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I purchased a new power head. It has the clip on the back with 4 small suction cups that is supposed to stick to the glass on the tank. I keep having to pick it up off the bottom of the tank and try sticking it to the glass. It keeps sliding down. Any suggestions on getting to stay in place?

On my sand and a couple of my rocks, there seems to be bubbles. They just sit there until a fish moves them and they float to the top and disappear. They are very small, and very shinny. What causes them and how can I get rid of them? Jeanett

I just upgraded my lighting system I was using Vho lights. Now I have a fixture with 2 PowerPaq 150 w 10,000 hqi metal halide. 2 Sunpaq 130 w dual actinics 6 moon lights How high above the tank should fixture hang? Should I have the Metal Halide and actinics at the same time? Fixture has a...

I bought a trigger yesterday. When I got home from the LFS the fish was kinda laying on it's side My husband said this fish is died already. I looked at it and started adding water from the QT tank he was going to. He started moving. I put him in the QT after about 45 mins. I added water...

My lion fish is dying. He might be died before I get an answer to this post. He and all tank mates were fine this morning. I did a water change this morning. He just started darting around the tank. He is yaning a lot. Like he was trying to get air. Floating on his back not swimming. I...

I resently purchased a niger trigger. After I took it out of the QT tank and placed it in my tank it imediately went into the rocks. The other fish in the tank began circling around the tank as if trapping him in the display. They would not let him out or so I thought. This morning I...

last year I purchased a jebo uv-18w sterilizer. It has worked great until now. I purchased it on the internet, but I can not remember where. I need a starter for it. I think that is what is called. Does anyone know who might sell jebo products? I have been on the internet for hours and can...

I have had problems with my VHO lights for about a month. The first problem blubs blew. Thought it was just blubs but then found out end cap on one bad. Changed it and replaced blubs. Blubs blew again. Replaced wireing and ballast. Now everything working. The problem is that the process of...

When I returned home from work last night I noticed my Xenia was closed. Also my mushrooms were closed and fish weren't swim as usual. I started to check the water for any spikes. I immediately knew the problem when I felt the water. The heater had gotten stuck in the on position. The temp...

My lion fish seems to be staying in the corner of my tank. He is staying in the current of the proteing skimmer. He is eating well. Do lions like the current? Is this normal? Jeanett

This morning I cleaned the surface on sand bed and did a water change. After I finished I noticed white spots on the fins of one fish. I am pretty sure it wasn't there before I started. It is quite noticable. I think it is debris from him swimming in the water while it was stirred up. Anyone...

I have a clown fish that loves to "dig" in the sand with his back fin. He will make large deep holes in the sand bed. Can this cause a spike in Nitrates? Jeanett

I need to upgrade the lights in my hood. I have a friend that will wire everthing for me. He gets his electric supplies locally. Is there a difference between VHO bulbs and blast. you would buy at an electric supply and ones you would buy from an aquarium dealer? Can you use either? Jeanett

I have had a problem with ich. I lost all my fish. I let my tank fallow for 6 weeks. I put a naso tang in about a week ago. He had been in QT with copper for 3 weeks straight from the LFS. I didn't want to take any chances. I also purchased a uv sterilzer which has been on the tank for 2...

I want to upgrade my lighting. I have (4) 48" 40 watt bulbs now. would (2) 95 watt vho bulbs be enough for a 75 gal tank. I want to keep soft coals and may be a calm.

I broke a piece on my protein skimmer. It is a piece that will be in my tank. Can I hot glue it? I don't know if the hot glue will contaminate the water.

Can I purchase a copepod kit and put in my tank while I'm keeping it fallow? What do amphipods look like? I saw something in my tank that I'm not sure it was supposed to be there. It was a little less than 1/2" long very narrow white in color and looked like it had little legs all around...

My LFS says to let tank go fallow 7 days for ich. This is not very long. It has been fallow for three weeks now. My plan was for three weeks more.

I am considering buying a uv sterilizer. Does anyone use them? Do they help?

I have had my tank set up for 6 months. Everything was going really well. I bought a draft lion and put him in the main tank after QT with other tank mates I already had. Within about three weeks my tang, damsel, clowns all had what I thought was ich. I put them in a qt tank and treated...

I have a coral beauty that is hiding in the live rock for the last week. He only comes out to eat. Is this normal? I don't think he is sick. When he comes out I don't see anything on him.

My butterfly keeps nipping at the turbo snails. Will this kill the snails?

I have had my tank set up and running for about 6 months. Everything was fine. On Friday night I noticed that my Tang had white spots. By Saturday after looking closer I notice that all my fish seemed to have some white spots. Some more than others, The tang is the worst. I put all the...

I bought a naso tang yesterday. When I got him home he was all over the tank swimming. I also have a yellow tang. The yellow tang was a little aggressive toward the new tang, but everything seemed ok. Today the naso tang has stayed in basiclly one place. Now he is hidding between two of the...

How can I get rid of brown algae on sand base and rocks? It's not on the glass. I have snails but they stay on the rocks and sides. Jeanett