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Can ich attack inverts ?? I think i'm in the starting stages of a ich attack, and currently qt'd the main culprit.

Hi all, i'm new to FW (but have a SW tank for about 6 months now, and its thriving !!!) and I want to set up a 20g long tank to keep my feeders in. I'm looking at only keeping ghost shrimp and some mollies. My plan is to get this tank brackish, with a salinity around 1.009 or so. I've skimmed...

Is there a difference ?? Curiousity got the best of me while looking in my tank today. I'm thinking it has to do with region they are collected from ?? I'm really not trying to spam the boards, just curious...

I currently have 2 FW/SW mollies in my tank for the past week and a half. They were meant to be food for my Antenneta lion, but he's not that interested in them right now. He ate the ghost shrimp (10 in a 3 day window) but isn't interested in the mollies. He'll stalk them, but lost interest...

Can you feed Rods food for each feeding ? I currently have my clown on a 6 day rotation. Feeding every other day, sometimes every three days a different kind of food. It could be Formula 1 or 2, Mussels frozen, cyclopeeze, mysis, or brine. I was reading what Rods was made out of and it seems...

Is it possible to over skim ?? What i'm looking at is a Reef Octopus skimmer that can handle 135 gallons. My tank is only 40g. I'm sure it won't hurt anything. I'm looking to replace my CPR Bak Pak 2 with a Reef Octopus BH-300F or maybe the BH-1000

hi guys, I need some help with a antenneta lionfish that i'm trying to feed. What I have for him now is krill that I have soaked in Garlic Guard. I've soaked about 5 krill in this stuff just to try to get him to acknowledge the krill. I've done my research on these guys, and some say they take a...

Just trying to get a positive ID on this leather coral. When I bought it, it was labeled as a toadstool leather, as it had its distinctive cup shape, but rather small. Over the 2 months its been in my tank, its slowley formed itself into a plate like leather. The surface is still tough and...

I recently switched to a 40 breeder and instead of using CC (as I did in my 38) I used aragonite sand. It was dry sand, not the "live" kind. I sifted all the dust out of it before placing in my tank, so my cloudiness was almost zero. I know sand is a natural buffer to things like PH and...

Finally got rid of my 38 (find it- http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f14/new-tank-questions-128794.html) and set up my 40 breeder. Just the change in footprint is a nice change, for once I don't have to place everything against the back wall !! I got rid of the 96w PC and 42w T5, and got a...

I finally got my plug from premiumaquatics that allows me to connect my ballast to my pendant. I need to hardwire into the ballast and was wondering if there were any better connection types rather than just wire nuts. Thats my option now, but was kinda worried about heat from the wires. Is...

I've recently started feeding Cyclops to my clown and pseudochromis. What i'm using is Sallys frozen Cyclops. When I try to break the cube up, it almost instantly melts and can't be fed as a chunk. It almost looks as if its like a marine snow in the tank. Surely there is a easier way to...

Hi all, I just got my first MH pendant, ballast and bulb. I'm trying to put it together, so I can hand it and place my tank under. I seem to be missing something, or i'm having a dummy attack. This is what I have now, and the plugs don't seem to match up. First is a Lumen bright, 250w...

Hi all, I've been keeping my tank (a 38 gallon) for about 4 months now. No problems except the small amount of HA that i'm battling right now. Only 1 casualty, a 6line wrasse that fell victim to my purple pseudochromis. All my params are straight- 0-ammonia 0- 'trites 0- 'trates 8.2- ph 0-...

I know someone at my local reef club that has this light for sale- AquaticLife T5 HO 4-Lamp Light Fixtures w/ Lunar LEDs What I have now is a 96watt PC and a 42 (21x2) T5 light. I want to keep corals in my tank, but will this light be good enough for "most" coral. I don't want anenomes in...

I've been noticing something about my skimmer. Whenever I feed or vaccum my substrate, my skimmer goes nuts !! I fed today my formula 1&2 and about an hour later I noticed my skimmer cup was overflowing !! I used to be able to go a week without emptying my cup, but lately its been going nuts. I...

How often should I be vaccuming the crushed coral in my tank ?? I do my PWCs on Tuesdays, so thats when I do my vaccuming. Should I be doing this weekley or monthly ?? For those who have CC, how often (if you do) do you vaccum ??

Was wondering if some of you can help. I have a small 1 1/2 inch gold stripped maroon in my tank. I currently have about 5 types of food for a variety diet. Formula 1 and formula 2 frozen Sallys brine shrimp (frozen blue flat sheet) Ocean nutrition brine shrimp + flakes Ocean nutrition...

Is it possible to have too much flow in a tank. I have a 38 gallon tank, and 2 koralia 2 PHs, a CPR bak pak2 skimmer and had a HOB filter to remove debris in tank. Is this too much ?? I found my fish last night hovering at the top of the tank it what looked like a low flow area, right below...

I currently have a 96 watt PC, and a 42 (total watts 21x2) T5 light. How do I go about getting that blueish tint to my tank. I believe actinics are what I need and I currently have one in my T5 set-up. Do I need to get another actinic light to replace the 10k bulb I have ?? If so, any...

Hi all !! Great news, my pepp shrimp that I bought on Saturday looks as if he/she is pregnant. I can't seem to find any pics on the web of what one looks like, but the articles that i'm reading is giving the same description of what mine looks like. So now I have an apstasia eating (she/he...

I have CC as my substrate in my SW tank. After reading all the aritcles and post about Aragonite sand, i'm leaning towards replacing the CC with sand. How would I go about doing this ?? Would I have to start over as in pull all the water/LR out of the tank then the CC ?? Or could I scoop out...

Was wondering if these would produce enough light to have corals in tank. Tank is 38 gallons Pic is blurry, but a 10k bulb and a actinic bulb Again sorry for the blurry pic, just giving you a size of the bulb.

Hello, I'm starting up a SW tank (38 gallons) and just purchased a one of these Sea Clone skimmers. I will say that I didn't read the reviews because I trusted my LFS owner that it was a quality skimmer. But after reading some of the reviews (curiosity got the best of me) I found that it has...

Hello all, new to Aquarium Advice. I'm starting up a 38 gallon tank, and i'm preffering a reef tank. The tank is up and running with about 10lbs of live rock, 1 Koralia #2 powerhead and CC as my substrate. I've had the rock in the tank for about 2 weeks now and last night I noticed some...