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Hi everyone. I'm in the process of cleaning out my calcium reactor and changing the media. I had been using ARM media before and have always had troble keeping the calcium, alk and Mg levels stable despite stable CO2 and flow settings. I found some new media called GEN-X C.R.M calcium reactor...

First and foremost, I would like to say hi, I randomly stumbled across this site when doing research for my marine tank in the near future and these forums look like a collage of collected people of similar interests and information, so I figured it was a good place to start asking questions. :)...

Ever since day 1 the little joker loves to "hide" at the top of the tank. It is like his little area in the tank. He stays in the corner all day and night and will come to the front when I feed him. He has been a solo fish for over a month now and I was going to get him a friend and wondering if...

Anybody got some good info on BTA's cuz I got one! It's greenish brown and do'in good so far. Been in for a week and 1/2 so far so good! Anywayz My female perc is tak'in to it nicely albiet a preety small BTA! Anywatz I 'd just like some advice from those who actully are keeping them and not...

before i get a anemone i want to know what i plan on feeding it....i was thinking fish but didn't know what kind to feed it. What kind do you feed it

I have always wanted some sort of saltwater tank and I had a old aquarium and a stand in the garage so I took the plunge and started a really basic tank. I did a bunch of research and after lots of reading I decided that I am totally confused but with the knowledge I did obtain I thought I would...

Hi all, I have been waighting for the right time to add fish to my newly setup 20 gal tank. Everything is good with the tank but i'm worried about my new fish. I got two verry small clown fish and all they do is hide behind my power head mount accept for feeding. I figured they just need time to...

I currently have a 125 gal tank with 3 emperor 400's running in my fish only tank. no reef tanks in hawaii. I have decided I want to move to better filtration and I was wondering what size wet/dry I should get. specifically dimensions or gallon size of the bi-ball container. I know the sump can...

ive been using salifert test kits for the last year or so for kh ph and ca. i dont normally test that often maybe twice a month or less, i mainly just look at how everything looks, and when i do test everything is usually right around where i want it. testing today ca was 400(good and normal)...

OK, I know you have all heard the rumors, so here is the official announcement. I will be hosting a get together on the East Coast in the Spartanburg, SC area for TRT at the Walnut Grove Seaquarium (my house) on SATURDAY, May 17th, 2008 from 12:30 PM until dark --RAIN OR SHINE-- (we'll have BIG...

Ok, I feel like I have a good handle on the basics of reef keeping 101. I measure this by the fact my current 180 sps tank is doing well. The sps are actually growing with what I consider decent speed and coloration. I have the origional two sps colonies that started my tank over 18 months ago...

This is a Octopus CR-140 6 1/2in dia single chamber. The water flow inside the chamber is so strong it is blowing the media all over the place. There is a bracket in the bottom of the unit with holes in it. on top of that is about a one inch thick sponge. Then comes the eight pounds of...

I'm a complete noob to this hobby and started myself a 14 gall bio cube, i got some live rock from the live rock pit at the lfs and picked out some varried lookin pieces. but i'm starting to think one of my chunks may not be live rock at all, but more like some dead hard coral or ...