump just because I think the micro bubbler effect is more aesthetically pleasing. However it's not micro bubbling, instead it's blowing out gargantuan sized bubbles, and I have a small tetra air pump. Just wondering what I might be...

I'm pretty sure all the shrimp messed it up. I have a sandcomb to fix it I've just been lazy haha.

ok guys so i finally got my green killing machine and i cant be more happy with it. i mean it really is incredible how well the thing works!!! i literally went from green water to the most crystal clear my tank has ever been. anyways i wanted to show you guys the 3 step progression of my tank...

Looks kinda like Christmas moss

Hey guys sorry for the late reply. Actually the tank has changed substantially since these pics. The dhg has almost carpeted completely and my tree is now full of lush Christmas moss, and it's almost filled in all the way. I also got some java moss too and it's growing like crazy. I would post...

Hey guys i think im currently dealing with an algae bloom. so my tank has been set up for about 7 weeks now. and i had started to have a diatom issue about 2 weeks ago. but i wasnt that concerned about it, because ive had them before in my other tanks and they eventually cleared up in a couple...

i have 5 neon tetras and an angelfish and theyre pretty voracious. whenever i feed them they all go right after the food. but the ram seems intriged, but does go after the food. however i always see him scavaging along the bottom.

hey guys so i got a GBR last week. and he has eventually warmed up and isnt so shy and has seemed to become pretty good friends with my angelfish surprisingly. its weird they swim around together. anyways... he wont eat any of the food ive been giving him. ive tried flakes and pellets, even...

i have diy co2 as well but for some reason mine puts out pretty decent pressure somehow. ive been experimenting with different diffusers right now. i think if you can afford to go the pressurized co2 route im sure its more effective but ive heard its also pretty expensive too.

I might be able to help with this. Although I'm new to planted tanks. I'm also doing dhg carpet. I have a 10 gallon and I'm currently running 58 watts, co2, and seachem flourish. I've had my dhg in the tank about 2 to 3 weeks and it's already spreading and throwing out runners like crazy. Also...

so i have a 10 gallon tank with dwarf hair grass. green crypts and christmas and up until today ive been using diy co2 with a small airstone as diffusion. i was afraid i might have been over gasing the tank, however all the fish are very happy and i have delicate fish. but just to be safe i went...

Also I was using a small airdrome to diffuse my co2 but I was afraid I might have been over gassing the tank even tho all the fish seem quite happy. And I have pretty delicate fish. I got the fluval 20 diffuser today and it seems to be quite different than what I'm use to, as there does seem to...

Yes I have a lot of crypts, a large piece of driftwood which all the shrimp like to get in , and around and christmas moss tree as well. There aren't to many bare spots haha

Is there. Anyway to reverse this I got my co2 hooked back up today!!!

Okay so I got a gbr 2 days ago from my lfs. And I had never seen one in real life but have always been a fan of them and have actually read quite a bit about them. So anyways I see this little guy in. 15 gal tank with about 60 if not more fish and I felt so bad for the little guy I had to get...

Okay so I got a gbr 2 days ago from my lfs. And I had never seen one in real life but have always been a fan of them and have actually read quite a bit about them. So anyways I see this little guy in. 15 gal tank with about 60 if not more fish and I felt so bad for the little guy I had to get...

I have had some green crypts in my tank for about 2 weeks and they've been doing great until today. I looked at them just now and they're starting to brown out in places and start to not look good. Also my tank has been co2 fed but I haven't had it hooked up for the last 4 days becuz I was...

So at my lfs they some very small gbr's, I'd say about an inch. I was wondering if they would do well in my tank. I currently have 3 ghost shrimp, one angel fish(also about a square inch big) and then one blue lobster about 2 and 1 half inches and then 3 neon tetras. However I was wondering if...

hey guys so i finally rescaped this tank completely. after my dads stupid tripos thrashed it, and my christmas finally came in. however it looks pretty brown, or atleast in spots. as i am pretty unfamiliar with christmas moss i really didnt know what to expect. i figured it probably was just...

finally got some more hair grass and had to do a complete rescape thanks to my dads stupid tripos. however he died today so i was able to rescape it with confidence it wouldnt get thrased all over again. i also got some cryps and order some java moss hopefully it will be in within the next weeks...

Thanks guys. And no, I had to make the tree myself. It was a huge PIA!!! And that's what I was planning to do with the java moss. I want it to look like a real tree.

i was just seeing what you guys think of this. ive never done a planted tank before this is my first one. also im aware this is a olievera rip off haha. im still waiting for the hg to fill in and i plan on adding some more in behind the tree. i literally just finished the rescape last night...