Greetings, I hope this is the right spot for this question. Right now I am planning on making a 42 gallon Hex tank that I am "ressurecting" after a long period of disuse. I want to make it an invertebrate/sea horse tank. This is my second foray into reef aquarium keeping and my first to be quite blunt wasn’t too successful. I am hoping for a better second showing.

Right now I plan on using the following equipment on my tank:

1. RENA XP3 Cannister Filter
2. Aquarium Systems SeaClone 100 Protein Skimmer
3. Odyssea 24" 298W Metal Halide System
4. 2 Hydor Koralia Magnum 6
5. FluVal LCD Heater

My goal is to have mainly invertebrates in the tank. I was interested in the Mandarin Goby as well as Sea Horses as well. However my primary goal is to keep invertebrates. Is there anything else in my setup that I should be considering? Thank you in advance.

I have a 180g tank with a 100g sump tank. The present system has been up and running now for app. 3 years and generally doing well. However the water clarity in the tank could be a lot better. Throughout the tank are small particulates. This leads me to my question about sump tank care. Do you do any type of maintenance/cleaning of your sump tank, or leave it alone as long as tank #’s are fine and contents are growing and healthy? Filtration is socks and protein skimmer.

I have now had my 90 gallon take running for about five months now and only have a maroon clownfish with about 180lbs of live sand. The filtration is in a 75 gallon sump, a reef octopus protein skimmer a, activated carbon and a refugium. As for the lighting i have two 150 watt metal haliade bulbs. Now my question is, is my tank done cycling, and i also want to kno about how many fish can i put in there, like for a predator tank or a community tank???

I am thinking of getting back into a SW/Reef tank. I had one years ago, but sold it when I moved to a new house and never got back into it.

Anyway… here is my question. I have a 75 gallon glass aquarium that I ‘acquired’ from my son when he got out of his turtle obsession. It has been cleaned and sitting empty for many months. I have thought about selling it, but it is a really nice looking tank and stand, so then I considered getting back into the hobby. But the problem is that the stand is open in the middle with a couple of shelves and only enclosed on each end. That makes it impossible to have a sump unless I change stands.

It has been 10 years since I had my last tank and I am in a different place financially, so if I do this, I want to spend the money to do it right. So, my gut is telling me that going with a HOT skimmer wouldn’t be ‘doing it right’. So…if I have to change the stand, I am thinking that I should just sell the whole thing and start with a bigger tank.

Thoughts?

hello. I am just starting to get back into saltwater tanks I have had one about 10 yrs agobut didnt have the time or energy. I had a tank full of malawi cichlids. Iwouldlike to hear your thoughts on starting somethingin my 47 column tank. the question i have is that im looking to do a LR and LS withsome corals and reef safe fish. Right now I will be running t-5 lights.theyare both are dual bulbs with atticand 10000k ,will they be bright enough to reach the bottom. Also,was goingtoruna canister filter with live rock and floss in the baskets. what else should i get? thanks. sorry if stuff is messed up because im on my phone. lol.

Alright so I have a question, I have a ten gallon tank I used for FW that is now taken down so I can put up my 55 gallon FOWLR, my question is, can I use this tank for saltwater in the future? I would have to replace the light, the filter with a skimmer, the gravel with sand, buy some LR, but would it work?

My anemone died in my tank and by the time i got home only the base of the anemone was left knowing that when an anemone dies it releases toxins i reset the tank by cleaning it and making all new fresh saltwater and new live sand. I also cleand the filter, the skimmer, and the powerhead. The only thing that survived the disaster was my maroon clownfish and a couple of hermit crabs, my question is can I put my maroon and the hermits back in my freshly setup tank???

Hi Internet,

Im new to keeping saltwater fish have a juwel rio 180 set up with 3 live rocks from fiji which were about 8kg in total.

They have been in there a week now but are going brown now.

The Ammonia and Nitrate are 0 and ph 8.2 @ 24/25c

Currently there is two cleaning shrimp which have also been in there a week with the live rock and are thriving shedding skin etc.

Question:

1. Is this browning of the live rock normal?
Pictures: http://www.mcallr.plus.com/DSC00068.JPG
http://www.mcallr.plus.com/DSC00069.JPG

2. Can I start stocking now say two small clowns?

3. How do I go about keeping a anemone?

Many Thanks!

Hello all..
Great forum… Glad to be here. I have been doing tanks for many years.. Just moved into reefs a couple of years ago.

I have an acrylic 90 gal that I hate… Too many scratches… I just upgraded to a 120 gal glass 48x24x24 with two overflows… My plan is to transfer my current reef into this tank. SO my question is:

– I currently have T5′s and PC lighting.. I dont plan on upgrading lighting just yet as I do have enough wattage for the extra tank size BUT I would like to change it up soon to metal halides. I have not purchased the canopy yet so do I need a 12 inch canopy and will that work for my current lighting with this tank being so much deeper than my current 18in depth tank… I only want a 4-5in sand bed.

I was told with metal halides I needed a large, minimun 12 inch, canaopy.. I dont realy like that look

hi all, i had my 40g tall tank setup for about 3 months now, with a sea clear protein skimmer about 60lb of live rock(with some things growing on the I’m not sure of what they are) and 50lb of live sand. i also had 2x 24 t5s. at first i wanted a fwlr but after seeing all the beautiful corals and reef setups I had a change of heart. becuz i couldnt fit a sump under my 40g tall i decided to upgrade. Not so much on the gallons but more on the dimension. my question now is how do i move everything to my 65g 30g sump? and what can i keep as far as corals. i have 2x 175w metal hadlite 2x 65 artic blue CF aqua c ev120 protein skimmer. And what other equipments will I need to be the reef master I was born to be (lol).
Thank you all in advance