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My oscellaris clown seems to have these little circular orangish tanish looking freckles on the top of his head. He seems to be eating and acting the same as he did before they appeared on him about 2 days ago. I am trying to get a decent picture but he keeps swimming away when i try to get in...

i found this unit on ebay and was thinking about buying it since i only have a 55g, and it looks simple to setup and is obviously a lot cheaper than most other ones. Partially why i am verifying if its any good. Let me know what you guys think any feedback will be greatly appreciated! :D...

After just looking into my tank shortly after i added my fire shrimp to my aquarium, i notice the shell of him sitting on the sand. So i think to myself oh my its been no more than 3 hours and this guys already been attacked, but i don't have any fish that would have attacked it. So after...

I started to notice this orangish reddish color stuff growing on the top of my LR and not sure if its bad or not.:confused: I have had the lights on my tank on for the last 15 or so hours so maybe its just algae but i took a few pics. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello guys, I have had my tank up now for about 2 months and i cannot get the nitrate below 20mg/L for the life of me. I have done 5 huge water changes (75% of the water). I added nitrate removing non toxic fish safe chemical (forget the name of it) and changed my filters on my canister and HOB...

I placed 2 very small damsels into my tank and am plaining on adding my 2 clown fish by the weekend when they are out of quarintine. Just Want to make sure there won't be any problems with fighting or anything. Thanks guys!

I am almost to the point of stocking.. just waiting for my nitrate to hit 0 mg/L. 2 ocellaris clown fish 1 Flame angelfish and possibly 1 yellow tang. If anyone could help me with maybe what else to add or if the fish i have listed are incompatible . All the help will be greatly appreciated!

Hey guys, my tank has been up and running for about a month now and i finished my first cycle. My PH is at 8.2, my nitrite is at 0 mg/L my ammonia is at 0 mg/L, but my nitrate is at 20 mg/L. I tested my tap water and the nitrate in that is at 20 mg/L.. So would i need to use distilled water with...

My nitrite and ammonia is at 0 mg/L and my PH is right at 8.2. My only concern is my nitrate is around 20 mg/L and i believe that is a bit high. Should i do a couple PWC's to reduce this before adding my first couple fish?

I started my first cycle about 5 days ago with a decent amount of cured live rock (35 lbs or so), but i have the opportunity to get more at a really good price this week only at my LFS..Would it effect my first cycle to add more live rock?

So my tank has been up and running for a week now. I have my 35 lbs of live rock as well as 5 pounds of dry rock and about 45lbs of live sand. I placed a single uncooked raw jumbo shrimp in, along with some cycle boosting jelly that came with my live sand. I hadnt noticed much change, til about...

Hey Guys, just a quick cycling question... I got my water right my live sand down an my 35lbs of live rock in my tank. Do I just drop my raw uncooked shrimp in to begin my first cycle? Thanks alot for the help!

Hey guys, i was wondering if any of you know of a decently priced LFS within 65 miles of Philadelphia,PA that sells decent quality live rock at a decent price.. -Thanks for the help!

Hello guys, I am a new member to your forums and figure after browsing through all your very helpful posts on starting a SW tank, i decided to give it a shot after several successful FW tanks upto 55G. I took the time to read over several posts and helpful books on marine aquariums to...