Recent content by Boogiechillin

I feel your pain I'm practically fasting to save money so I can trade in my 30 for a 75. The PFO is going to cost you more money up front, but it will produce a brighter light and cost less to run than a tar ballast. If you don't use the PFO, think about going up to the 250W as suggested...

I love the look, but couldn't afford the chiller.

As an aside, did anyone else get some REALLY small critters in their "built for you" package? I mean, the prices were awesome, but one of the peppermint shrimp I bought was literally under an inch. Just curious...on the whole, I was really pleased with the order. The serpent stars, conchs, and...

Awesome! I'm hoping to send some of that caulerpa out to you tomorrow if my morning remains open. Sounds like your tank is off to a good start! BC

Depends on what?

Hmmm...how about this: 30 gallon reef, 35# live rock, 3.5" DSB, lots of macroalgaes, Red Sea Prizm. Upgrading tank size to 75-90 in under 1 year. 1 juv. tomato clown 1 blue damsel 1 6-line wrasse 1 bicolor blenny Would you consider this overstocked, and could I potentially add another small...

30 gallon tank w/ 1 tomato clown, 1 blue damsel, 1 bicolor blenny, and 1 tiny 6-line wrasse. Plenty of SPS and LPS corals, a good bunch of macroalgae, a cleaner shrimp, a sand-sifting star, and the usual assortment of hermits and snails. Everything is working well so far - the clown and damsel...

Hey, I'm looking into buying a new reef tank in a year when I move, either a 75 or a 90. (I don't think I'll have room for a 6' tank, which rules out anything larger). I plan to have it drilled with a 20 gallon rubbermaid sump. My question is, which size tank should I get? The 90 has more...

Just FYI, you may already have done this, but you can really cut down on hermit "turnover" by providing a number of appropriate sized empty shells. Try and find shells a bit bigger than their current shell and of the same shape. (I found a nice bag of shells for my blue legs for $3 at...

I think that Patman is inquiring more about what levels of nitrate should be considered acceptable (but I do agree, you can't beat a DSB for suppressing them!) Personally, I don't like to push my luck. Could I get by with higher nitrate levels and still keep my corals, crabs, snails, shrimps...

I have a small (1" across) red crab that hitchhiked in on some live rock. I believe it is a filter feeder - it has thin legs that it waves in the water in front of its face with what looks like wide filamentous webbing at the end. It's claws are pretty small and stubby. Do you think this is safe...

I use one on a 30 gallon reef and like it very much. I probably wouldn't use it on anything above 75, but it's rated supposedly for up to 100 gallons.

30 gallon reef (hope to bump up to a 72 in a year!) 1 blue fiji damsel 1 bicolor blenny 1 6-line wrasse A couple dozen blue leg, scarlet, and left-handed hermits 12 margarita and trochus snails 1 pacific cleaner shrimp 1 sand sifting starfish 1 colt coral 1 pearl bubble coral 1 sinularia...

If you can't net him out, try rearranging the rockwork to re-establish territories. This helped tone down my friend's dottyback enough that the other fish could deal with it.

I snorkeled in the Caribbean when I was 13, but I wasn't into the hobby then and didn't appreciate it. I hope to go back in a few years now that I have the knowledge to identify critters and the prescription goggles to see them I will be more careful, though...I had the same experience as...