My tank has been up for 45 days My 75 gal. tank hasnt even begun to cycle and its been over 30 days. I have 12 snails 3 green chromis and 2 yellow tail damsels. I did use soft water for the initial setup but have since then used only ro for the 2 20% water change and top off. any ideas why no cycle...

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...

Anyone have any plans for an "in tank" brine shrimp hatchery? Can it be done or is the salinity of our reefs too low for these critters to hatch? If so, any online diagrams? Doug

How well does the Rainfordi Goby work at taking care of a G.H. Algae problem? I read that it is peaceful, but wonder if there would be problems with it and my clown or my firefish.

I seen this software it looks very cool. only thing is you need the board to do the good stuff. -- www.reeftanksonline.com www.nydiver.com ONLINE meeting rooms

I was at my LFS today and they have a new tank that looks interesting. It's a Nature's Creation Bio-Zone, 12 gallons, slight bowfront, it's almost a cube. It has a flip up hood with 2 18w PC bulbs, and an in-tank (not built-in)filterbox with a pump, sponge, bio-media, and a heater compartment...

My overflow is noisy as heck. The water "gurgling" keeps me up at night. Any suggestions on how to silence it?

I have a two part question about hippo tangs, first do they get on well with tomato clowns? Second will they eat Hair algae?

I bought a new Hippo Tang for my tank the other day, I noticed he never eats. I feed the other fish Flakes ( Omega One). When all the other fish go to feed, the Hippo is not around. I even added flakes when he was out socializing with the others, but he's acting like Morris the Cat. Is there...

Greetings, On Wednesday I picked up 30lbs of LR for my first SW tank. Today we noticed there are already some critters that look kinda like tube worms popping out of the nooks and crannies. I think the live rock is going to be as much fun to watch as the fish:) Mark

For the experiment I placed poly mesh bags of sulfur in high flow areas to alow bacteria to grow on the sulfur, and oxidize it into sulfates. The experiment was to see what the effects would be with elevated levels of sulfur in the reef tank. I did not have a sulfur test kit, and did not test the...

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My 75 gal. tank hasnt even begun to cycle and its been over 30 days. I have 12 snails 3 green chromis and 2 yellow tail damsels. I did use soft water for the initial setup but have since then used only ro for the 2 20% water change and top off. any ideas why no cycle yet? TIA

Hello Group, I have a 58 gallon Oceanic tank which is 36" long. I might consider a metal halide lighting system soon but from reading reference books I found out that one MH bulb only covers an area of about 2 sq. ft. Most systems for sale only include one bulb. Would this be O.K. for my tank...

Anyone familiar with these? I wanted a small diameter heater with safety turnoff to put at the bottom of my sump and saw these. Note their shatterproof glass ones are very small - about .5" diameter, the titanium is more like .75" Anyone knows how the safety shutoff works? It says if out of...

I have a 30 gallon reef tank that had no fish in it for a few months. I added a coral beauty last Sunday, and a fairy wrasse last night. The coral beauty has been chasing the fairy wrasse relentlessly all day today. I know they can be aggressive with other angels, but I had not seen this with...

I bought a calcium test kit that you add a drops of the test liquid and then count them until the water turns from pink to violet. According to my calculations my levels are between 520 and 540! Is this too high? I read that they should be between 400 and 450. What will happen if I leave it...

Hi Folks. I'm going to set up a nano reef in a 26 gallon tank with the sump built into the back. Is it ok to use an ABS plastic divider instead of arcylic? The ABS I'm looking at has a texture that I plan to install on the reef side with an overflow. TIA. -- Mark C. Jack of all trades, master of...

I was wondering how hard it is going to be to convert my 29 g sal****er tank over to my new 55g tank. I just purchased a bigger tank and was wondering if people had some tips on how top transfer my 29g tank over without killing anything? Any pointers would be a great help. Can I do the transfer in...

Anyone out there use one of these? I want to get an overflow but I want a quite one. Anyone have any recomendations on a quite overflow? -=justin