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I have a 90 gal reef set-up with a 30gal sump. recently red bubble algae has been showing up on the rockwork none of my hermits or snails are eating it and my rusty angel isn't interested. Any suggestions? Thanks, John

Recently i have had many fish get sick and die in QT. Though i understand its better that they got sick in the QT, I've started to think maybe quarantine is the problem. I've had a long nose butterfly, yellow kole tang die, and I'm currently treating a potters angel. My PH is 8.4, nitrate is...

Hi, I noticed the other day that my yellowheaded jawfish has a mouth full of eggs. I'm wondering if anyone has ever had success with raising these eggs to full size and if so could give me advice. I also have a damsel that layed eggs on the glass like wise if anyone has had success please tell...

Hi, I'm wondering what the indications of cyanide poisoning are. The last two fish I bought from the LFS have become infected with ich after two weeks of QT. I've followed all specifications on their set up. Any Ideas and indications of cyanide poisoning would be appreciated. John

I noticed that one of my damsels layed eggs in a clam shell I have in my tank. Has anyone had this happen? Is there anyway to raise these eggs? thanks for you help, John

I move my butterfly to a ten gallon tank for treatment of ich. He was originally in a twenty when he contracted the disease. I would like to move him back but fear the ich is still in the twenty gal and he would get reinfected. Is it ok to use bleach to clean the tank, and if not why? Also what...

I recently bought a yellow long nose butterfly from my LFS. Its been three weeks and he hasn't eaten a thing. He ate frozen brine shrimp at the store. I've tried frozen brine shrimp, mysid shrimp, marine cuisine, seaweed sheets, flake food, and halved shell calms. I should mention that I am...

I recently bought a yellow longnose butterfly fish. It was eating in the store. When i got it home i dipped it in freshwater with methylene blue. Then I put it in an adjusted 10 gal quarantine tank. Its been two weeks and i haven't seen it eat any of the foods i give it which include, frozen...

Hi, Currently i have a excaliber protein skimmer fromadvanced aquaria. Its putting a ton of bubbles in the tank and not collecting any protein. I was thinking of taking it back and getting a seaclone or prism skimmer cuz they cost about the same. any opinions on what i should do? John

I want to start adding corals to my 90 gallon. I was wondering what some good beginner corals are I have no experience with them? thanks, John

I want to upgrade my lighting on a 90 gal tank. I've been looking at PC light because its cheaper. The two I've been concidering are: Coralife Aqualight Compact Fluorescent Strip Lights OR, PowerCompact Moon Lite both on drsfostersmith.com I was wondering first if these will work well enough...

I was wondering if it is possible to use two strip lights on a reef tank. if I get the special tubes. If this will work, what kind of coral can I keep at that low light intensity. If not what is the cheapest option. thanks for your post, John

Hi everyone, I recently read on the Internet that you could use shot gun wadding in your wet/dry towers as bio media. I was wondering what other people thought of this claim. For those that don't know shot gun wading is a plastic piece that has three flaps and some holes in it....hard to...

How many drips/ how do you measure how much to dose. I'm just starting my 90 gal aquarium and I have a doser and kalk. mix but I don't know how to test or how much to put in. John

I want to build a wet/dry filter for my 90 gallon saltwater tank. I have all the plans in my mind but the one thing i don't know is what the flow rate minimum and maximum should be so that they are still effective. How many gallons per hour should be filtered? Is this only determined my...

Hello everyone, I'm on building my own wet/dry trickle filter for a 90 gal tank. I was wondering if anyone knew what the flow rate or how many time the tank water should be recycled per hour. In other word what is the minimum and maximum number of gal you want filtered/hour. Thanks, John

hello everyone, I was wondering what depth of substrate I should use in a 90gal tank for yellowheaded jawfish. I was thinking about about 6+ inches I didn't have an undergravel filter and was wondering if that will cause problems. Thanks for your time, John

Hi everyone, Ok heres my specs. I have recently aquired a used 90 gal tank and intend to use if for saltwater. I plan to start with fish only and eventually in years ahead go reef. I have my filtration and, because i plan to get some species of jawfish, 100+ pounds of substrate. Now heres the...

hi, I have a 30 gallon brackish tank with salinity of 1.00 and Ph of 7.5. I was wondering what aquatic plants will do well in these conditions. According to my local pet store none will. Also, I've been thinking about building a plexiglass terrarium (box) for the top of the tank to house...