Is it OK to put in a cleaner shrimp with 3 resident peppermint shrimp? I have a 30-gallon. The only other occupants are a watchman goby and a percula clown. Thanks. Maddie

Set up my 75 gallon tank a short while back and had a "few small" pieces of rock with caulerpa prolifera on them. Not really thinking this would be a problem I put them in the tank and now have it all over the rocks in the tank. Is there an easy way to get rid of this without hurting the other...

i made salt water 2 weeks ago using ro/di unit and added salt. how long is it good for.

There are mentions on the web of an octopus climbing out of a tank, traveling across a dry surface, going into another tank, grabbing a fish for a meal, and then returning to their home tank. Some web- comments say there is a video that was on TV. But I haven't found anything like it on the web. Is...

Anyone used Blue Life? I put a few drops on a few of the buggers, and looks like it kills them. Any long-term effects? Any other products recommended? Mike

I should of discovered this yesterday: http://www.safaricabs.com/PB020008.jpg anyone know what it is other than a good reminder to wear gloves when handling live rock? Jim

OK so those who have been following my saga know I'm about a month in to my setup. It's been running well with a few snails and crabs added just a couple days ago. Algae seems to be getting under control as they do their thing. Now a new thing has arisen. I was staring into my tank yesterday...

I know 'they' make a special glass for fish tanks. What's it called and where can I buy it? 20g. Already built. Thanks Acrylic sucks. 1 grain of sand caught in the magnetic algae scrapper **** my tank up like you wouldn't believe. End of plastic for me.

hi reef folks, i have been using this board for about 7 years now, and i like it. anybody interested in me hosting a board myself on my website? im a secure php programmer and an willing to moderate out the weeds. a dedicated reefer for over 20 yrs

Aside from price, what is the difference (if any), between the aquarium's store's and the hobby store's? Thanks

What's that sand you mix with LS? I only need 5# more than what I have. I also need only 15 lbs. of LR. Anyone know where I can get it? Thanks.

Standard Features Reverse osmosis, also known as hyper filtration, is used to purify water and remove salts and other impurities. It is also capable of rejecting bacteria, sugars, proteins, particles, dyes, and other constituents that have a molecular weight of greater than 150-250 dalton. *...

Anybody could help me find an online retailer in Germany shipping live animals to Europe?

Hi, Im sure some of you will find this dumb but I am new to the Sal****er tank world and I need lots of help. I have a bio cube 29. I bought it from someone on Craigslist assembled and working with fish already in it.I changed the water in my tank, then when i put the protien skimmer back on, it...

Hi all, I recently sort of abandoned my reef tank. The onlything circulating (and poorly) was a pump. A clown fish was thriving however. Even the Protein Skimmer was off. Anyway, the fish must of died because one fine day I saw that the tank was just black, and the stench was just unbearable. I...

On Feb 28, 6:28�pm, (The Doctor) wrote: In article , solar penguin wrote:

So I took my girlfriends Fish Only salt tank of 7 years and upgraded. Added a UV Steralizer, Skimmer, New light hood with T5-40's from Marineland, changed the crushed coral to white Fiji sand, then added 75 lbs of live rock...let it settle for 2 weeks, then added about 8 or 9 different kinds of...

Two interesting articles I found in the new Practical Reefkeeper magazine issue: "Offspring of stressed mothers grow quicker" http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=2133 "Herbicide threat to coral...

Joe J. wrote: Anyone have an effective way to deal with these cross-posting morons? When I get annoyed enough, I reply to all the groups in a message, deleting avlv and then put cross post in the body of the message. Hopefully they don't realize a group is missing. -- Joe J. in...

Does anyone have experience using a dual channel dosing pump with this 2 part calcium-alkalinity product. I'm concerned about the alkalinity part staying mixed in the container that feeds the dosing pump. It's very hard to mix in the first place when you dilute it with RO-DI water. If I mix it...