a number of my hard polyped corals seem to be getting holes/gaps in their base, the polyps/tentacles open very nice daily. i drip kalk daily, add liquid calcium,stront/molybedum 2x a week,iodine,trace elements,vitamins also 2x a week. any thoughts would be appreciated. ps- i dont test calcium...

I am currently selling my reef aquarium because we are planning on moving out of state and not able to take it with us. It is currently listed on Ebay which ends on Monday at 8pm. I live in Los Angeles area. You can find full details and pictures on Ebay by typing the address below. below. (or...

Once my tank has completed its cycle with the LR, I plan to add a small cleanup crew (hermits, cleaner or CBS), and a damsel. One thing I have seen little info on is recommended food. Can someone give me some tips? -- billy -- Need tech help? news://news.winextra.com

A friend of mine who also has a 29 gallon FOWLR has been running skimmerless (yuck) do to space/efficency/cost concerns. The other day I say a CPR BakPak (not BakPak 2 old school?) used for $60. To make a long story short, he set it up, watched it for 2 hours and went to sleep. When he woke up the...

I know I'll catch some flak for my skimmer choice from some people, but like I say when ppl dis my car, "You roll what you got." I'm having trouble determineing how to set the flow. In order to keep the wet foam from filling the collection chamber, I have to have the flow set at less than 50% of...

Hi everyone, my first time on this ng, I'd like to setup a sal****er aquarium. I have no experience, this will be my first aquarium ever and I have a 25g aquarium, i'd like a litle coral reef or something similar any help, info, pointers, links will be a great help.. thanks

I have two problems going on. 1) Starving Goby and 2) Cloudy Water. Right now I'm a little more concerned w/ problem #2, but would appreciate any advice you have regarding the Goby. Hope this doesn't take too long to describe but here are the details.... 1) I have a clown goby that will have...

Is there any real advantage on adding a wavemaker pro to my setup, I know it is all about simulating the rel environment and supposedly reduces stress. But I think I am doing a good job already especially considering I have had an anemone split and water conditions are monitored and kept optimal to...

I have had my finger coral now for over two weeks and no sign of opening infact it as gone blue what does this mean?. I think my metal halide bulb is ready for changing not changed it for two years whats the chances of this having something to do with it? Many Thanks, Jonathan Machon

I got home from work tonight and the wife was doing the bills, she looked up and said "Are you aware of the fact that you have spent $1,000 setting up this new tank? Oh and how much did you spend tonight?" Ahh ****. "Yea I kinda figured it was getting up there and I didn't pick up anything...

Hi, Is there anyone breeding marine fish such as gobies, dottybacks or clowns in the Seattle or Portland area and would be willing to sell some of their tank raised young? I will be in that area next month (end of March) on a short holiday. I'm a breeder and I'm looking for tank raised young for...

Any one recommend a good site that I can get good equiptment at a reasonable price. Looking to put a small MH with 2 actinic PC's over a nano-reef thats ~ 15"x10"x17" (10 gal) Any suggestions? Currently stocked with: mushrooms(3 discomosa sp.and 4 ricordia sp.) pulsing xenia star polyps, green and...

I have set up a Carlson Surge Device (CSD) and i have been using it for about 2 years with quite good results. The only thing is the bubbles. I don't mind them perse, but the salt creep that covers my lights. Any ideas? Thanks Bruce

Any one using the Radium bulbs have any problems. I have been using one for 30 days with nothing but trouble. When I switch on the ballst, I must unscrew the bulb slighty to get the thing to fire off. Once it comes on it works fine. The bulb is installed in a NIB blue wave ballast and reflector. I...

Hello All, I have been a little nervous lately. I bought some sand and LR from Triton Marine (http://www.liverocks.com/aboutus.html), and asked them in my order form to contact me immediately. I received no call or email reply, so I called them. I called yesterday and today, but no response. I...

What instrument is needed to test the "Light Spectrum" of my lights ? I have been putting up with a red slime and brown alge and some yellow/green shaded alge problem for several weeks to a month and more recently green hair type alge was starting to cover my rocks, I was thinking at first it was...

Finally got a green mandarin for my tank!!! Wooo Hoooo!!! Rick

Friday night I got out of bed, I walked by the fish tank to take a gander, and I catch the smallest of my 2 anemone's in my tank splitting. I was so excited I woke the wife and me and her both watched until it was complete and then looked at each other and said we forgot to get pictures. But...

So it happened again, my tank sprung a leak. Luckily I had a 20 gallon set up just last week to become a fish only tank and it was still empty. I managed to cram all the live rock, corals, fish and cleaners in there. The problem is that the tank naturally wasn't cycled yet. I am hoping that...

Hello everyone, I was wondering if I should expect any 'bad' things to happen if I upgrade skimmers. I have been using a Skilter250 on a small tank (20-25G) containing mostly cleanup critters, mushrooms, polyps, shrimp, and dusters. All inhabitants appear healthy. After 5 years, the Skilter...