Recent content by RondaGP

After seeing pictures of your tank last week, I seriously considered it. It was those pictures that finally convinced me you don't actually have to have MHs. With all the stuff I need to purchase for our tank this month I went with the $150 MH because I can add it to some HO T5 lights that I...

A 250w MH pendant wouldn't be to much on a 75g that's only 20" deep right? I think I found one I want to buy used for only $150 with a ballast and bulb.

Well it's a CPR backpack I've had for years so I wouldn't mind upgrading for that reason alone. And we cleaned everything during the move before we assembled the set up to the new tank but I'd double check with my husband because it wasn't one of the items that I cleaned so maybe it got missed...

Thanks for the reply. That makes sense about the VHOs. Because I already have the 2x54 T5 VO lights, I'm also looking into a way to just add MH to that. At one time I had reseaeched this to the point of making my ideal wish list but now that its time to actually buy, I'm scared to commit to...

Thanks for the replies. I was a little freaked out at how long everything sat in buckets. I've been making lots of water in case. The move has been frustrating because now my skimmer isn't working right and I don't know what to replace it with regardless of reading everything. And some of my...

I'm feeling overwhelmed researching a new lighting system for my 75G (48x18x20) reef. The only coral I currently only have are a few polyps, mushrooms, and zoanthid, but would like to not be too restricted in future selections. Does anyone know about or have experience with these? I'll take...

What lights did you combine with the MH? Or do you use MH only?

First I want to say hello to everybody because I haven't posted in forever. Our aquarium has been maturing along nicely. It's been pretty easy to care for with so little livestock added since upgrading to a reef system in 2006 from the FO w/ (very little)LR I bought used a year earlier...

:( Awe! I don't remember reading this before. I had planned on adding a hawk one of these days. What's another good choice for a fish with annimated behavior and personality?

I only have a few. Some astrea snails, blueleg and scarlet hermits, cleaner shrimp, peppermint shrimps, and a spiny brittle star.

Wow! I'm humbled.

I totally forgot about the skilter skimmer and the underground filter! Man was I happy to get rid of those. We had the exact same set up. The fish are beautiful by the way. I was too scared to have anything but damsels and clowns. To this day I'm still nervous about adding anything and I've...

This what it looked like about a year later with better lighting, some live rock, base rock and some dead coral my mom found on vacation (all of which has been replaced with LR). That heater looks so big right there in the center. I can't describe how excited I was when I felt confident enough...

I was so excited when I with my first saltwater aquarium and now this empty tank looks halirious to me compared to the reef I have now. Anyone else keep old pictures of when they first started?

Did you get an ID on this yet? If not, read the recent thread "crab id, can I keep 'em, mommy??? (first reef lol)?" because it has the same crab and ID info. I posted some pics of mine there too.