Hi folks, Last week I picked up 2 very large(3" or so in diameter, just a bit smaller than a baseball I'd say) turbo snails. One of the snails seems to want to eat algae and such off my glass, the other seems more interested in playing football with the other snail. He crawls on the other snail...

I purchased an acrylic tank 48x24x24 drilled for a 1 1/2" drain. I have two questions; first, what size pump would you suggest to return the water, and what size should I drill the return(s)? I am planning on a reef tank with soft corals if that helps at all.

A few days ago I went downstairs to feed the fish and my coral beauty and sailfin tang went beserk all over the tank. The pyjama cardinals and ocellaris didn't look too happy either. I stood there, moving on occasion though, watching and trying to think what could be wrong. After about a minute...

I've just found something in my tank that I need identified before tonight as I have no where to put it that can be heated and it looks like it might be a nasty. In the pics here http://goatdairying.com/fish/marine/slugthing.html it is in a bucket that is about 9 litres and has a hand grip on...

wrote: here is a usefull link http://www.karensroseanemones.com/ Wow! thanks for the link. That is most helpful. My one anenome has split twice and now I have three. The two new ones have moved to locations that I really don't like but I am a little nervous to attempt to...

Do we have tank raised anemones available now? Are they common? Can anyone point to sources or links for these? Obviously not asking about aiptasia ;-) Thomas Bartkus

help my problems is DERBESIA how eliminate nuisance derbesia in my tang please help

OK, something to watch out for; I've had my corals and anemones for a couple years, and was noticing a gradual decline in the health of the critters the past couple months. I've also noticed an increase in bristleworms. Finally found the correlation: after a few minutes, the worms will gradually...

On average how long before you can add an anenome into a sal****er tank?

I purchased a rose anemone about 8 months ago. About a month ago I noticed that it was noticeably bigger. It had split in two. I was thrilled with my success. On the weekend it did it again. I now have three rose anemones in my tank. Has anyone had a similar experience? My LFS is licking it...

Hi everyone, I'm double posting this here and to RC--I know some people frequent both and I'm new to the whole overflow-sump thing, so here goes: 1: Oceanic 58RR w/ megaflow, running 1 day, converted from a 10yr old 30 sumpless. The megaflow isn't great at surface skimming 'cause of the intakes...

Cute init. Caught off the coast of Cuba. www.belch.freeuk.com/humpy3.jpg regards, H.

Hi all, At the risk of being flamed for wanting to rid my tank of what some might call a beautiful coral, I would like to know the best way to RID my tank of elephant ears. I bought a small piece of rock with metallic green xenias and within a week a small elephant ears started to grow. A couple of...

I just finished building my custom sump setup for my tank and with the added room I had underneath I decided to add both a refug. and a coral prop zone. For my last birthday my wife bought me a 175W Metal Hailide ballast kit and a generic bulb (which I plan to replace). My main question is what...

Dimensions are 60" Long x 16" Deep x 30" High the tank was built using 5/8 glass. Also the tank is drilled with an overflow. 400$cad obo http://forums.chrisncarol.com/viewtopic.php?t=373 Chris

I set up a 90 gallon salt tank over a week ago now, I am using a wet/dry filter that was brand new but sitting in my attic for four years now, I loaded it with bio balls and the pump works great. I also have a Fluval 404 on the tank, a power head and a hugh pro clear protein skimmer. I'm not sure...

I've been looking at the LFS and online and it seems that these smaller all inclusive systems are selling like hotcakes. I noted the Aquapod 24 gallon setup, you can get it with PC lights for $200 or Metal Halide for $350. It has an interesting filter system that's built in, basically water flows...

Hi : I set my 180 up with a Iwaki 100 and other then not being able to run it full force, its seems to be ok not overheating or any other thing. I get quite a bit of agitation in the sump but have a couple of bubble stoppers in line on the way to the pump inlet. I have a very fine I won't call...

My wife picked the worst possible time to buy me a fish let alone a clown trigger. I am out of ammonia and nitrite Salifert test kits but I do have the nitrate kit. My water has been good but the fish is acting weird and I can't test for those two parameters. He is eating when I feed him a little...

I found mine nesting on the base of a leather on the shaded side. Look to see if the colt coral is withdrawn and that is a good sign to give it a once over for the carnivor.