I have a 50 gallon bow front tank with approx 100lbs LR, some soft corals, seabae anemone, pair of damsels, pair of clowns, 1 small yellow tang, various shrimp, snails, crabs, 2 brittle stars (other smaller stars that I have caught glimpses of which probably came with the LR). The sand bed is about...

I am resetting up a reef tank after being away from the hobby for about 7 years and I know that a lot has changed. I was thinking of running a deep sand bed refugium with a protein skimmer and no wet-dry section. I have read that mechanical filtration is not necessary (and raises nitrates). Do...

Who has one? who likes them? who hates them?why?why?why?why? Ken

Anyone have any experience in building tank stands? Things like where exactly do you put the support... router out the top of the 2x4 for the tank to recess into? put a border around the edge? I am quite good at wood work...but I just want to make sure it doesn't come crashing down. Thanks! Tre'

Hi everyone, After some great years, I have made the hard decision to leave the hobby and focus on my new "hobby" - our new baby. Therefore I am selling our entire reef ecosystem, livestock, lighting, live rock and sand, equipment, supplies, custom stand and canopy, RODI - everything. We have...

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One of the LFS in the area rents out the Ultralife "The Trap" for $7.00 (keep it as long as you need it). He told me it would probably take about a week to catch the Dmasels. WRONG!!! Within 24 hours I caught both Damsels and I am happy to report that they are no longer in my tank! The first...

Here is a thought I have had (no time or money to test it out) but how about having a multi stage DSB? IE instead of having one ten gallon tank for your DSB how about having 3 3 gallon DSB's? You can then rotate out one bed every year. This would get rid of all the bad things in the DSB that just...

I have a Kole tang that has been doing great (or so I thought). I have had him for about a month and a half. I noticed over the last few days that he has what looks like two small slices(one on each side) on his tail. Is this normal? It didn't seem to bother him and they look identical, so I...

et al, I have a green star polyp colony that is growing like crazy and started growing up the glass. Some crabs dislodged part and it is folded over on itself. Are these things durable like leather corals that you can just cut with a blade and its ok? Or do they have to be coaxed? I started...

I'm debating between three pumps, the Quiet one 3000, Mag-Drive 7, and a Rio 2500. The price difference is too small to worry about so that doesn't matter. I'm curious about which one has the least amount of problems, easiest to clean etc. I don't want to drill my sump (10-gallon aquarium) hence...

I have a 75 gal tank that is established for 2 years. I recently added more Live rock (25lbs) to bring it up to 75 lbs. Since then I am again battling the dreaded Brown algae. I did a partial water change yesterday, and today I have traces of the Brown menace already in my DSB. Is there anything I...

Ok... I'm having my live rock filter as suggested to make all things natural for my tank... BUT I have been told that a live rock filter system will half the ammount of fish my tank can take... How many fish will my 40 (UK Gal) tank take with coral and cleaners in it? It's been hinted that my tank...

Hi. I was wondering if someone can help me out with this. I recently added two ocelaris clowns to my tank. They seemed really healthy and active at the store. I've had them for about 1 week but all they seem to do is swim at the corner of the tank behind some rocks. They haven't left that...

Hi folks; I'm looking for some good protective gloves to wear while cleaning the inside glass of my tank. I bought some from my LFS, can't remember the brand, and they leaked. Recently I got a pack of Tunze gloves, and the two I've used so far have leaked too. This surprised me given the...

Anyone here ever use Coral Heaven complete polyp food from IPSF?

I'm trying to decide on a pump for my ca reactor, between a mag 5 or a gen x-2400 any suggestions?

Does anyone know what the flow rate on an amiracle U-tube overflow is? Thanks Scott

For those that have smelt their bottle of Strontium and know the foul smell it has like rotting flesh. Well I dosed my tank last week and I have been noticing a bad smell in the air. The smell seems stronger in the morning when you first wake up, and the tanks downstairs smells all the time, I...

I have just brought home two new peppermint shrimp to eat some of these *&%^$# aptaisia's, but on looking closely, one of them is LOADED with eggs. I realize that it may be too late now for this brood, but I am definitely interested in trying to breed these little devils. I have read...