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I currently have a barebottom 55 gallon tank with bad lighting and java fern. I plan to move it next to a big window (whole wall is glass) and put a couple pots in it with plants growing out water-garden style. I'll remove the hood completely and let the plants grow out into the air. I've got...

Anybody have one of these? There just barely isn't enough room front to back for a 10 gallon underneath. I'm scratching my head trying to figure out how to fit anything down there. I had a wet-dry and a 7 gal tank for sump, but i took out the wet-dry and now my sump is pitifully small. i could...

My fish are having trouble with their tankmates in their 10 gallon hospital... Theres 4 chromis, a six-lined wrasse, and a blue-spotted watchman goby in there. The goby gets grumpy and bites at the others when they get too close. it seems to be more defensive than offensive, ie hes not trying to...

i apologize if this was ever posted before, but has everyone seen this article?? http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-03/rs/feature/index.htm There's an eye-opener! I want new salt and a ro/di unit right away.... If you are busy just scroll down to the tables that show relative copper levels.

I am trying to rid my tank of ick. i finally got a hospital tank and its ready to go. I put a couple of my fish in it but i cant catch two chromis and my six-lined wrasse, who may be smarter than me. I have a few very large rocks in my tank and removing them is out of the question, any...

I've heard several times that Xenia must stay below 80 degrees F or they will begin shedding and die if not brought back below 80. Is this total nonsense? Are people just giving an extra conservative figure? I mentioned it in another thread and was shown a photo of waving fields of xenia...

I just tested my calcium at 800 ppm!! I was told that if calcium was too high it would precipitate out, so i wasnt worried about overdoing it. And ive never added calcium before so i thought i had to catch up. Ok, i dont have alot that uses calcium quickly at this point (ie no stony corals), and...

I just got home from school today to find brown snot hanging across my rock in several places. My condy ( who is fighting the odds by hosting a maroon clown ) looks a little less healthy today too. so maybe my snotter is an anemonevore? Here are a couple pictures of the slime: (edit: sorry...

Alright, here's the deal: I live in an apartment with 2 roommates and we split the electric bill ... With little light (one 40w NO on 8 hrs) the other parts of my tank still make a noticeable impact on said bill. So things like MH and high wattage in general are out of the question. I want to...

I know alot of people have stories like these, but they are still funny when they happen to your very own. This morning, at around 7am while I was enjoying the last couple of minutes before I had to catch a bus to campus for the day, I noticed that I was short one crawfish in my tank (which is...

I have a newbie question that hopefully has an easy answer. I heard on this board that it was nigh impossible to hand tighten threaded pvc that was 1+". I have 3/4" pvc and i still cant close the gap... I have teflon tape, maybe im using it wrong (wrapped it once around the male threads)? Is...

I like to collect things for my tank from the ocean. I've got two big hermit crabs from St. Augustine and assorted shallow water specimens from brackish Cedar Key (the star being my pinfish, who is better at entertaining himself and me than I expected). Where can find some full marine tidepools...

A stone crab just crawled out from behind a rock and spawned all over the place! Thousands of baby crabs looking kind of like brine shrimp are all over my tank! I'm a daddy! Just had to share my joy...

I moved my mollies out of my main tank a couple days ago because I feared that my new dogface puffer would kill them. I guess they were chowing down on copepods because I never saw the little bugs previously, and now I've got tons... But I've also got tiny eggs(i think?) attached to the glass on...