i've always heard under 2 1/2 your fine. mine is pushing it so the main thing i've heard is to make sure it is stirred up. will be putting in some nassarius snails before long, that should do the trick. so what i've heard you should be fine but i agree lets let some others chime in _________ 55 gallon slowly growing reef aquarium, 85 lbs. live rock, 2 1/2" sandbed, 1 False Percula Clown, 1 Sixline Wrasse, 1 Mandarin Goby, Tetratec PF500 filter, 2 110 watt URI Super Actinic VHO actinics, 2 250 watt metal halides with Reef Optix 2 reflectors powered by Blue Wave 3 ballast, born 1/3/08 My Tank Thread My Tank Video |