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I am in the early stages setting up a in wall 125 mixed reef. The tank will be delevered next week. I have 100 pounds of dry rock and before I put put it into a tub to start to cure, I thought I would tHere is my first attept at the rock lay out. I welcome any comments

Glue slinger here,and i'm new to the saltwater hobby. I have a 29 gal cube tank. It has done very well so far and many thanks to my lfs and Justin, the owner. Also this website and links.The info is limitless it seems. My tank has a small collection of creatures and soft corals. Fish include a manderin,basslet and dwarf angel . Corals consist of two leathers,hammer,frogspawn,ricordia,red blasto and pink xenia. Two clams, Indian ocean feather duster,emerald crab,butler urchin,2 turbo snails and 4 ...

I am a saltwater beginner but I have been keeping freshwater tanks for a couple of years and recently acquired a 55 gallon tempered glass perfecto tank, the matching stand from perfecto(marineland) and a DIY canopy from the previous owner. After talking with the wife we settled on a FW cichlid tank because she likes the colors and I like the different species and varieties. After researching the fish,filter, and many other things for about a week or so I had finally settled on everything ...

It will be two weeks tomorrow since I introduced 3 blue star leopard wrasses to my tank. They are known to be easily stressed but I took some precautions, as described in my last blog entry. After introduction into the tank the wrasses will generally bury themselves in the sand bed, sometimes for a week+.

Wrasse #1 emerged 2 days after introduction to the tank and is out every morning to great me and eat. Generally she is back in the sand by late ...

Sanjay Joshi recently published his results on measurable flow in the tank, testing a number of pumps many of us use. I received this email from Ecotech Marine, one of our sponsors:

EcoTech Marine Pumps Deliver More Flow than Promised

New study proves that flow from the VorTech family of pumps exceeds even the company's own advertised claims

EcoTech Marine, the company that revolutionized the reef aquarium propeller pump, is pleased to announce the results ...