jason the filter freak

After buying about $700 in text books the olny fund i have left for my tank, are selling off stuff that I already have, i.e. my sump, skimmer, inadequate? lighting, power heads I'm currently in college now, and I'm not planning to going bigger than a 55 for many many many years, i just want color, and interesting suff, xenia, zoos, mushroom (possibly), kenya tree, hammer errm or frog spawn, and a WHILE down the road anemonel, I haven't done a ton of research I'm I'm learngin quickly, that nothing good happens quickly, so I'm trying to have some paticence. I already have what I belive is a decent skimmer, and once i sell off the one i have now, I plan to make my own sump, hopefull i can get ahold of one of those 200 gal boxes of salt from BRK and I'll be set there, from there I just need more exp feeding, and with dosing

sounds good to meeh, it'll pretty much just be your sand anyway dave

Mine has been removed when I got it from phsysis79 (however you spell the BB name) he said it was cool not to have em, I haven't seen any problems as of yet

A 29 my tank is not, I have a 55, and I'm thinking I need at least some more wattage for corals, but I'm glad you're tellting me I don't makes me a bit more comfortable with the cost. But I need some more at least to cover all my space so the entire tank is lit, I'll still have over hangs and caves and such for shadows

Wow serious job dude, I'll just take one pending i make it down

Are they? Thats, awsome!! Why in the world would anyone have MH then?>

I too see it as a complete guess, but considering the amout of water alot of us have running though chemical and mechanical filtration, such a diatom filters, filter floss, carbon, phosban, what skimmer pull out etc, alot is removed from the water anyway, won't the majority of useful micro/macro organisms living in the sand bed, on the LR, corals, fish, and the tank it's self sustain it's own benifical self

In peoples experience, how do prices of T5's stack up against MH?

I got my tank from psyis79 and I have no idea whom it's made by... now I'm nervous, I cant afford to replace it.

So aside from the lower heat out put, why would I want T5 over halide? The halide seems prettier... But then again I've olny seen 1 T5 tank

AWESOME CLOWN SHOT!

I have been informed that my 150 watt, with 2 24 watt atinics light fixture is entirely to small and underpowered for my 55 gallon set up. I need suggestions. I want to have some pretty "simple" stuff; zoos, xenia, some thing like kenya tree, and maybe hammer. Other than that just LR and Fish. It's a standard 55 gallon tank, with a "nice" hood/capony (open back), the lights would be positioned 8 inches off the water... I was thinking 2 or three 250 MH 10,000k with some sort of atinic.

BRK is HELLA far from Laurel! :(

According to Maxim magazine's "Tricks of the Trade" Fresh squeezed lemon juice and steel wool will do the trick

I will be purchasing the bits shortly, so we shall see

New-ish as well, i could help you out later that afternoon/night I have lots of buckets, a steam vac, water pumps, and towles

On my brakish tanks they got run 24/7 I regret not keeping one for my saltwater tank

Green with envy

i HAVE ME rum and me fish in the same room, not to mention this.. ARRR

Thank you sir! Perhaps I'll just copy your set up You're avatar pic is awsome!

what's any one think about putting a flame and coral beauty in a 55 together, with 80 or so lbs of lr

GOD NO! They're terrible! I had one didn't work worth a darn, paid close to 80 for it new, selling it for $40 to some cump on ebay. So not worth it, wait till someone in the club puts a decent one up for sale, I just paid $60 for a 250 skimmer and it had and up graded pump and a venturi attatchment