If you put ordinary rocks in your tank with LR, I assume that eventually they will be populated by the LR flora/fauna. What types of rock are best suited for this? Thanks, Mark

All I can say is, I was missing out. Best selection of corals, small frags, large frags, fish, advanced hardware like quality skimmers and MH setups. The place is huge by LFS standards around here. Must have had 30 large 50G plus tanks full of corals for sale blanket priced at 29.99, 39.99, 99.99...

My yellow tail damsel is well and fiesty as ever, however over the last six months or so he's developed a few small bumps here and there and today I notice one of his eyes is bulging. If this is a disease anyone know what it could be? -- Mark C. Jack of all trades, master of none. (well, maybe a...

Is it possible for a tank to cycle like overnight? I have had my 75 gal. tank up for about 40 days now. I have 3 green chromis and 2 yellow tail damsel and 12 snails. Also about 70lb. of LR. with a wet/dry filter and no skimmer yet.

I have a 120 and the way I have it set up, when the lights go out at night, all pumps shut off except for the sump recirculation pump. Should I be keeping some more circulation going at night with the Maxijets? This is a reef tank, some corals, 2 elegant Anemones, some LR, a few small fish, a...

I'm moving a 30 gal reef tank to a new 65 tall tank. I know I can take all the old water from the 30 and then just add new water of the same salinity/temp to top off the new tank. I was wondering about moving the old sand (after emptying all the livestock else to a temp container). This tank has...

I recently got a new overflow box and cannot seem to get the flow rate to work. A have a weak (piece of crap) pump Rio 1700, however with the pump running wide open, the water level in the overflow matches that of the tank level. When I try to throttle it back to a more comfortable level, I get...

I have hammer corals , Am I the only one that has problems keeping them? what do they like? Light or less light? they keep ripping off the rock then they die! do you think its a critter? -- www.reeftanksonline.com www.nydiver.com ONLINE meeting rooms

I decided to finally buy my first Anemone. I went to the LFS and found a bright yellow Anemone that looked awesome. After some debating I purchased this one over several smaller long tentacle Anemones. The other inhabitants in my tank are as follows... One single polyp (came with LR), a cluster...

Over the last couple of weeks I have noticed that my Euro-Reef Skimmer has not been collecting much DOC as it has before. I have it set so it might even collect wetfoam,(riserupallthe way) but and still nothing. There is alot of dry foam at the top but the resevoirt will not fillup with anything. ...

I acquired a T. crocea today, about 3 inches tip to tip. On one side of the clam, about 5mm from the mantle, is something's house. What pops out of the 'house' looks like a snail's head, but it is sessile. The 'house' is permanently attatched to the crocea. Please tell me this isn't the...

Hi; I've had a Red Mushroom in my tank for a few months (5 or 6) and in the last month it has budded two new ones. The original has now, within two days, changed. Although still full, it's edges have begun to curl down and it's stalk has gone from about 3/8" diameter to the size of a kite...

When reading salifert Phosphate are you supposed to look down through the top,and keep the test tube on the edge of the color chip so that you see both the white area and the color chip,Then move the test tube down the row of colors until you can not a see color chart color.To me the first...

Hi All: I added a beautiful yellow tang to my tank on Tuesday. He seems happy and swims about doing his thing. He's not eating yet however and this causes some concern. I have offered flakes, pellets, and of course green seaweed clipped inside the tank. Shows no interest in food really. Is he...

Hi, guys I have a few corals in my aquarium.(Xenia, Zoo, Elegant coral, and anemones) Current nitrate level is around 10 ppm. Also, is this level of nitrate really dangerous for my corals and anemone? Also, I'm trying to reduce it with macro algae such as caulerpa in a 29 G refugium, and denitrate...

I have a SeaClear 125 acrylic tank that I would like to retorfit with overflow(s). The dimensions are 72" long, 18 deep, 20 high and all the plexiglass is 3/8". The factory outfitted version of this tank has two corner overflows with 6x6" boxes and 1" drains with 3/4" returns. Drilling the bottom...

Hello, I bought a Yellow Finger Gorgonian at my LFS about five days ago. The first day I put him in, his polyps were extended. Since then, I have not seen them extended. I read somewhere that this may be normal since they may only be extended when the lights are off at night. I am new to corals,...

I purchased my first "real" fish for my tank today. I had a blue damsel in there for the past 3 months. I love the new Firefish! The Damsel immediately started backing into it and then I saw him go after him. I have a 46 G tank with 45lbs of LR, so there are many hiding places. This damsel was...

Hi, guys I set up RedSea Berlin protein skimmer with Rio HF20(1200GPH) yesterday. A minute ago, I found serious problem. So many bubbles are generated without protein and salt water overflows over a cup. Is it due to high flow of the pump? - Recommended flow rate is 800 ~900 GPH. Thanks, Sungwon

Im planning on starting my first salt water tank and have been reading up on the use of live rock, and the pesky critters that can come with it (i.e., Mantis Shrimp, etc.). How likely is it for such things to come with the live rock? I will be buying my rock from a LFS, that has already...