Krux

this shows PK wants a top ter coach to go along with the most expensive basketball arena ever built for a college... they will attract someone big in the next 2 years with his money in their pocket. I foresee an interim coach for a bit, with a championship caliber coach in by the time knight arena opens

I had pretty good luck with a golden pigmy with non sps in my 125, ymmv but if you want to add another small angel down the road you may want to look into that. (shamelessly stolen internet photo) and if you don't do zoas (that one is mine) not trying to hijack, just sharing the love... I am super jealous.

A rubber band around your finger tips will give you free purple bits... keep that in mind in case they do make some changes, that way you can still get up in the morning. It works for me.

I've always wanted one of those, but never ran into one when I had the appropriate system... sort of a reefing paradox. Best of luck to you, that is right up there with regal angels, peppermint hogs, and nigripes clowns on my faves list.

I have a 250 watt halide and pc pendant setup that is collecting dust, if you are interested I can bring it over to you and it will give you a base line to compare against as you look online and in shops. It is a 250 de with an old 14k phoenix bulb in it, and a pair of 32 watt pc actinics. The only caveat is that I don't have a spare ballast so you wouldn't be able to borrow it long term, as I would be firing it with my primary ballast when you looked at it. If anyone remembers my cube, that is the light that was on it, more than enough to grow sps in a 20" deep tank.

Low maintenance, nano, and skimmer free don't generally go together well, but that doesn't mean it can't be done. You should expect to do a lot of water changes and be up on your water quality testing. In that small of a tank I would personally avoid anything that feeds of of live foods, as things like pods can be quickly wiped out in that small of a volume. I would stick to 1 or 2 small fish (starting small, and staying small) like perc or oci clowns, watchman gobies, neon gobies, etc and then a shrimp for character. Stay on the inexpensive side, as your learning curve on the smaller system will probably bring along some mortality in the beginning... adding a mated pair of nigripes clowns and some harlequin shrimp for example would probably be a bad idea. Go sloooow. Alternately keep it as a QT and add a margin of safety to your other thank. Not as exciting admittedly, but in the long run maybe a better idea?

yep, here ya go http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/i8/Group-and-Club-Buys/information.html

All the info should be up on the BRS site on how to set it up. Anyone with a list of names can do it.

Steve postd exactly what I was going to post... if kept completely submerged they serve the same purpose as live rock or sand, and are great for keeping splashing down in the sump. If you use them in a wet-dry application then you need to be careful of the previous couple pages of warnings, but they are far from useless. In a BB system, after your filter sock, they can be a huge asset to keeping bacteria populations up. My future cold water study system will rely heavily on bioballs and oysters for primary filtration, similar to the older cryptic filtration systems for warm water.

If you are a beer drinker, I can offer you some time over a pint of you want to listen to the incessant ramblings of a convicted oregon tort serial killer.

Muriatic works on acrylic in doses of around 40 parts water to 1 part acid... if you go this route don't be shy diluting it. FWIW dsoz, muriatic acid is another work for hydrochloric acid, the distinction usually being made for either molar strength or intended use (consumers who are afraid of the word hydrochloric ion their pools for example).

skimmer sold, lights available still

no problem

But will he be pumping gas in Tennessee?

He can sign for Tennessee. Discuss.

this is about as much agitation as I ever wanted to see. This is actually carx media, but the level of movement was about the same through my rowa reactor. ymmv

can you pm me the place those are coming from? not going to buy, just want to peruse their stock.

frag it while you still can!

Not sure if you knew this or not, but there is a IMAC is moving West starting this year... something to put on the calendar. http://www.imacwest.com/

I would be prepared to add a third halide in the future, you may find that 2 doesnt quite light a 5' tank like you would want... or, given the right reflector, it may be perfect for you. If you keep your rock work 6" off both sides of the tank, and center your lights accordingly, you will effectively have a 4' tank which will be a lot easier to cover.

I ran a 75 with t5's for a while and kept sps. This was 5 years ago, I am sure they have only gotten better since then.

James is actually one of the best kreisel tank builders in the country, and has a lot of knowledge about the system requirements to keep them, but to do it long term ca be cost prohibitive. Google kreisel tanks and you should get some ideas of what is in store. There are some people who have done small kreisel diy projects, but I have never read of someone having long term success with jellies in them, for the most part they are constructed for larval grow out when breeding fish or inverts.

it is soaking right now to get off all the old coraline and salt buildup, but you can find the specs with a quick search for mce600. if you are any good at acrylic work, it would be a heck of a steal. I can bring it by some time and you can check it out if you dont find something else. assuming you do the acrylic, it is priced at about 40% of retail.