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Well I have a starfish(purple linkia). I have had it for about 2 weeks. It looks good. I need to do some work on my tank. The starfish however is on the eggcrate that I have over top of my tank so my wrasse will not get out. Its worked so far. Anyways if I remove the eggcrate the starfish...

What is this. the one in the front...(not the stylo) It is very hairy. If I were to guess id say hairy millepora... you let me know what it is. Anyways from where it was growing on the top where it shoots out to camera right... algae started growing right off the top part. I picked it off and...

I have a monti and after some time the one side puts out a slime time string that webs out. I was wondering if you have seen anything do this. It gets thick sometimes and others its only merely stringing a little bit. What are your thoughts ill post a pic in a few.

Does anyone have experience with these tanks.

Okay so I have had my tank up and running for about 7 months. I have a variety of sps and lps in my tank. However I am not running any metal halides. I am running the current usa nova extreme fixture with 4x54 watt 10000k daylight and 4x54w 420 actinic blues. It also has 4 white moonlights...

So I have a question about my powerheads specifically. I have two korallia 3s and a maxi jet 1200. I have flow directors/channelers on the korallias. I think it would help greatly to broaden the flow of the korallias by removing the director pieces I put on. I at least would like to try but...

Any type of seaweed really but when you put it in the clip how long do you leave it for? Reason I ask is my yellow eye kole tang seems to prefer the macro algae growing in the tank to the seaweed. He picks at it but spends most of his time picking at the macro algae throughout the day. Just...

Has anyone particularly on the eastern part of US ordered anything from Vivid Aquariums? Coral Fish or Inverts. I am thinking about making a purchase and was looking for some feedback. Just wondering.

So I notice that some of the closed polyps on my zoanthid colony that closed up are now disapearing/dieing off. What do I do. Everything else in the tank looks good. Even some of the polyps on the same rock look good. What should I do? 1. Cut the dying zoas off the rock. 2. Cut the...

Well my girlfriend dropped my camera and the lens stuck out. Its a little outdated and I want to purchase a new one. I figure the money put into fixing it if at all possible would be better off putting towards a new one. If you could tell me what cameras you are using and what you like about...

I have a light fixture that houses 4 54w 10,000 k daylight lights and 4 54w actinic blues... Do I have enough light for SPS... reason I am asking is I like the looks of some of the toadstool leathers and acros. My LPS are doing great and thriving as are my Zoas minus one colony... That is yet...

I have multiple zoanthid colonies in my tank. I have had them for id say 2-3 weeks now. All of them open up when the lights come on and yet one rock with id say about 20-25 has maybe 6 out on it. I moved it after they had not opened up for a couple days. Also a little sand was on them. Any...

I just added 2 dragon goby to my tank. The tank used to be crystal clear. Now there is a slight haze... Very slight yet I notice it. Will this go away after they sift through all the really fine stuff? I hope this goes away. Does anyone have any experience with this?

Okay so I have done some research and cannot seem to find a clear way to do a good gravity fed top off system. I was thinking of going electric but there are just so many more ways that this could fail... or am I wrong. Neilanh's top off was pretty cool...(not to scare you if you read this)...

Does anyone live in the Columbus Ohio area that uses Instant Ocean. I have a bucket that has not been opened that I am not going to use. I will give it to whoever wants it. Like I said never been opened. I switched to Tropic Marin and am going to have no use for the Instant Ocean. I dont...

Does anyone here use the two part B-Ionic Calcium and Alkalinity Buffers? If so how often do you dose? And how much per gallon?

So it has not even been a full week and my hair algae is gone completely. Here is what I did. I turned all of my lights off for two days. Now I have cut back my 10,000 k daylight lights to just 2hrs a day and will increase slowly to 6 hrs. I have added fluval phosphate/nitrate remover. I...

I think this is hair algae. The only thing is is that I started this tank 3 weeks ago. I am wondering what I can do to get rid of this. I have a few snails and hermits in the tank. Here is another shot of it and I think it may be spreading a little to other rocks.

My water readings showed almost an instant cycle within a week. I did add 75 lbs of cured live rock to my aquarium when I first started. Is this normal. I have double checked my tests I just dont see how this could happen. My freshwater tank took a month and a half. I am thinking about...

My soon to be reef was just started last wednesday. My ammonia spike happened and was converted. I now have only nitrates and the water has been tested 3 times since wed. I am doing a PWC tonight. I am getting some brown algae on some of the LR that did not have any on it to start. It is...

I know its a little odd but I am going to try it. I have pictures all the way through my build. I have not posted them. I was busy getting everything set up over the past 4-5 months. I still want to take a few pics of my new plumbing...I redid the tank as it was all vinyl tubing before and...

I am about to put my sand and base rock in the tank. I don't think I can rinse as my sand is too fine for my strainer. Is there a other way?

So I have most of what I need I got my reef octopus skimmer and current usa nova extreme lighting the other day. On the way is the 50lb base rock box and RO/DI unit. The question to all of you is... After I get the DRY base rock do you think it would be okay to put the DRY sand in and base...

Well I recieved my skimmer today and got it all ready to go. However i recieved with it(in the box) this black mesh type stuff. Its not very filter like as it has bigger holes. Does it go in the Sicce pump as a filter screen if i double it up... Anyone with an octo skimmer know about this...

I got home from work today and my bio wheel on my penguin 200 had stopped spinning. I took the bio wheel off and fiddled around with it for around a half hour. I left for a poker game and I was frustrated as well. I got home and looked at it again and took it completely apart. I had noticed...