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Check out the pics from my website to see my tank, exclusively lit by 4x48" VHO. Barry, you might want to consider using 2 Actinic and 2 Aquasuns if you are going to switchover. The combo of 2 Actinics with 2 50/50 tends to look very pink. The Actinics with Aquasuns looks very bluish-white...

The Kalk answer is good but only helps to precipitate the phosphates. You would still need a skimmer to take out the precipitate. More macro algae would also help, but the small refugium (in relation to your total system) wouldn't likely be able to keep up. I would be focusing on where the...

Emily posted the general rule of thumb above: <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>No expert here, but I always follow the 3w per gallon minimum, plus the two heater rule. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I use a 200W Ebo-Jag heater in my 100gal tank, but I...

My Ocellaris clowns wouldn't give my BTA the time of day for almost 3 weeks after I added it to the tank. Now, you couldn't separate them if you tried! Keep in mind though that the BTA is not a natural host for Ocellaris or Percula clowns and there is no guarantee that they will take to it...

Hey E, I bought six of the Chromis in the hopes that they would school, as discussions here said that the more you keep, the more likely they would school. The LFS here was selling them 3 for $9, so I bought six of them (which they ended up selling to me for $15) It's funny, one was smaller...

Ernie, I think your stocking plan is relatively light for that size tank and should be a very healthy environment. Plenty of swimming room for even three Tangs. I currently have a 4" Blue Tang and 1.5" Yellow Tang in my 100g, and haven't had any problems, although I only recently added the...

Hmmm, interesting thread. I chose mostly small fish in my 100g tank, but do have a fairly well stocked tank. Here's my list. 2 - Ocellaris clowns 2 - Royal Grammas 2 - Bangaii Cardinals 1 - Yellow-Tailed Blue Damsel 1 - Mandarin Dragonette 1 - Blue "Hippo" Tang 1 - Yellow Tang 6 - Green...

Good news Ebee. My Hippo tang eats like a pig when it's feeding time, and is often grazing during the other parts of the day. Mine goes crazy for both flake foods and frozen seafoods. Definitely the most aggressive feeder in my tank. (And I have 10 different species of fish in my tank)...

Len, was that spittle that just hit my shoe? <kidding of course> I just checked two online stores and looked at their "dual 400 w/ 10,000K retro kits" and they were around $500. But if you say that you could get a dual 400W setup with 10,000K lamps for only $400 then you're right the...

On the Icecap 660 balast you can run any combination of lamps that does not exceed 16' total lamp length. (The flexibility of the Icecap ballast is it's beauty) So you can run 3x5' VHO or 4x4' VHO which is 420 and 440 watts respectively. It will also run 4x96W PC lamps which is 384 watts. So...

Yes the Icecap 660 can run 4x96W PC lamps. Why PC lamps over VHO? Asthetically most people prefer the true actinic VHO lamps over the "blue" PC actinics, and so likely will your corals. Len, in my post I stated that the entire VHO system initial cost is about the same as the 2 10,000K MH...

While I do not currently use MH lamps, I have a couple questions. 1. Don't you think that 2000 watts of lighting is a bit overkill? Wouldn't that limit you to exclusively SPS and clams? Have you considered your power bill, as well as cooling requirements? 2. Instead of 800 watts of 20,000K...

I have a pair of Tiger-tail cukes as well as a Pink Hawaiian cuke in my tank. The Tiger-tails are excellent for cleaning the sand, they vacuum it up all night long, leaving clean white sand trails behind them. The Pink Hawaiian though tends to stay on the rocks, doesn't move much, so I...

I have a Eclipse System Twelve (12 gallon bowfront) that I use as a hospital/breeding tank as well as for growing caulerpa. Great little tanks, all you need to do is add a litte sand, rock and a 50W heater. If you have live rock in the tank I also recommend taking the bio-wheel out, it's not...

Wooohoo... Big thumbs up to the Vancouver Aquarium and Marine Sciences Center in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I'm lucky to be born and raised here, and have enjoyed that aquarium many times. I also enjoy many of the display tanks in Las Vegas, most notably The Shark Reef at Mandalay bay and the...

I guess it depends on what type of cucumber you have. My pink hawaiian cuke did something similar to yours, expelling a gel-like substance the first couple days after I got him. I don't think he liked the move from the LFS tank to mine. Anyway, 4 months later he is barely to be seen, but when...

While I agree it's too bad that personal recommendations of this product have gotten out of hand, I still would like to express my honest satisfaction with the product. I ordered a Reefpure 4 Stage 100gpd RO/DI unit from Dave about two weeks ago. I received it on Tuesday, and it is exactly as...

Ben explained it exactly. I have two tiger-tail cukes and a red/black hawaiian cuke in my 100gal tank. The red/black can go weeks hiding in the rockwork without showing himself. But the tiger-tails come out every night to mow the sand. I can see both of mine anytime shortly after lights-out...

I use an equal combo of 2 Aquasun to 2 Super Actinic. While I haven't seen the Actinic-White I do like the overall appearance of my current setup. I am getting full spectrum coverage from the Aquasuns (10,000K) and the full Actinic supplementation from the Super-Actinics. My corals seem to be...

brandon, curious how you got 640 watts of light from your IceCap660? Or was it a typo and you mean 440? I regardless of the typo, I sucessfully keep two bubble tip anemones under 440 watts of VHO as well. Like Jenn has mentioned, once you determine the cause of the first one's demise, and...