Reef Builders - The Source for Reef Keeping Information

well here we go i bought a new/used 72 gal (oceanic) w/refugium 20gal plan to use miricle mud with calerpa.also doing my own salt as well but not sure how to set up my tank as far as a reef system?? should i run my lights and pumps 24 hrs a day what should i do?? also plan on putting live coral sand in and the some live coral rock once my water is ready any suggestions let me know D new at this go easy guys..

aquamarine

Well, it's been four days and they are so small I had to get out a magnifying glass. I can't tell what they are yet, will have to wait. My LRS said they could even be something totally different, will have to wait till they get a little larger. No fish claiming them, but I guess this is normal. What ever they are, at least they are still alive!

Wrasse lady

We are a new family to the whole reef tank thing. We've had our tank,55 gal., for about 6 months. I've noticed these new growths on almost all of our live rocks. The only way to describe them is that they look like little chimneys that have these strings coming out of them at night or when the water gets stirred up. Are these bad or good? I assumed they were good, since they are growth that we have not put in there purposely ourselves. Please don't laugh at my ignorance, but I've also noticed...

rarucas

I've got a few thousand clown fish I need to move to make room for my tank raised mandarins. I am in New Jersey and would rather not ship, but will if necessary. You will be able to read about my mandies in TFH in the upcoming months.

capitalb

i have this white dusty stuff growing on my lr and button polyp rock cant't geta good pic, seems to be taking over the rock. first i thought is was sand stirred up but now it seems to be killing whatever it is on.help!

hellokity