High everyone, Since I have had this tank at my house(2 1/2 months) my nitrates have been around 100!!! and I haven't been able to get them down. I have been doing a 20% change twice a month, and am not over feeding... couldn't figure it out. I never checked how my uv light was doing untill...

Hello there. I have a 55 Gallon glass tank overflowing to a wet dry sump. In my sump I have a coralife super skimmer that outlets into my home made refugium. I have ran an overflow back from the refugium to the sump in case the return pump cannot keep up with the skimmer pump but really they...

hello, im brand new to this foum and I recently picked up some old/now dried out live rock that a friend had in his tank. Its been in a 5 gallon bucket in his garage for a few months. I am Curious if and how, or for how long i should cure the rock. I currently have placed it all into a smaller...

Hi - In search of trying to figure out what in the underworld I have in my nano tank, I stumbled upon this site. After downsizing from a 70 gal to a 20 gal tank we had a cascade disaster that I *thought* killed everything. To my surprise I found that several things have survived and are...

I'm planning on a live aquaria order for fish/inverts for Friday of this week. If anyone would like to add to my order and split some shipping they would be welcome. along that note...does anyone see any issue with adding a small yellow tang and a blue (hippo) tang to my existing system...

Thought I would share my refugium experience as I have been very pleased with the results. I have had reef aquariums for ten years now and have tried all the equimpent (ie. trickle filters, bio-balls, protein skimmers, underground filters) and have spent hours schleping salt water from the fish...

I searched through some of the posts but still cannot figure out what these are. They are on the glass (only at night) about the diamater of a pencil eraser (smaller) but totally flat. They are very uniform and hang out together in groups (how cute). They also are crawling around on the LR...

Well I bought 3 green chromis last Tuesday. Guess what 7 days later 2 are dead. Waste of money. Went to a different LFS as well. This is after a month ago buying 2 clowns that lasted 3 days. Tank can not support fish so its coming down when the last chromis dies. This probably will...

My tank is infested with bristle worms. I've tried everything to get them out including: traps, arrowhead craps, 6 lined wrasses, etc... and nothing has worked. There are hundreds burrowed in my live rock, corals, and living in my gobies' dens. How do I get rid of them without killing my live...

I have a yellow tang and I'm not sure if I'm overfeeding it. The lfs told me to feed it seaweed wraps. so everyday i put a 1"x6" piece into the tank attatched by a elastic band. And about once a week I feed it mysis shrimp, about the size of a quarter of a dime. Is this right?

I have a TON of baby snails. They have black shells and are crawling on the glass near the sand. Is this something to be worried about?

I was wondering... What are some of the interesting fish/critter names that you all have. Here are a few of my present and past critters' names: Dumb and Dumber the damsels Neptune the emerald crab Big Daddy the hermit crab Bloody the peppermint shrimp Crabby the arrowcrab Sexy the six-lined...

Here they are.... Under the Actinics.... The Hairy Mushrooms.... Hey Chuck how is your flowerpot?

I have a 120gal tank set up. I dont want to keep a lot of fish in there. What would be a nice # to keep in your opinion? 3 or 4? more? What ever the amount, what fishes would you keep? Would like to stay with VERY hardy and colorful fish, also dont want a fish that will get huge on me....maybe...

Ive been researching saltwater tanks for a very long time now and i think i know just about everything i need to start my tank. but when i started deciding on which fish to put in, i realized that i knew nearly nothing about these fish. i know that damsels, mollies, and clownfish are good...

I'm in the process of restaging a new 24 gallon Aqua Nano and I don't want any more problems. When it's time to add fish I was wondering what would be very neat, hardy and fun. I think all Gobies are jumps, if so I don't want them. What does the community think???

I have a 40 gallon hex reef tank with a Neon Dottyback and an Arc Eye Hawkfish. I have a mixture of LPS, Leathers, and Softies, plus one small Scroll Coral. I will be adding 1 small Gold Stripe Maroon Clown soon. Depending on which fish I get, I will add it next or wait and let it be the last...

I already have 3 chromies and one goby, The goby never comes out of the cave except to eat and the chromies are pretty small as you guys know. I was thinking over time I'd like to add the below fish what do you guys think? I was thinking 1 royal gramma 1 clown (probably a black one) 1...

Hey I'm kind of new to the reef tank. I had a fish only for a little while but got bored with it. So I am starting a reef tank. I was just wondering what is a good reef compatiable fish or invert that will keep the bristle worm population under control? Here is some info on my tank 80 gal...

i found a basket starfish on some plants i put in my tank this weekend. its about the size of a nickel. does anyone know how to take care of these guys?