Greetings. Is it possible to start the tank's cycle without lighting until I get the hood built? Thank you. -- Take care.

Hi; Does anyone see a potential problem with Caulerpa prolifera? I hear it is not as likely as the other Caulerpas to go sexual and cloud the tank...what are the warning signs if it does? Thanks, Dan 80g soon-to-be Reef tank, 1 yr old

Hi, do you know good website where i could buy some corals ? Thanx

I have a Oceanic 30 gallon hex that I'm thinking about converting to a fowlr. The only lighting I have for it though is a 14 watt fluorescent. Real estate on the top of that tank for lighting is a premium. I'm wondering about the requirement of light for the live rock to have its effect on...

Look at this http://www.korallenriff.de/ati_kreisel.html If you are not fluent in German, use http://babelfish.altavista.com or other automatic translation service to convert it to English. What do you think about it? Have you seen it somewhere on US market? It is called ATI Kreisel manufactured...

Has anyone ever had their hair algae spontaneously disappear?!? A few days ago I was thinking I'm going to have to pull some of the rock out of my tank to get rid of the algae, and this morning, I noticed that there isn't one bit of hair algae anywhere in my tank, yet my fish are getting fatter...

Hi all. Does a reef tank need actinic lights? I have 2 - T8's 5000K overdriven 4x and 2 actinic T12's overdriven 4x also. I only have some mushrooms, green star polyps and brown button polyps and they are all doing great under these lights. I figure what if I just run all 5000K T8's, will they like...

Greetings. My apologies if I'm being too annoying with a lot of questions. :-) If I place a pane of eggcrate covering the entire bottom of the tank, before I add the sand, will that give more stability to my LR? What are your recommendations on eliminating dead water flow spots in the tank?

Hi Everyone. I hope that someone can help. I have a 30-gallon Oceanic tank with about 10 lbs of live rock. I was hoping to start keeping a few corals so I upgraded my crappy full spectrum fluorescent strip light with an Aqualight dual power compact 96 watt actinic and 10,000 K fluorescent...

My luck seems to be getting really bad. Got home after a unbelievably bad day, grabed a beer and sat down with the wife to talk about the shift changes and about 15 min later she jumps up and says "Oh **** I need to check your tank I forgot to turn on the fans this morn. and it was up to 85" Nice...

I have the SP 2500 model. I like these pumps because of the dual direction outlet option. I mounted it on magnets (the kind to clean the glass), becase the suction cups did not hold wellfor me. The problem is the pumps get very noisy after a week or so of use. Could this be due to the magnets? I...

Anybody out there use Ruby Reef's Kick Ick in a reef tank? I got a 90g full of white spotted friends. How does Seachem's Metronidazole compare beyond being far cheaper? Also, any thoughts on UV vs. medicating? TIA-M333

I have a 120 gallon All Glass Aquarium and it has 3 glass tops across the top that came with the tank. Sometimes I take these off or even leave it open but the problem is on each of them the beige/brownish plastic hinge is going bad. I know it's a very simple piece to hold the glass top to the...

Hi Boomer See below. Do you have any views on the ability of these resins to act as skimmers? Phil

Hello all, I am in the process of setting up a 20 gal quarantine tank for new arrivals and although I have aragonite substrate, it will be completely empty in regards to shelter objects. I do have several rocks that I have collected over the years and used in my freshwater tanks for decorations. ...

Ya Ya I know 30gal and a Manderin = failure but I couldn't resist. We went to my lfs this morn looking for a hippo and maybe some mexican turbos. well low and behold the manderin jim got in a mounth ago was still there. Nice,fat and looking happy. I asked if he's been eating frozen food and the...

Hi, Have a 55 gallon FOWLR. Been running a couple years. I have always had problems stocking fish. At first I thought it was just my rushing things too much, but now I don't know. Have about 40 lbs of live rock. 2" crushed corral substrate. Nitrates and Nitrites are zero. Ammonia is zero. ...

I've set up a new 240 gallon tank, one week old with 100kg of uncured live rock, the first two days the whole house stank, now there is no smell and many different types of macro amd hair algae is growing. BUT my 4' tank that has been running for 3 years and is jam packed with corals and two small...

All Does anyone have experience using Bio-Chem Zorb as a means of removing organics? See http://www.aquariumpharm.com/aqfilter.html I was told that it can eliminate the need for a skimmer. Phil

I set up a 40 gallon tank on Sunday with 50 pounds of Southdown Play sand and 50 pounds of Fiji live rock, using RO/DI water and Instant Ocean Salt. On Sunday after setting my tank up my PH was 8.1 and my salinity was 1.026. I checked my PH today and it is 7.6 and salinity 1.026. I cannot figure...