KarenM

I feel like an addict - 25 min after my usual bedtime and I'm searching website after website, thinking 'I gotta have another Koralia"!

Hi, Bay. I really think it needs a larger tank than my 48", but Ron needs to get rid of it tomorrow. Where are you located, and could you pick it up from S. Austin tomorrow after 4PM?

I bought a used-but-in-excellent-condition Koralia 4 and got it in the mail today! Do I get initiated into some kind of club now or something? Right now I have it on the back glass, about halfway down and a third of the way over, angled slightly toward the middle of the tank. That seems to be a good place for it, but would it be too much flow to have one on each end of my 48" tank?

I'll take it back unless someone else (with a larger tank - wider than 48") wants it.

Yep, I'm planning on two 250W lights. But can I take his fixture and make it for 250W instead of 150W?

I frequent that site for the information and the entertainment value because they're always fighting. They take on some other fees, though.

Doh! I swear I didn't hit Send more than once. Andrew - can you delete some of these, please?

So if I'm going to replace the MH ballast, can I just buy a 250W ballast and bulb socket things and use 250W bulbs instead of 150W?

If I use SE would I still need the UV protecting acrylic? I'm not going for a show tank, just a nice pretty tank with some really colorful SPS.

Sounds like it would be a good place for him and I appreciate you giving him a good home. He's a nice guy, just a little obnoxious for my other fish. He does swim with my coral beauty and basslet, so he could use a friend or 2. He's just taken a sudden dislike to the foxface. If I recall right, you're a student at SWTSU, right? I'm in Georgetown. How can we work this out?

I'd like a nice blue-spotted Kole Tang, under $75. Anything more expensive will have to wait until after Christmas.

I'll get gift certificates for salons for facials, etc. and probably a Christmas sweater. I love those things, but right now I'd rather get a koralia than have my pores minimized. I bought a used Koralia 4 from another site, and I'm just waiting to get it. The guy I bought it from said one should be enough in my tank, but I'm thinking I need another one. Maybe a 3 instead of a 4.

I'm thinking about taking Gabriel's recommendation and either getting a whole new canopy, or having mine "lifted" about 12", and was just wanted to get a ballpark estimate on price. My tank is 48"x24". My current canopy has a base about 6" tall and the entire top raises up on hinges. It's very solid and heavy. I'd like the base part to be 18" tall, and possibly have 2 doors on it that open in the front. And if I went with a completely new one, I'd like it to be lighter, so that I could take it off and on if I needed to. Anyone have a clue as to how much either of these would cost?

Where is your fuge? He's very lively and likes to watch everything. He'll eat out of your hand or out of a net, very friendly. If your fuge is in a cabinet, I don't think he'd do very well. But if your fuge is out in the open where he can see everything and get attention, it would be fine.

Very healthy and colorful, 2" long at the most, but he keeps attacking my foxface. He really needs an anemone and will definately host it. Ever since my anemone died he's been hovering over the frogspawn in the center of the tank. He doesn't bother the coral beauty or basslet, but any time the foxface enters the center area of the tank the tomato goes after him and will keep biting him until he dives into a cave. I've had the clown about 4 months and the foxface maybe 2 months.This just started a few days ago, but it's getting worse. I have a No Tolerance rule of getting along, so he has to go. I think he would do well in a longer tank with his anemone on one end, rather than in the middle of all the traffic.

Yeah, "The Others" don't understand. I also mentioned a koralia to a few people and they were like "oh, you don't want that"!

You might try River City for a 6 Line. Check out this page on liveaquaria. com - it says your checkerboard may eat them. Have you noticed him over there? http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_displa...tid=353&N=0

Sorry for the dealy, we decided to put up our Christmas lights. I thnk the 400W will be too much for my tank. It's a very nice setup, but I really can't afford it right now.

Still no sign of the goby. And my little blue neon has been gone for about 2 weeks. I don't have anything that eats fish. The most agressive thing I have is a hermit crab (shell is about 1" long). I have to resuce tiny hermits and snails from him all the time. Would he be killing my fish? My cleaner shrimp is getting pretty big. Could it be him?

I'll give you a call as soon as my daughter gets off the phone. To sum it up, I'm looking for 250W, no more than 48" long. I have one retro setup, but I need either another single setup or a dual setup.

Ok, thanks. There are so many details when it comes to MH!

Very helpful. Thanks!

SE or DE, which is preferable? Electric or magnetic ballast? Single or Dual? What's a heatsink?

What brand 14k do you use, Andrew? I've seen the Coralvue 14k and liked them. do the ballast brand make any difference?

I can't afford to buy them at the same time. Which should I buy first - another MH retro or the T5s?