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For one reason or another I seem to be fascinated by mushrooms ., so I thought I'd share a few pictures of some of the ones I have acquired here recently.., if anyone wishes to post some pics of some mushrooms they think that I just must have , then please do so.... So far nothing in the tank...

I'm thinking that in a few months I'll be up grading my tank from it's present 75 gal to something In The neighborhood of a 125- 180 gal tank....so here's my questions,..when the new tank arrives, it'll be going right where my present tank is now,.(and possibly thinking of converting the 75 gal...

Originally when I set up my tank I thought that having a black sand substrate would be kinda neat and different,...well after seeing how it looked after everything was set up and running it kinda gave me the appearance of being kinda dirty looking even if it was clean,..also the grains of sand...

I bought this new mushroom cluster yesterday but really don't know what it's real name is.., very bright and pretty..

i started to do my weekly water change this morning and discovered my mertensi butterfly fish lying on the bottom of the tank dead with no eyes and a nice bite mark outta him,....last night right before" lites out",. i saw out one of my triggerfish chasing him and giving him a good...

with all the intrest on acquiring yellow tangs for your tanks,..i thought you might like to see a couple of pictures that i took of them in Hawaii a year or so ago,..its really nice to observe them everyday in your home aquarium but its fantastic to see them in their natural enviroment also,..i...

I have a 4 bulb tek t5 light set up which is hung by cables from the ceiling and is totally adjustable as to how far you can place the lights over the water ,..so how far above the water is a reasonable height? Thanks,Dary

As some of you may or not know ,I have a picaso triggerfish named " psycho" which is quite content swimming up and down and around one side of the tank,UNTIL, you put your finger in the tank to do something and then he darts across the tank and takes a nasty bite outa you..,every time he bites...

Hey guys,...after much screwing around I finally got my Pro flex sump in operation but now I want to install an auto top off system to the tank but am unsure as to exactly where to install the float or sensor and what's the best or easiest unit to go with. Any thoughts or ideas will be greatly...

Well after hanging every imaginable piece of apparatus off of my tank(75 gal) And making it look like an octopus,I have decided that maybe I should set up my pro flex sump that I installed underneath my tank months ago but never activated, ( pretty tight fit) that way i can remove some of the...

Well this'll be a rather general question but,.. Ok so you go to your lfs and you see a piece of coral that's all puffed up and beautiful,..and you decided you'll just love to have him in your tank,..You get home and " plop" there he goes into your tank,.....how long does or would it normally...

i saw this critter the other day at a shop swaying in the tanks current and was wondering just what it was,....if its something easy to take care of etc i might want to see about getting one for my tank,...thanks,Dary

I think this has been addressed somewhat before but anyways,.....I usually have a reserve of RODI water that have previously made up that I use for my weekly water change ,.... Every week I take out the ol' bag of salt ,a powerhead , the heater and my trusty rubbermaid trash can and make my...

Ok way back 20+years ago or so when I was maintaining a sw tank , everyone was saying that if you could afford a UV sterilizer ( i couldnt )than you should get one to prevent a lot of diseases and parasites that prey on your fish. It seems to me that nobody these days seem to be touting them...

Hey guys,...I'm gathering all my merchandise for my new ( to me) 75 gallon tank that I'll be getting soon from a friend,.....I'm currently running a eshopps HOB skimmer on my current tank and it amazes me how much junk it collects,...truly a must have item!! I've gathered just about everything...

Hi guys,... I just started to cycle my75 gal tank a liitle over a week ago , R/O water ,80# of live sand and close to 80#'s of live rock,...after a week so of running my system the most I ever saw my ammonia spike up to was .25 ppm,..beautiful clear water with no bad smell at all,..curious I...

Ok,..I'm was going to simply have a 75 gal FOWLR system to hold a trigger fish or two, I bought a five stage RO system to prepare the water,...I bought 60#'s of live sand along with 80#'s of live rocks, some already cured,...I decided to run a AC 110 hob unit to help with filtration and to...

Ok, I've been out of the saltwater tanks for the last 20 years or so but ive decided it's time again to get back into it . I live in San Diego and have visited two of our well established saltwater aquarium shops for advice getting started again... My purpose was to set up a 75 gallon...

Starting up a new 75 gallon saltwater setup with the main purpose is to have a rectangular triggerfish or two in it . Had a few saltwater tanks years ago so the initial setups etc I'm pretty familular with,. But my question would be,...considering the "terrier" nature of the beast is there...

Hi guys,...my name's Dary ,I'm 58 and have been out of the aquarium game for the last 20 years or so,..I once had a 100 + gallon saltwater setup that I ran for the better part of ten years with local critters from our local waters. Back then it seemed like there wasn't too many people or...