The proper way to set up a tank... "this is meant for entertainment purposes only, do not do." When starting a tank, the best way to do it is to fill up the tank with tap water and just mix the salt right in there. Use table salt... it's cheaper. Get some play sand to use... it is also...

Good afternoon fellow fanatics, I recently aquired what I was told a "false brain coral.". I have been searching the forums and online but am having problems getting a definite answer on if there is such a thing as a false brain coral, or if it is just a morph of a "normal" brain. Does anyone...

I mean is one more rare then the other? Other then The name and slight appearance differences what else is there?

I want to get both variations of the clown fish ocellaris and clarkii. I was wondering if they go well together. I have read that both variations are friendly. I want to get a pair of ocellaris and 1 clarkii, not all at once of course, by the end of the year.

I did have a clark clown fish in my 72 gallon, but I moved it into a 10g refugium underneath the big tank to make a nice environment for two new black ocellaris clowns. They seem to be doing fairly well (the clark, also), but I am concerned that they might get exhausted fighting the flow...

I have a 30 gal FOWLR, levels are all fine (i.e. Nitrite is 0, Nitrate is 5, Ammonia is <0.5, pH is 8.0, salinity is 1.022-1.024). In it, I have a larger False Perc, a Fire Goby, a Scooter Blenny, a CCS, a spiny black brittle star, a strawberry crab, and assorted snails and hermit crabs. Ok...