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I have added a buffer but can't seem to figure it out. My KH reading is in the 180 range!!! more buffer?? Oh, it's a troubled tank with amonia, nitrates and nitrites all around 0. My PH is hard to read. it always looks black not bluey green. I had my lfs test it and they said it was 7.3...

Just curious, has anyone used or thought of constructing a light hood with Halogen lights??? :idea: This can't be a good idea because I've never seen it anywhere. Do they get too hot? We use them at work and they are burning all day no problem. S

Hi, I just killed all my fish. I used one of those green scrubbies from the grocery store "scotch" something or other to clean the glass and then I went out. 2 hours later I came home and all my fish are dead. The tank has been up and running for about 2 years with no problems till now. I...

I have this green hairy algae growing everywhere. It has taken over my corals completely, covers all my coraline and glass. The water looks a bit yellowish as well. Any sujestions????? Thanks!

:? Hello all, I just got a couple of firefish gobys and they are very strange...they are in the bottom in a little cave and seem to want to stay there. They were up and swimming around, eating and everything yesterday (day 1). No other fish bothered them at all and now this morning they seem...

Staring into the tank last night I saw this orange, crab-like leg moving in a hole in one of my live rocks. I patiently watched until I could get a full view of this new specimen. It is a very small (1 inch across with legs) crab. I'm not sure the species but I will study. It looks like a...

8O Ok I have this really bizarre "seabae" anemone that will not grab a hold of anything :x It seems to be happier to bounce around upside down. any suggestions?? TIA

Sorry to be so neophytey but seriously :oops: , what the heck is this stuff and where will I find it? I have always used aragonite. Thanks!!

My 130g reef tank is about 8 months old. I am moving soon and would like to start fresh with the sand bed. I have about 3 inches high of all mixed base. I mean mixed: about 6 different colors and grain sizes of aragonite, mixed broken corals, tons of shells and lots of bits of broken live...

I have this Clarkii clown that has claimed ownership over the entire tank. I have already had to remove the similar sized (slightly smaller) clown that I was hoping it would mate with, and since it seems to be a big boss :evil: . I have definatly not overcrowded in my tank and think maybe that...

OK, I have an issue. I want to start by saying that I consider myself to be quite agile and athletic, but when I need to catch and remove a fish from my 130gal reef for whatever reason (sickness, incompatibility, etc.. ) it is next to impossible. I have spent hours with my hand in the tank...

Hi all, I was just wondering what the general consensus is on timered lights. When do they go on?? When do they go off?? What is working for everyone?? I'll post my time later. I'm still playing with it.

I wonder if anyone has advice. One of my clowns is not eating and getting quite thin. He swims around a bit lathargically and is worrying me a lot :(

I just got a Lawnmower Blenny and firstly, if you don't have one of these guys I recommend getting one. They're very interesting. I have heard that they don't need to be fed. Does anyone know if this is true? I have seen it picking greens (algaes) off the rocks but don't know if this is the...

does anyone know if you can get powerhead filters for the RIO ph's. I have 3 PH 's and would like to have a couple filtering as well? Thanks in advance. :)

Does anyone know if a clownfish can change from a female BACK into a male? I know they do the reverse of this but nothing I've read has said this. Thanks in advance!!

The thing about a Qtank that I wonder is...if the fish are very healthy looking and eating on the first day in the QT how long do they conceivably have to be in the QT. Would it not be hard on the newbie to get it assimilated to the QT and then change its world yet again?? If a new fish is...

I, being the clutz that I am, broke my new montipora (hard branchy) coral in a couple of pieces while trying to wedge it in a live rock. :x However when I looked at the pieces that lay on the bottom of the tank in about an hour or so they seemed to be still alive :o so I stuck them in the...

Hello all, I was just thinking that since ich is a fact of life that we all must deal with, there must be some good cures for it. I have a reef with corals, inverts and the works, and am looking for a medication to use in the main tank to control ich. Does anyone have a good product that they...

OK, so my life is ready to get back to normal I hope. I just lost 5 fish to a weird velvet ick type illness ( i think ). I could only get my lemon peel angel in the q tank and it looks fine. I do have a coral beauty in the reef tank (130g) that looks like it is still sick (hiding and white...

I was just wondering what all do as far as the Qtank goes. I have recently gone through quite a trama in the main tank 130g reef because of an infected fish (lost 4 to velvet/ich). All is well in there now, the ones left are fine, all the corals did perfectly. I have set up a 20g qtank to...

I have had a run of bad luck. I am loosing fish (chevron tang, flame angel, lemon peel angel, 2 clowns and 2 chromis) have all died in the past week. I think that the angels came with a life threatening disease and passed it on to the others. I think this because all was well until I put them...

Hi there, I was just reading the current posts as usual and was wondering if there are any Canadians on this site. I don't buy live anything through mail order because of the time it would take to get across the border ( I am in Vancouver BC Canada) but would love to know of some Canadian web...

I don't get it. I woke up this morning to a very milky tank. After the filters and skimmers did their jobs a little, I noticed that my large common milk anenome was gone, (not to mention little bits of it in all the Powerhead sifters! YUCK!! :microwave: I got two new fish last night (fire...

I asked this a while ago but I can't find the postings, and things have changed a little anyway. I have a whispy red algae growing on some of my live rocks and I think that it is a bacteria. Are there any products to clear it that anyone knows about? also I have a weird build up of air bubbles...