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I recently upgraded to a 125 gal tank. Transferred from a 70 gal. So far everything seems to be doing great, might do one more round of dr Tim's one and only for assurance. My question is, a long time ago I saw a video of a beautiful tank with a group of tangs that schooled together. I want to...

So I'm moving to a bigger apartment. Its only one floor down so it's not a far move. There is way more room, and its the bottom floor so it's got a solid base. I have a 40 gal breeder with a 20 gal refuge. The tank is pretty established, been running for 4+ years. My plan is to get a 90 - 120...

I tried to take a picture of them but their too small and quick to see. So I'm going to explain them as best possible. I just noticed them today and their everywhere. The closest comparison is to a tadpole. They swim, not jump and crawl like most crustations I see. They swarm in caverns and...

I just built a simple drip feeder for calcium and alk. My question is, about how slow should the drip be, as slow as I can get it? Also should I constantly refill the syringes, or wait a week or longer before refilling once it runns out?

I'm in the process of making an auto top off for my sump. Just got the float switch in the mail today. I hooked it up to an extension cord like your supposed to. I tested it on my light with a cup of water. The light stays on, even when I take the switch out, and turn it upside down then...

My power outlet is located behind my tanks. I have two power strips coming from the outlet with all my timers and plugs hooked to them. They are a pain to reach to when I need to unplug cirtin things. So I was thinking I could wire in toggle switches and position them in front of my tank for...

This is a pic from my buddy's tank. Hes got this algae growing out of control. This was actually a dried dead piece of coral, you cant even see it anymore. What would be the best way to get rid of the stuff?

Anyone know what this bulge coming from its right eye may be? It happened overnight, just noticed it this morning.

I bought a marineland 250w heater for my tanks out a month ago. Ive been having trouble all winter long trying to keep the tanks at a level temp. I have a 40 breeder with two 20 gal plummed in. I have kept the heaters in my sump. When I finally got the marineland heater it kept everything...

I orderd a bulk of 1000 crestations online. What I recieved are the blue pieces of filter sponge with them all over the place. The directions that came with them said you can take the pieces and pinch them under rock in your main display, hidden, and leave them there indefinatly. I took my...

I have a 55 gal Fish Only tank, I would like to make it into kind of a quarentine for my reef tank inhabitants. I heard from a buddy of mine that his friends have fish only that they add chemicals for disiese and stress. Then whenever a fish gets sick in there other tanks, they use that as a...

I just noticed my clown, who Ive had for over a year, is getting little black spots all over his body. Anyone know what this is and what I should do?

I have a bunch of frags and assorted zoos. Im planning on turning this tank into a zoo only tank. I have 35 lbs of live rock on the way in the mail. The tank is plummed into my main display and another 20 gal sump refuge. Just looking for any tips on adding the rock, and if I should add...

Any advice for keeping and maintaing this guy? I hear they are pretty difficult and people cant keep them for more then a year. I add Instant Ocean Reef Accel. every month, sometimes a few times a month, whenever I do a water change. Any help would help!

Does anyone know what he is? Im assuming some type of zoo, but Im not sure. The one right in the middle.

That spot started about a week ago. It got bigger and bigger for the first few days, but now it has stoped and he seems to look better then ever, on the outside edges. Anyone know whats wrong?

Here is a design, Ive been playing with, for hooking up two display tanks to one system still being able to shut each tank off individually. Im sure theres threads with this same kind of thing but I dont have much to do, plus I could use some imput. Also if anyone was wondering how to do it here...

I decided to start a freshwater tank. I set it up and added everything to the tank, decor gravel, ect. I installed an undergravel filter along with power filter. Its a 20 gal tank. After adding the water I added the conditioner and nitrate nitrite and amonia remover. Then I added biozime...

I got a bunch of these little enemones growing everywhere in my tank. At first it was fine, there werent enough of them to cause any problems. Now they are growing on my coral, in my sump, I even got one inside my featherduster. He dosent seem to mind as it dosent stop him from coming out. I was...

Can anyone tell me whats wrong with my starfish!? It looks like he got attacked but I just cant tell. Want to make sure he dosent have some sort of sickness.

I have a 55 gal display with a 20 gal sump. I got some sps and lps along with some softies. I was wondering if I can add this figi mud to my sump without harming my tank. Also how should I go about doing it?

I have finally got my nitrates to zero, and they have stayed for about two weeks now. I have been adding a buffer for the past three days and my pH is now at 8.0-8.2. It's been up and running for about two years now and everything finally seems to be stable. I have some sps, some lps and a few...

How do I go about adding live sand to an already existing reef tank? I dont have much in there and my sand bed always looks dirty. My buddy has nothing but live sand in his tank, bout 2" thick. Hes got nothing on the ground its pure clean white. He says it stays that way so he never really...

I used to have a canister filter, but with my sump and everything else it barley had any space. It was getting in the way so I made simple PVC hang on filters. They fit perfect right on the side of my 20 gal sump, also work perfect for quick partal water changes. One is filled with seachem...

I got an empty canister filter I bought used cheap. It's got three separate plastic meshlike stackable containers. What should I put in it? I don't know much about canisters, never used one and I'm not sure what to go with.