I've had my Coralife Aqualight fixture for about two years now, and I'm disappointed to find that the electrical caps (? the sockets that connect to the lamps) seem to be corroding, to the point where I can't replace the bulbs without cracking the caps and exposing the lamp pins. This is pretty...

Hi all; I purchased a halide/PC fixture for my tank. 2x175 HQI Halides @20,000K and 2x96 Watt Actinic Power Compacts. I was thinking of replacing the Actinics with 50/50 bulbs. Power Compacts are on one circuit, Halides on another, so I can set timers differently for these lights. I have an 80...

Well I did the water change today, about 30%. What a mess. I thought I'd ask some "experienced" people's advice. I have questions like: Am I the only one using store bought water?! What do you mix your new water in? Do you sit there and stir or have extra powerheads doing the trick or is there...

Hello, I have spent the last couple of days setting up a 180 tank after having to move it. I changed my overflows from using the U shaped siphons to CPR's CS150 overlow and changed the return pump from a MAG 7 to a MAG12. The overlow is very loud and gurgling - any suggestions to try? If...

Hi all, I recently replaced my MH bulb. But the only way the bulb lights up is by giving it a little screwing pressure. The bulb is screwed in nicely, but it seems that it needs a touch and pressure to get it started. It's freaking me out because next week I go on vacation, and I can't have the...

Happy 4th everyone, does anyone happen to know if a Scutus (black sea slug) can be poisonous to the tak? I found one tonight on a piece of LR, which I temporarily took out of the tank. I'd like to put it back, but only if it can't harm anything as I don't know if they can "kill" my tank if...

I had a "breakout" of these small white puffy rice looking things that are kinda mushy and are scraped off the glass easily... They are also inside my protien skimmer just living happily. A few of them developed far enough to have some kind of tentacles like a small feather duster of some sort,...

I have a small brain coral (green middle, red outside edge). It seems to be thriving (very fleshy) but over the past 2 months the intensity of the red coloration has dissapeared to almost none. The green is still strong flouresent, but the red has changed to an almost translucent white. Anybody...

Hello, I have been reading ALOT of the threads and am more confused than ever. The tank I have is an Oceanic 180 - non-drilled, and has a 1/2" thick center brace across the top of the tank. I have had a fish-only 180 marine tank that I had to dismantle due to some remodeling. That is...

Hey folks, I've finally gotten around to updating my web site to show the new reef tank that I started last fall. If anyone is interested, take a look at: http://reef.geddis.org/ It's got a 192 gallon display, with roughly 250g of total water. I also partitioned off a section of the display tank...

Greetings-I have a 120G reef tank established about 5 months ago. As a retiree, I have been patient about adding things and have put in mostly soft corals and recently 2 clowns, 1 cardinal, 1"exquisite" wrasse, and enjoy watching things develop.About 1 month after set-up, I added about 75...

would loud music effect the fish if the tank waS in the same room a band sometimes jam? okay or will it frighten the fish too much?

Waterlife SeaDrometer looking for a good home. Bought, then had second thoughts about having a marine aquarium, never got a chance to use this hydrometer. This one is the lead-weighted glass-tube type. Asking for £4.00 p/p inc. in the UK or 6.25 EUR for rest of Europe (would have been less if it...

I have a green algae question. I have a fairly new reef tank. I got the normal brown diatoms that lasted just less than a week then it all turned green.... and the green grew fast. Is this part of the cycle? I read that once somewhere, but I cannot find any other reading supporting that brown...

I was looking around for info on the diffurent Protien Skimmers and was wondering if this was a decent product or was just a bogus "lets sell the customer anything" ordeal http://www.ecoaqualizer.com/products.htm never heard of this but it looks to be interesting and would like to get some input on...

Sorry if this is a repost, but I didn't see th original come up. maybe a server issue, maybe a user issue. My new pet(and my first decent tank pic). http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h257/ozman213/IMG_0732.jpg This is my first stab at photo-sensitive reef life. What do you folks think?

Hi all, I actually got a decent pic out of my tank and I wanted to share. This is my first stab at reef life since my lights went up. What do you all think? http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h257/ozman213/IMG_0732.jpg I bought the rock with the anemone, note the hitchhiker just above...

For all of you who asked to see my tank, here it is: /sal****er It's not the best design website but it shows some corals, fish and anemones. Thanks to those who advice me on its develop. Ruben

Hello group! Is it Ok to take the salt that forms on the glass at the top of the tank and drop it back into the tank??? I would think that this occurs naturally ! Is the evaporated salt different than the mix??? I think it might be. Russ

So I just bought a nice set of Power Compact 15k blue, 15k white lights, with built in moonlights (also have a few moonlights I already had to manually position them better)... and I've seen other posts where people phase in lighting one by one however my new light does not support turning on the...