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My yellow tang has something wrong with its eye. It is cloudy and it almost looks like its dislocated or something. It can move it around but It looks weird. If anyone here keeps snakes its similar to when a eye scale is stuck after a shed. The tang does have a trace of ick on its fins but I...

so i built my own skimmer a few weeks ago and ive been battling with it to get it set up. i have it set up in a bucket now to test it. i usually set it up so that the foam bubbles into the cup every once in a while. i get a thick sludge around the cup and a slightly lighter liquid in the cup...

havent looked into numbers or wattages or anything. just had a random idea to make another t5 fixture. i currently have a 2 bulb 48" t5 strip over my 55 and was wondering if i could hack up a 24 inch strip and extend it for 48 inch bulbs???? that way i would have 2 fixtures with 4 bulbs total...

i used to have nothing but good things to say about emerald crabs. i have 1 in my 55g with tons of live rock and he was a model citizen. the other day i nothed my coral beauty was missing a fin and i had no idea why. i thought maybe my aggressive damsel was picking at him. today im on the phone...

i was thinking about making a DIY skimmer untill i have the money for a real one. i was wondering if it were possile to have the intake into the skimmer piped into the end of my overflow instead of using a pump or powerhead???? ive read that skimmers only need the flow of 2x your gallons ever...

ive had this frogspawn for alomst a year now. within the last 2 weeks ive made 2 purchases of rock. the first was 20 lbs of base and the second was 20 of live from a friend. since the rearrangement of the rock the frogspawn hasnt opened as much as it usually does. ive also bought a different...

Hey guys. I've been around for a short while but didnt really post too much. Finally got my tank looking like something I can be proud of. But like always there's a long way to go. Ill update later with a livestock list. I have to go to class now. Happy reefing

hey i have a couple unrelated questions. just a few minor things i figured were small enough that they could go in the same post. 1. i tried having a coral banded shrimp once and he lasted about 4 days. the minute he molted my yellow damsel ripped all his arms and legs off :|. ever since ive...

anyone ever had a firefish jump out???? i would like to get one but i dont use a lid. im always sceptical about fish being labeled as "jumpers". ive had 2 different snowflake eels that have never jumped. i always see them im different pet stores without lids (only hinged hanging doors so you...

I was at home depot today getting plumbing pieces for my newest project when i overheard someone asking an employee about RO units. he claimed to have the same one on the rack at his house and he uses it for his SW fish tank. the employee then began to reprimand (sp?) him for using RO saying...

i have just built a sump for my 55 and a DIY pvc overflow. im wondering what is the gph my overflow will put out if its made with 3/4" pvc??? my return pump puts out 581 gph. am i correct in assuming the gph between the pump and the siphon have to be similar???? everythings built i just have to...

hi i currently have a 24" t5 coralife light fixture with a 10,000k 24w bulb and a blue actinic bulb. my tank looks really white, its a beautiful tank but ive seen so many tanks that have blue glow to them and ive seen some with LEDs and some without. how would you guys reccommend i get a nice...

hi i aquired a Leather coral a few months ago on craigslist. it was free and seemed to be in pretty bad condition. since, it hasnt gotten any better (or too much worse just got a bit smaller). ive tried a few things ive read about to get it to stick to a rock (it was free from any kind of anchor...