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No, 1/4" would be far from overkill. That's what I'd use. You're going to be stacking rocks in there, so you don't want something that will break...
6500K CF bulbs have worked the best for Chaeto in my experience. Sometimes you'll see some die off after you first put it in, but give it some time...
Drilled tank with internal overflow, or external (hang on) overflow? For internal 1/4" would be plenty thick. If it's external I'd go with acrylic.
Is it just the sump that looks like that, or the main tank too? If it's just the sump I wouldn't worry too much about it. Sumps are suppose to be...
Looks like some kind of filamentous algae to me (if you're talking about the light green stuff). That looks like a fairly young tank, no? Do you...
I wonder if the cloudiness killed the corals, or if the corals were dying causing the cloudiness?
I recently changed from GAC to Magnavor Pura. So far I like it. It contains both GAC and GFO. I've always had a tiny trace of Phosphates, but now...
After I read that thread in Nov, I ordered some. I don't have any cyano in my DT, but always have to clean it out of my fuge. A little over a month...
I've never used the carribsea live sand, but it's supposedly pre-rinsed and cycled. I definitely wouldn't rinse it.
I totally agree.
You'll likely never get that under control as long as your using tap water. Are you running a skimmer? A good skimmer and RO water are the key,...
I have a couple of sand sifting stars in mine and they keep the sandbed very clean. They also don't add to the bioload as much as fish.
Raising the temp to around 84-85 F will speed up the cycle a bit. I'd also add a piece of raw shrimp, and after a week, throw in a bottle of fritz...
In the old days, skimmers were usually way over-rated and poor performing, unless you had a ton of cash to spend. I think most of the new skimmers...
That looks like a nice system to me, and it probably works great. I'm just a little gun shy of floats, switches, valves, controllers, etc. That's...
I've had every ATO setup imaginable in the past, but in one way or another they have all failed. Nowadays, I run a line from my RO unit with a...
Yeah, they do like direct light, but nothing major like MH or anything.
I don't.......well maybe for the poor little puffer.
I put a small rock full of Zenia in my tank, and it never looked happy. It eventually wilted away to nothing but a little blob of brown on the rock....
One thing worth mentioning (depending on what else is in your tank) is that in my experience they don't like super clean water. If you're one that...
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