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My brother is breaking down his tank and putting the hobby on hold for a while, so I am the lucky recipient of a 4" Derasa Clam. This provides me with a unique problem, the reason my brother is calling it quits is that he had a really nasty ich epidemic and it wiped out all his fish. He wants...

It's the holiday season, and as people get into the hobby or start looking to spend their christmas gift certificates, I've noticed an increase in threads on several forums about, "What size fish for my tank" stuff. They've been getting the usual responses, 6ft for tangs and large angels etc...

I will be inheriting my mothers fresh water tank shortly and I was wondering what is needed to make RO/DI water viable for the freshy world. I know that the water straight from the tap is fine for freshwater as long as it's dechlorinated, but I am a water control freak, and I like to know...

My Foxface and Flame Angel had it out last night and it looks like the Flame angel got stung in the process. His fins are frayed and he is now just laying on the bottom gasping. I don't see any obvious puncture wounds, but his sudden behavior and appearance would indicate a fight that he lost...

Looking forward to seeing some awesome tanks. Tanked : Animal Planet

I was thinking of connecting a dimmer switch inline to the sockets that support my two Koralia 3's to control their flow (feeding times, night time, etc.). Does anyone know if the Koralias will work with variable voltages?

I've been looking to get started on my little 5 gal tank and I am having trouble finding some 12" T5HO bulbs. Anyone know where to find them? I already have a GLO T5HO lighting system but I need some bulbs.

A couple weeks ago my tank passed the one year mark and everything was going perfect! Then, last night, the heater failed to turn off at some point and I didn't notice it all day. Only reason I caught it was that I do my top-offs at night and when I checked the temp, I found it off the chart...

I'm currently running phosban in a fluidized reactor and I've been thinking about changing it out for a different kind of GFO media. I am trying to find some that allows for a higher flow rate through the reactor to process the phosphates more efficiently, what do you all use?

I think it's time to clean my two Koralia 3's. One of them is making an off balance buzzing noise while it's running so my maintenance plan was to disassemble them and soak all the parts in vinegar. My questions are, do I soak them in pure vinegar or do I dilute it with RO water and for how long...

I setup a ten gallon tank about 4 months ago to mess around with and I was wondering what you all thought of these lights: Small Aquarium Lighting: Mini Compact Bulbs I'm using the 50/50's I have two of them in the 10 gallon and I was wondering if they would support some low light stuff like...

My GSP's are currently closed and have been like that for the past two days. I have a feeling they are in trouble. Last Wednesday, I noticed that only half of them were open. They remained like that (half open/half closed), until Sunday when they did not open at all. I have run some tests and...

I have a small Toadstool Leather and he's currently mounted to a piece of tile that is glued to a rock. Is there any way to peel him off the tile and get him to reattach to the rock. The tile looks nasty and has two green bubbles on it (bubble algae) and I want it gone asap before it spreads.

What salinity level is too low for regular APi test kits to work?

How did you guys go about QTing them before you placed them in your DT after you bought them? With any other fish, I do 6 weeks of observation total with a 4 week period of Hypo during that time. Since Mandarins eat pods, and hypo pretty much wipes out all inverts including them, how could I go...

Well, even though we used advantage and kept my dogs well groomed, they have fleas. In turn, we now have fleas in the house and my wife wants to drop the usual flea grenade (smoke bombs) to deal with the problem. Does anyone know of any house treatments for fleas that I could use to treat my...

About a month ago, I finished treating my brothers puffer for ich using hypo in my own QT. While I was treating him, I would use the same hoses for water changes on the QT that I use for water change on my DT. Is it possible that I could have introduced ich into my DT by using the same hoses...

Title says it all, just wondering what level everyone keeps their tanks at. I keep mine about 1-2 inches from the top so I can get some great surface turbulence going.

I was just wondering if anyone here also has snails that like to roam outside the tank? It happens to me once in a while, I'll come home and catch a turbo snail hanging out on the wrong side of the glass. I peel him off and plop him back in. Just one of the many weird things I see and was...

I have lost the natural war against my cyano. I've done everything I can possibly do the natural way and it's not working. I have reduced feedings to every other day, I rinse all frozens in RO/DI water, I changed foods twice in case the food I was using was bad, I have changed out my RO/DI...

I have a few rocks in my tank that are pretty large and kinda limit the way I can stack my LR currently and I was thinking of taking them out and breaking them up with a chisel and hammer. If I chose to do this and I keep the air exposure very short, will I need to re-cure them? My instincts...

I was talking to a guy at my lfs today, and we were chatting about light setups. He told me he runs T5HO lighting, but in the 6th slot, he runs a a 48" black light to make the coral colors really "pop". Anyone ever heard/tried this approach? I thought it was kinda interesting and when he showed...

I just finished building the frame of my new stand and I was curious what kind of paint everyone uses? Reason I ask is the stand is made of pressure treated wood to fend off rotting and I want to prevent any of the chemicals from getting in the sump via condensation and dripping back in. Are we...

This nem is in my mothers tank and I was trying to find some information on it, but all the pics I can find of nems don't seem to match. Anyone have an idea of what type this is?

I was getting ready to make some water today for my weekly change tomorrow and I noticed this weird smell inside my brute 32 gallon can I use to mix my water in. When I bought it I ensured it was food grade so as to not leach anything into my water and I also made sure it was BPA free so I know...