After spending many months learning about keeping a reef tank I've come to the conclusion that no two people do it the same and no set up is the "right" way necessarily. I really wish someone would just say, you do this, this and this as us women aren't too good at making decisions. Anyway, I'm...

Hello all hobbyists...I am hoping someone will have the time to reply to my message.. After several visits to my LFS and thorough internet research...it seems everyone has an opinion of set up for a reef tank. I am going to be setting up a FLOWR tank in a 46 gallon bowfront. Here is what I think...

Hi Guys, I'm after some advice on what I can do for my sick fish. A couple of weeks ago my phosphate filter clogged up & blocked all water flow at sometime during the night, the next morning my regal blue tang was looking pretty sick & I thought it was going to die. I got the filter cleaned out,...

I just recently added several stalks of xenia to my 150 gallon reef tank. In just a week I noticed that it has already grown quite a bit, and spread to an adjacent rock at the bottom of the tank. I have read that it can grow to nuisance proportions. Would others with xenia experience recommend...

The local fish store....which I will most certainly have to "bust out" is selling.......breathe....uh...curly cue anemones!!!!!!!!!!! Why???? That's the moral equivalent of selling stale bread with yeasty fungus at a convenience store.... That Fish Place...Lancaster Pa........shame shame

I have a 65 gallon reef setup that I have had for years. I am thinking of changing the lighting on it and would like some input. I have been using Metal halide with 2 actinic. The corals are doing well, soft and stoney corals. The problem is the heat that is generated by the MH. I have no chiller...

Hi, I've bought a Red Sea Berlin HOB Skimmer with a U.S. 110v pump. I have a transformer to convert UK 240v to 110v but the pump is really noisy, I can use one of my other pumps which is fine but its not as powerful as the Red Sea one that came with it. If I run the pump not connected to the...

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I have purchased some pretty awesome colored LPS corals before with neon pink soft tissue coloration. I was told by some that such corals had been dyed, but they retained that coloration for nearly a year, till a tank crash killed most corals in my tank. Therefore I assume that the neon pink...

Haven't even gotten a new home build or purchased from Ivan yet.... arrgh :-) At least I can't lose my SPS tank all over again, the rock is still in a trash can with wet rags. I was waiting to get a new home build or purchased before putting the rock in a couple crab traps and leave in the Gulf for...

I recently had a wipe out and lost all my fish - the corals are OK though. So, I've now got a 60*24*20 reef tank plus large sump (with DSB) and no fish. What would you stock with? Mark

With an RO/DI (Reverse Osmosis/ De-Ionized water), you'll always have pure water, with no metals, no phosphates, no nitrates, no chlorine (and hopefully no chloramines), which is your best bet. Your two water sources have a variety of strengths and weaknesses. I used tap water for years, and...

I went shopping on Saturday for more zoos. http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0705/pico_0703.jpg For more details, check my log: http://www.melevsreef.com/log.html Marc -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html

I have a 150 gallon reef tank which came with a custom-made ETSS-type skimmer which sits in the sump. Although I have read that in general this is a good bang-for-the-buck design, I have been thinking about trying to improve the skimming in my tank because the tank has had persistent levels of...

I have read many postings and several websites on the topic of lighting for a reef aquarium. However other than mostly opinion of what looks better, I can not seem to find the answer I need. For Flourescent Green Star Polyps what is the best light source? I can only choose between Power Glo or...

Can some kind soul please direct me to an article about the differences (the fors and againsts) using Deep sand beds OR Shallow sand beds. OR give me your own experiences and opinions. I seem to be overwhelmed with info. The only aquarium near here that stocks marine fish and equipment is 2 1/2...

Hi, Up until yesterday I was sure that I had Velvet in my tank. First I treated it with a parasite remover called Heal all for a week. That was not working so I dosed them with something called Myazin. My clown and my multi colour wrasse look fine but my Midas Blenny still looks odd. After 5...

Hi all, I'm setting up a new tank after a wipe out last year. I never had yellow Algae before and wondered if this is a good or bad sign? My set up is 70g with 60lbs of Crushed Coral, 20lbs of arragonite sand, 12kg LR (more to be added) 4 x 55W T5 lights (7K) and 40W Actinic tube salinity 0.022...

This NG used to be packed with a few hundred new posts every day. Now there is hardly anything going on. Did everyone move on to a web based forum and if so which one. Phatty