Would it be of benifit to use coppersafe to help cure my fish with Ich if I'm approaching it with the hyposalinity method? John

I am looking for some advice on coral placement. I have a plate coral (short tentacle) on the sand of my 46 gallon (about 16 inches from the top of the tank). My lighting is 175w mh and vho actinics. I am pretty sure after my research that this is the right place, but would like some...

i hope every one a nice x-mass ok back to th hobby lol, there is some in my 75 g tank that is eatting my green brittle stars (its not the fish i have) because most have jumped out i got a clown goby 2damsel some thing is going wrong with my tank had the tank for about 5 years i now have lost 3 ...

I have 2 common clownfish that are living within my mushrooms instead of my carpet anenome. Plus i tried feeding them pellet food, and they want nothing to do with it, they love flake though. Is that normal? I am also looking at running an empty canister filter for extra water capacity and...

I've got a yellow tang with HLLE, anything other than water changes and high quality food that can help her overcome this? John

I would like to know where everyone runs their Specific Gravity at? I am using a refractometer that is temperature compensated so am I correct to believe this is an accurate reading of the true SG when the water sample is tested? TIA Ken N.

I have a wet/dry sump that has the bio-balls removed ... my problem is that the falling water is making too much noise. I didn't really realize it until we had guests over for the holidays ... My dilemma is as follows: (a) I can fill more water into the sump, but we lost power twice during...

I currently have a 65g (36x18x24") reef with 1 - 175W, 10k MH in addition to other FO. I am upgrading to a 120g (48x24x24). Should I only add another 175W MH or should I upgrade the whole thing to 2 - 250W. Will I have problems with burning the coral if I increase the wattage sine they have been...

I can't figure out why I am getting microbubbles on my closed loop with a scwd run by a lg 3mqdx...it's about a 1000gph pump. Here's the schematic: Output is all 3/4 pvc except for the connections to the scwd which is tubing.

Any ideas whether or not a Yellow tang will have...issues with any of the following fish in a 130g tank? Blue Regal(1) Tomato Clown(1) Foxface(1) Lawnmower Blenny(1) Flame Angel(1) Green Chromis(3) Cleaner Wrasse(1)

Can Pachyclavularia and Trachyphwyilia be next to each other (touching) in the aquarium?

I'm trying to get a light going for my son. Its my first attempt at wiring a ballast. I must be doing something wrong. Picked up a ballast on ebay, 250 mh advance. wiring diagram HTTP://members.aol.com/peglegalexk/bal2.jpg/ how I wired it HTTP://members.aol.com/peglegalexk/bal1.jpg/

I'm now on my second anemone (both surviving) in my 30 gallon reef tank. I have noticed that both of them tend to move out of direct light. One (the new one) wants to go to the back of the tank and hide partially under the live rock. The other is in the front but partially under a LR ledge. So...

Hi there used to be some red perculas in the market, but I cant find them. Has anyone seen these before? Or knew a place where I can get them? I believe they where considered designer a perculas from CQuest out of Puerto Rico.

Running a reef aquaium... Did some water tests today with the following results. Alk is high and the Ph is slighlty on the low side - How do I remedy this please? Also, I'm trying to promote coraline growth on the rocks, apart from seeding the tank with small rocks that have already have good...

I recently posted a question regarding what types of plastics are safe for water storage. I had recieved a rain barrel purchased a Lee Valley Tools that was made of HDPE (high density polyethelene) The manufacturer is in England. I emailed them regarding my intended use for the barrel. I...

Im new to the Marine Aquarium world.. I have a 55gal cycling right now with 45lb of live rock. I need to know when I need a protein skimmer if I even need one. Also wondering about if I could get a design on a sump, id love to house all my equipmnt there and keep my display tank nice. Please give...

I'm getting back into the hobby after a few years and want to make things like sump, protein skimmer myself...does anyone have good plans for these?

Small plumbing question for you, plumbing experts... :-) When I connect return pump (Little Giant 3-MDQ-SC) to my sump, should I keep the pump intake stright from the bulkhead or can I give it 90' elbow to have the pump parallel to the sump wall? The pump is about foot long, inluding nessecary...

Does anyone have any good articles about protein skimmers bookmarked? Like how they work, why you should/shouldn't use them, etc? Thanks, John