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I would say a royal gramma. Mine is a very active swimmer and a cool fish.

Flatworms. Do a search and weep. Sorry.

I have the AquaC Remora Pro with the Mag 3 and this sucker really blasts the cr&p out of the water. It really depends on your bio load. If you have a heavy bio load, like to feed a lot, like to have really good skimming, the only two choices that I would consider are the Remora or the PM...

Sounds like a deal to me. You definitly need to add more lighting as that is a deep tank. I would use the PC as a suppliment to a single 250 watt halide. Get an actinic bulb for the PC and a 10k halide. Ditch the cannister, but keep for phoszorb, carbon, etc. Use a sump with a real skimmer in...

Average dive in the carribean is less than 80 feet, so you don't need any special equipment. A light wet suit is nice to have, like a 3 mil famrer john. I also use the Mares Opera and Mares Avanti Quattro fins, which I love, but you do need big legs to kick em. The length of the dive depends...

Go to mr. sandmans reef site, you can find the link on reefcentral if you look for some of his posts. He describes this process on his site.

Honesty, such a lonely word.

www.atlantareefclub.org It is a great group of people, with a ton of knowledge and resources. Join up!

I am getting a new tank that is 36 x 24 x 20 and am lighting it with 1 250 watt Iwasaki and 4 NO actinics on an Icecap 660. You will have some shading, but still enough light for soft corals and maybe some lower light LPS at the ends. In the middle you could keep anything. 2 250's would be...

You will be fine with the VHO for softies and most LPS. I would suggest a mix of actinic and 50/50 with maybe an aquasun thrown in for good measure. Use the URI brand as they are the best. Search for the sand threads by Dr Ron on reefcentral.com for everything you want to know about sandbeds...

The issue is always money, of course. I think I am going to attempt 1 250 watt Iwasaki, and 2 03 55 watt PC in a DIY pendant. There will be some darker areas at either end, but that will be a low light area for softies, while anything with high-light requirements can go in the middle. I like...

That answers most of my questions. The main issue with powerheads is my experience in the past is with hagen powerheads with quickfilters, and I did not want to do that again. I have heard a lot of good things about Maxijets, so I will go with these. Thanks

Hello all, I am setting up a new oceanic 58 and have a couple of questions. The way the tank is going to be set up is for 3 sided viewing with the overflow on one end. I am going to run the reef down the center of the tank with a lot of caves through the reef. I am considering either a hood...

Dude, chill out. You are re-enforcing everyones negative opinions of you with your defensive and childish posts. You have to concede that perhaps the collective knowledge here could be of some benefit to you in this hobby. Take a second to learn from those of us who made the same mistakes...

Hello Ryan, To address a couple of your questions: I would add the sand (either one is fine, if you have access to Southdown, it is cheaper) first, then let it settle for a day. Then you can feel free to add your rock, and aquascape for what is surely the first of many times. As for the...