Hello, I'm trying to find a reference or the name of a common way of setting up crushed coral substrate. The name Joebert or Joeber rings a bell but I'm not getting very far with search engines. Basically, a flow-through shelf is placed in the bottom of the tank so that the crushed coral does...

Hello, I'm trying to find a reference or the name of a common way of setting up crushed coral substrate. The name Joebert or Joeber rings a bell but I'm not getting very far with search engines. Basically, a flow-through shelf is placed in the bottom of the tank so that the crushed coral does...

I'm having a problem with my tree coral (type is Capnella maybe?). I think there's some sort of thing growing on it which is attacking it, but I want to make sure it's not part of the coral. Take a look at pictures at: http://www.benslade.com/pictures/2005/aug/reeftank/ You can see a tube...

Hello, I have two pieces of live rock that have star and button polyps. The rock has been in my tank for about half a year and those polyps are spreading like weeds. I intend the tank to be SPS/LPS and I've heard that star polyps tent to overgrow SPS corals. In addition I don't have activated...

I have had a lot of live rock in my tank for ages without success. 37 Kg in a 40 Gallon tank seems like over kill so following some advice I moved some into the sump and removed the other media. this allows no dead spots flow wise in the main tank but how do I light the sump. I had calerpa in...

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Hi - my hippo tang has white sopt. It started off not too niticable but now is all over him. I know these fish are very prone to it and my LFS says to igonore it and do not dose any medicine, but I cant help thinking that I should be. Any advice on what point to start dosing? ~m

Hi I would like to try to breed some Marine specimens... Several years ago, when I had a tropical tank, I successfully bred Guppies.... (Who hasn't...). I would like to know opinions on anything that may be suitable for a newbie Marine breeder. Thanks

I am having a hard time finding healthy nassarius snails to put in my 'fuge to keep the sand stirred up. What other critters can I use to serve this purpose? Thanks, Mark

Anypone here keep seahorses or ever tried to keep them? How are they doing? ~m

okay, I hear that 1/4" of glass is bad when placed between your 4-5 watts per gallon lighting and your corals. It limits the transmittance of the light spectrum, i hear. However, when scuba diving I routinely see photosynthetic corals in 70 feet of water. How can 1/4" of glass wreak more havoc...

Hello everyone, I have a basic question to satisfy my own curiosity: Is anyone else ridden with guilt over this hobby or is it just me? I just left That Fish Place and apparently it was fish receiving day. There must have been 20 styrofoam coolers on the floor filled with new fish. Of course,...

Hi I've kept marines for a number of years, but unfortunately, despite initial success, I've started to have a number of problems. For a number of reasons, I've now decided to go fish only... Can anyone recommend some products for removing the Aptasias that I'm overrun with in my tank and...

I've heard about chloramine in tap water, and that it is very hard to get out of the water, and that it kills fish, including salt water fish. Well, all that tap water runs into the oceans, which contain a lot of salt water fish. Does chloramine in ocean water naturally decompose?

Hello, I ma fairly new to the hobby (reef keeping) and probably need good chemistry lesson: I am having some issues with my water parameters - I can not get my Ph/Alk/Ca to balance right. Test results are as follows. kH - 10 dKh (average between 6 samples) Ca - 600 Ph 7.6 -8.0 (using 3 different...

Hi folks, I have a 29 gallon tank with a sump I made from a 20 gal long tank. I have about 8 gallons worth devoted to a refugium with live sand, some LR rubble, and some caulerpa. One thing I didn't plan for is bits of plant matter coming loose, and while I can just put the sponge attachment...

I'm setting up my first nano-reef. I'm reading some debates on lighting, especially whether or not to use a glass hood. A common concern I've heard is that glass will limit the transmittance of certain wavelengths of light to the detriment of coral growth. I scuba dive, and I've regularly seen...

Greetings, Somewhat of an eyesore to see white PVC fittings - can anyone direct me to online store that sells black PVC and related fittings? - Daniel