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Do I have the right setup for a nano reef in my tank? I have a standard 10 gallon tank. I am filtering with a small HOB filter (Top Fin 10), and providing flow with an AquaClear 30 powerhead. My tank bottom is crushed coral. I am lighting wiith a 5 watt LILYS LED clip light. I have a...

Hi, I am trying to start a nano reef in my 10 gallon saltwater aquarium. I have a peppermint shrimp, a percula clown, and a few (think six or seven) assorted red leg and blue leg hermit crabs. I have LED lighting that is on 8 hours a day and my nitrites, nitrates, ammonia and pH are all good...

I have a 26 gallon marine tank that I am wondering whether I can add fish to or not. I am relatively new to saltwater aquaria and am not sure whether my tank is fully stocked. I have an undergravel filtration system combined with about 15 pounds of live rock. I have one Royal Gramma and a...

I recently acquired a 36 bowfront from a friend who is downsizing. I jumpstarted the cycle and now have a kribensis male in there. I am going to wait a couple of weeks before adding any other fish to let the tank mature. (I had to switch out two tanks as I have no space left in my fish room...

I had my 5.5 gallon 'wiped out' by ?. I am going to reset the tank. What fish could I put in it? (I am looking for something fairly uncommon.) Our well water is soft with a pH of around 5.5-6.0 if this helps any. Any suggestions?

Has anyone here done a biotope on Jenynsia sp. fish? I set up a biotope for Jenynsia onca a while ago. It is a 'true' biotope as close as I can get it. (it only includes fish, plants and snails from Rio Uruguay.) Everything except the amazon swords is on a website called Imperial Tropicals...

I have a betta (usually in a cylindrical 3 gallon tank) that isn't swimming right. He basically can't go down from the surface of the water. I have noticed no signs of any disease, and he has been like this for maybe 3 or 4 months. I don't think he has SBD. Is there anything I can do about...

Hi... I got a second hand aquarium, skimmer and florescent lighting from a friend of my mom's. I have no guess as to how powerful the lighting is but I read that algae only grows under bright light. Well, I have had no problems with the algae and even had some beneficial red algae shipped in...

I have a 28 gallon marine, (fish, skunk cleaner shrimp, snails, algae, etc) and I have a secondhand Coralife Super Skimmer 65. My tank looks cloudy from the micro bubbles. Is there anything I can do about this? Skimmer has all the parts with instructions included. It is a hang-on.

Hi, I'm wondering what the best clean up crew would be for my 28-ish gallon marine tank. I have 13 dwarf cerith snails already, plus some beneficial algae. I do have plenty of bad stuff though, including some red and green microalgae on my coral gravel, microalgae on the tank glass, a little...

What are the best fish for my tank? It's a cycled freshwater 5.5 US gallon, with one betta in it. Would a dwarf cory or two, maybe zebra danios, white cloud mountain minnows or endler's be Ok? Obviously not danios, white clouds, and endler's in the same tank...:whistle:

What are the best easy freshwater inverts? I have a 5.5g aquarium, sand substrate, with a betta in it. I was wondering what the easiest inverts would be to keep as I have never seemed to be able to keep them (alive) for very long. (the fish all grabbed it.):facepalm: I have an extra produce...

I am a newbie to plants, and besides marine algae, have never kept them. I have a 5.5g freshwater that is LED lighted, heated, and has a sandy substrate and am wondering what the best freshwater plants would be? Looking for no fertilizer options if you haven't gleaned that info from the title...

I have a 20 gallon tall tank with one male kribensis (a little over a year old, had him since he was a fry) and am wondering if I could add any more fish to my tank. His tank is unheated, but he seems to be thriving. Are there any good (semi-aggressive) tankmates I could add?

I have a percula clownfish, a skunk cleaner shrimp, and a royal gramma basslet. Could I potentially add another fish? (preferably something that eats hair algae) I would like some caulerpa in my tank at some point in the future, so something that does eat hair algae but not caulerpa is ideal.

I have a growth of hair algae on some live rock. It is still small right now and I am scrubbing it with a toothbrush, but what are the best ways to permanently take care of it?

I found this at Holden Beach, North Carolina. I think it is a coral but am not sure. If it is, I can clean it. Done all sorts of online searches for it and only found one pic that vaguely resembles it. Is this a coral? The only way I can figure out how to post this is using my albums in user...

I have had a cleaner shrimp (my first marine invert btw) for a week now. He molted the first or second day I had him, and is hiding behind the protein skimmer. He will eat (and I feed him every day. Is this too often, he always takes the food with gusto) and clean my hand. My filter is a...

My Coral Beauty angel has a small amount of mouth fungus, and my Royal Gramma seems to have almost invisible grayish patches on his scales. Is this something to worry about and treat or will they recover on their own?

How many fish could I add to my 24.9 U.S. gallon marine tank? I have a 65g rated skimmer, and 30g and 40g powerheads powering an undergravel filtration system. My tank temp is around 75 degrees Fahrenheit. I have a Coral Beauty dwarf angelfish, a Royal Gramma basslet, and a true (tank raised)...

What is the best size for a nano reef tank? I have a 3g acrylic I could convert to reef, wondering if that's too small. Best way to set it up, and can anyone give me a price range for basic reef stuff? I already have the marine supplies, as I have a 25g marine.

My betta has slight fin rot. Is Hikari's Betta Revive a good medication to use? If so how do I use it? (considering ordering it from amazon)

I checked on my clownfish and my single piece of live rock yesterday afternoon. The clownfish was fine, but the normally purple live rock had some greeny-brown algae on it. It looks almost like freshwater algae. Is this normal and if it isn't, what do I do about it?

I have a marine 30 gallon tank that has a maturing biological filter. I currently have one small ocellaris clownfish. What are some good brightly colored inhabitants I can add after it cycles? Been looking at dwarf angels and blennies.

I recently started up a 30 gallon marine tank, (my first marine.) I purchased a tank-bred common clown from a local retailer and acclimated him to my new tank by letting the bag sit for ten minutes and then releasing him. I did everything by the book, but he won't eat the food. I tried him on...