What influences do the tides have on livestock? And, what are people doing to try to duplicate that in a closed tank? Or, can you even duplicate it in an aquarium?

well i have more problems with my 90 my sailfin has ick it has alot of white spots all over his body will a cleaner shrimp help? are there any natural ways to cure it? i dont want to add medicine unless i have to

:wavey: Morning! Still sick, you all have a great weekend... I'm going to go to work!

We've been talking about getting a dog and we ran into one at Petsmart today. We fell in love with it and have been looking online at rescue societies for one. Anyone here own one? Ever have? Ever will? What are the pro's and con's? What are the 'gotchas' I should know before making a decision...

I was spending time enjoying my tank over the weekend, watching the tangs swim gracefully through the caves and openings of my 180 gallon SPS dominate reef, enjoying the coloration of the corals, and all in all feeling pretty good about the small slice of the ocean that I was watching which...

Good Morning Stooges!:wavey: Well it's Vacation time! I've been up bagging frags for a little more than an hour now.:blob: I'm sure you are all waiting for the juicy part!:drool: I'll be off the boards for a couple of days.:cry: ATO is working just as it should! No more buckets!:thumbup...

I'm trying to find a few colonies of table top acroporia. I've been searching for awhile now, and have not seen acros designated as table tops (basically I'm looking for those species that tend to have a plating shape like a monti cap, but put up the finger projections of typicall acro colonies...

So things in the ocean are apparently WAY worse than we thought: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/02/health/webmd/main2147223.shtml I know political discussions aren't allowed, but I do not believe this is political, I think it is an issue that at least threatens the hobby we love, no...

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I'm thinking about selling my 120. Having three big tanks is just too much, and none of them are really getting the attention they deserve. If any Floridians are interested, here are the specs (if the tank is sold off in parts, the fish, coral and live rock would have to be sold first)...

Ok, the madness begins. I am drilling the 100g Thursday or friday and prepping for a BB SPS tank. I want this thing clean (my CLS will strip the paint off a Buick) so i need a good suggestion on a good skimmer for this thing. so far i have done turbofloaters, remora, and a few no name customs...

After years of telling people that polyp extension was not always a function of feeding, you finally got some backup. http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2006/6/aafeature2

Does anyone here use UV sterilizer? What model and wattage do you recommand for a 125 gallon tank? Does it help to reduce disease? Thanks?

I'm trying to do away with some high energy users.(uneeded pumps) I would like to run a manifold off my return line to go to my UV,Chiller, Calcium reactor. I would like to pipe some of my over flow water direct to my skimmer. Does anyone have any pics of such a set up? If you do could you...

Hi Everyone, I am new to the TRT forum, just came over here from Reef Central. I am planning to setup 75 Gallon reef tank with a new filtration system that I've testing for about a year. I have encounter a lots negative comments from people at Reef Central when the new idea was presented, so...

This is a neat little tutorial I found for my students. It is a great tool for understanding anaerobic respiration. http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~terry/Common/respiration.html

I now have two SPS frags, compliments of skeety and a new small colony. All acros. Is it normal for them to be brown with small tenticles out? Never knew they had these?? The one I bought is brown in comparion to the purple tips with yelowish body I saw in the picture. Tips still purle...

I know I know, we don't use filters anymore for our tanks. the LR and the sand do that for us. I am a pool and spa guy and I know some people use DE (Diatomasus Earth) for polishing their water. But we also use sand filters in pools and spas. This is about 50 to 200 pounds of sand that the...

:bawling: Tom probably sensed this already but there was a stirring in the BMW universe and a pristine 328is with gorgeous 18 inch Manta Ray wheels, new brakes and Bilsteins and a killer stereo has perished. My son went to sleep and his mom borrowed the keys and turned the geometry of his...

Anybody still use them? Ive read quit a bit about them at garf.org. They seem to have good results with them. Would they be a cheap alternitive for a shallow grow out tank, 12'' or so? For coraline algae or soft coral. I want to start making agrocrete L/R and fragging softies in shallow vats...