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I got me a sand siffting goby two days ago and since then he has been going crazy siffting through my sand. This is a good thing and thats why I got him. The problem is that my tank is pretty cloudy due to him stirring up the sand so much. Is this going to be a problem? I see no ill effects so...

Hello, For the past three days all of my red mushrooms have been shriveled up. This is weird because all my other mushrooms and corals are doing fine (I have multiple color mushrooms, leather coral, xenia, frogspawn, starburst, button polyps, staghorn, and sun coral.) See attachments for...

Here are some new pics of my 7 month old 55 gallon. Just started with some small corals since I got my new 4x54 t5 lights for christmas. What do you think? [/img] [/img] [/img] [/img]

I got my new t5 light for christmas (4X54 watt on 55 gallon). Since then I have been getting this yellowish green algae on glass. It looks almost like pollen and when I wipe it off it kinda acts like a powder. If I don't clean for about 4 days it really builds up. Has anyone else experienced...

I've had my tank set up for 5 months now. I have a couple pollyp's that came with the live rock. I came home yesterday and my water was cloudy. All parameters are good. I have been doing regular water changes and haven't added or taken anything away. I thought that maybe something died in the...

I'm ready to buy some lights. I have my mind made up that I want t5's. My plan was to go with the Nova Extreme 4X54 watt. Now I'm reading that to get the most out of the lights you need individual reflectors. I have no problem getting a different fixture but the Nova is the only one that I know...

I'm ready to buy some lights for my 55 gallon tank so I can grow some soft corals. I've narrowed it down to t-5 or pc. Any suggestions on which is better. Not sure exactly which brand but its either 4X54 watt t-5 with lunar lights or 4X65 watt pc with lunar lights. I've heard that t-5 run...

I just lost my 2nd fish in less than a week. My tank is 3 months old and parameters have been steady since my cycle completed at ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 10 temp 78 ph 8.2 salinity 1.023-25 My first fish was a copperband butterfly that I had for a month before adding a juvenile blue tang 2...

I came home today to find my new juvenile blue tang dead. I've had him for two weeks. I'm really confused because he was a real friendly fish, he ate everyday since I had him including yesterday, and he even ate the nori that I left for him today. He showed no signs of disease or stress. He let...

Here is what happened. I have a power filter with two filter cartridiges. I decided to take them out since I had heard that they can become nitrate factories. Well when I turned the filter back on of course it clouded up my water with a bunch of gunk (should have cleaned the unit first, I know...

I am looking at upgrading my lights so I can have coarls. I was wondering if I could get some estimates on how much these lights up the monthly power bill. I have a 55 gal and was probally going to purchase 4X65watts lights. Not set in stone though. It would be great if responses could list...

I have a film on top of my water. If I take my finger and skim the top of the water it breaks up the film and if I aggitate the surface with my power filter it gets white/clear flakes swirling in my tank. Should I be aggitating the surface always? I had a power filter and a power head running...

I have tiny white/clear bugs crawling on my glass. They are about the size of a grain of sand. I also have white looking eggs stuck to my glass. They are about twice the size of the bugs. I recently put snails and crabs in my tank (2 weeks ago). Are the snails laying eggs? Are the bugs little...

So I got an emerald crab 3 days ago. I have seen him once since I have put him in. What I have seen is the remains of 2 hermits that he has killed (haven't seen him kill, but has to be him). Does anyone have and emerald? I know they are nocturnal, but do you ever see them during the day? Do...

This will be the first time I have made a water change since I have had livestock in my aquarium. I did a 75% change after my cycle completed. I used a 5 gallon bucket to discard and refill my tank. I was looking for some ideas on how to dump the new water in the tank without disrupting the...

Hi, This is my first post to this forum. I have set up a 55 gallon sw tank. Right now I have 15lbs of live rock and 40lbs of live sand. Its been four weeks. I got tired of waiting so 4 days ago I dropped a shrimp from the grocery store in. Right now I have a 3ppm reading of ammonia and a 1ppm...