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Do I really need a chiller with a FOWLR? How warm is safe? We used to live in Michigan, never even heard of a chiller until we moved here to California. Thing is though, we keep the house the same temp as we did in Michigan. Stays at 75 in the summer and 70 in the winter. Thanks!

The bed of my tank is white "sand". The kind you get that's supposed to be pre-loaded with bacteria. Regardless of the type, it's very fine like sand is;) What's the best way to clean down into the sand to remove access dutritus...etc. Without losing sand each time. I can't think of a time...

Salt water fish only. Is the live rock a must? My local vender won't let ME choose the chunks, and they always bring out the heaviest most dense they can find!

I have a serpent starfish. I've been given to understand that they should never be exposed to air. The other days I was performing maint. and pretty focused on one end of the tank. I stapped back, and noticed the starfish 10 feet away from the aquarium on the floor and still moving. Took a...

Please see photo... It does not shoe the extent. 1. I’ve had the fish for about 3 months. I don’t know if it was tank raised or not. I bought it from the local fish store and they said they don’t know either. 2. Its tank mates are a dwarf lion, an eibli angelfish and a Clown trigger the...

Are large live brine shrimp a good long term food solution for lion fish?

I want to add a starfish to a tank with a clown trigger and a lion fish. I want one that will aggressively eat left over silversides...etc. Advice? Anything else I can add to help keep the bottom clean?

I just got a lion fish, and it spends most of its time vertical with its head down. It will go horizontal and move from time to time, but then it's back to vertical. Is this normal?

I have a 120 Gallon marine fish only. I have a Coralife Super Skimmer 200 that a google search indicated was a good skimmer. So far I've tried every 4 letter word I know, and I still don't like it. I run it from withing the sump, and if the level of water changes even an inch - from...

Anyone have experience with the new Fluval G6? Mine is a 120 Gallon Fish only marine tank. Currently I have a sump, with the protein skimmer in it. I allow for 2 inches of evaporation, and it seems every time the height of the water changes even an inch, I have to adjust my skimmer. It's a...

How does one quickly remove silicates from a new aquarium? I'm getting my nitrates under control, my lighting is excellent, I just need to remove the silicates. Thanks.

Hey y'all... What kind and how much light (if any) should be on my sump? Will an old fashioned incadescent light do? How many hours a day? I'd rather not add any more heat to my tanks than I have to. Thanks Brian

I should have known better, but I used tap water for the setup. The sump may be a little hard to explain, but fairly common I'm sure... 125 gallon tank, my sump is 20 or 30 gallons, and at one end has a kind of box. The water from the siphoned water above pours onto the "box" over a boat load of...