75 gallon up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ya the best part of the tank was the price lol 200 for rock sand and everything this person had easly 3000 k worth of stuff so good pick up but now more money for lighting is wat i need to spend on
 
I'd like to talk you out of power compacts, though mine will be for sale in a week or two.

You'll end up changing bulbs about every 6 months, you'll notice the corals not expanding or growing like they were......and the bulbs aren't cheap!!!:mad2:

I don't have experience with MH, though I do have a ballast (200w) and base I may use on my 45 gal. frag tank if I ever get that running.

I'm changing over to t5's (two at a time) retro fit.

The first two I put in were the ATI Aquablue +.......they out shine all 4x65 pc :eek1:

There's more polyp extension and colors are awesome.
I can hardly wait for the next two. :dance:
 
I have to agree that pc are not the way to go. I just got a TEK t5 fixture and I'm very happy with it. Theres a great T5 Q&A thread on here you might wanna check out.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14179558#post14179558 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ton702
I have to agree that pc are not the way to go. I just got a TEK t5 fixture and I'm very happy with it. Theres a great T5 Q&A thread on here you might wanna check out.
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Yes.........great thread...........thats what made me decide to go t5's. Some full tank pic's posted in the thread some where of thier lights. Great color!
 
If you look at per watt price, MH is just as cheap as PC, and a ton more effective. They both have the unfortunate heat aspect, so I see no excuse to EVER use PC unless all you want is low light zoas and green star. T-5 seems to be the latest and greatest, and although I'm very happy with my MH, and will probably stay with it indefinately, if I were starting from scratch, t-5 would have to at least be a consideration.
 
ok im having my girl freind come over tommrow to help with stacking the live rock so i will post pics tommrow pending on if the sand storm in the tank has died down all the way lol but i need opions on fish to keep i want a yellow tang i have a tomato clown but i want a sort of angel to i seen one out my lfs that was blue with white swirls in it dont know what it was any one know but ya give me some ideas thanks

matt....
 
hey i was wondering how long will it take for this sand storm to settle down it been up for over nite since 4 yesterday so and its still really cloudy but not as much befor i couldnt see the 2dery rocks now i can a lot more but its takening forever with my nano it took 3 hours and clear this its like days it seems like anybody have a time frame this could take
 
ok idk i just checked agin and these particals are just riseing on there own there no were setling i think ima do a massive water change and put the water back in very slowly to no to stir the sand
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14182718#post14182718 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bigmatt1992
ok idk i just checked agin and these particals are just riseing on there own there no were setling i think ima do a massive water change and put the water back in very slowly to no to stir the sand
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Did you rinse the sand before you put it in? What type of sand did you use?

--Ray
 
I usually let 3 days for the cloudiness to clear. You can speed up the process by using 50 micron pads. Or next time put the sand in first and put the water in carefully. The only downside to that is when you stir up your sand just a little some cloudiness will come up.
 
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