I don't want to start one of theose Skimmer wars we had here a couple of years ago, but these things do sometimes get a life of their own. I've got a 100 gal reef with a 25 gal sump. Currently skimming is by a Berlin XL driven by an Ocean Runner 6500 ( an Eheim 1060 isn't man enough). The skimmer...

Has anyone made their own live rocks. If anyone could help me out on what you need and how to do it would be great. As much detail as possible is needed.

Anyone out there have any puffers? I have one and it seems very happy in his environment with a Tang and a few chromis. My question is what do you have in there with your puffers? Mine doesn't seem to bother anyone and I'd like to get some more fish.. Some anemones would be nice too but im afraid...

I've got a 29Gal which, for space & noise considerations, I've got to run without a properly sized sump/refugium. One option to help a bit is to use a modified aquaclear 300 as a small refugium with chaeto and some rubble for pods. Question is, given the small size of the thing, would I be better...

I'm thinking of trying to starting to make some of my own live rock. I would like to know if anyone has any experience or suggestion on this subject. I have a 40 gal tank that I'm not using and I want to fill it with 45-50lbs of rock and some local sea water, set it out on my back patio so that...

Hi. I recently installed Coralife lighting with two 65W bulbs, 10k and blue actinic 03, (thanks to tips from some people in this board) on my 29G tank. Almost overnight I had an incredible amount of what seems to be brown algae. It is a rust color and looks like dust all over my live rock, glass...

I notice very tiny creature on the glass that look like small snowflakes. They are white and have tentacles that radiate thru the center. They don't seem to move. They are about the size of a small isopod. What are these creatures? I have several turbo snails in the tank. I watched as a turbo...

I always found myself asking the same questions when it came to buy new fish, "Is this fish compatible with that one". Well today I went on line and found a chart that breaks it all down for me. For those of you like me I decided to post it. I hope it...

It looks like I'm losing my bird's nest coral, the flesh is slowly receding and leaving only the white skeleton behind. I want to try and save some of the still healthy bits. Any tips, I presume I can break off parts that are healthy and attach them to various rocks and hope for the best? Any...

Hi the I was reading in Vol.1 of Delbeek and Sprung's The Reef Aquarium, that one way to rid yourself of unwanted hitchhikers is to put an octopus in the tank with the live rock, and in short order, it will find and eat a lot of unwanted stuff, mantis shrimp, etc. Since I've never seen an...

I have a 200 G fish with live rock fr about 10 months now and want to shift completely to a reef setup. All the required equipment is there. Lights, Eheim Wet/Dry, Eheim canister, powerheads, Uv, Skimmer, Chiller etc. Problem is the nitrates keep increasing till I water chnage. Is there any way to...

I brought home 5 small Green Chromis fish on Thursday. By tonight there are only two left. Something is grabbing them up but I can't figure what. Here's what's in the tank for animals: 3 Emerald Crabs 12 Blue Leg Hermit Crabs 6 Scarlet Hermit Crabs 2 Mexican Turbo Snails 12 Astrea Snails 6 Cerith...

Hi, guys I've been running my reef tank for 4 momth now. Tank size is about 80~90 gallon including a refugium, and it has 2X150W metal halide lights. Recently, my reef tank is suffering from temperature problem. Now, the temperature goes up almost 84 degree. So, I've been searching for used one,...

I have a critter that came on my new live rock. I have searched hitchhiker sites but cannot find it Basically it is shaped, colored and looks like a very large red raspberry. The little "pimples" on it turn orange and out pops little polyp looking things, one to each "pimple". Any ideas on what...

Hi eveyone, Can i keep more than one emerald crab in my 36*24*18high reef tank? Thanks in advance, Paul M.

I've got a troublesome butterfly (a double saddleback, about 4 inches long - I doubt it matters). It attacks blue discosomas, the blue bits on my clam and any fish smaller than itself - it leaves the pulsing Xenia alone, worse luck! I've tried netting it - but it laughs at me. I've tried the...

Does anyone know why the Breeder's Registry website has been down for weeks? Any other way to contact them? thanks, quietreef

I am moving from a 200 gallon to a 120 gallon approx. due to security of the tank concern. Basically reducing the height to a more managable 30''. The new size is 6'/2/2.5'. Also moving to a reef system. So planning to hive off the wet/dry and keep only adequate LR,LS, skimmer, powerheads fr flow,...

I have a 125 gallon tank, I am currently using ocean water from the bay near my house. For evaporation I use purified/filtered well water. Filter is a wet dry and a Magnum 350 canister, Magnum 250 for vaccumming substrate which is a crushed oyster shells 3" deep. I'm using Seachrem's Reef...

I plan to only purchase captive bred fish for my reef tank. I'm currently looking to purchase a pearly jawfish. Can anyone reccommend an online retailer with a large captive bred selection? Thanks, Joe