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My maroon clown has taken to a shelf on my live rock, and has officially let me know that corals are not allowed there either. ‪DSCI0401.AVI‬‏ - YouTube Here's another attempt: ‪DSCI0403.AVI‬‏ - YouTube

After doing a PWC on my 20g, I put the filter pad back in, and not paying attention, I learned real quickly that I did not get it as cleaned off as I thought. How did I learn this? I put the darn pad back in backwards, and when I turned my filter back on, the tank was immediatley filled with...

My reef tank contains a small patch of about 7 mangroves, and all of my fish love to be in the roots of them a lot, so I was thinking of starting a Fish-Only-Mangrove tank. I know it's not a natural habitat for most fish sold out there, but the ones I have in my reef seem to enjoy them better...

So, this will be the final fish addition to my reef, and I thought I'd show him off!! Also, does anyone know a good brand or alternative for an artificial nem? I recently lost my bta, and my maroons seem a little lost.

I was thinking of replacing, a little at a time, my crushed coral substrate, which I have been told from many sources harbors nitrates like a homeless shelter, with RO rinsed, silicate free playsand. If I did this, would I need to add a ph buffer to keep my ph up, or would the live rock be...

I'm going to be, in the next week or so, adding a 10 gallon sump to my 30 gallon reef. I was wondering if it would be feasible to run my AC70 down there also, or should I just leave it up in the display tank? The reason for making the switch is many (ie get the equipment out of the display...

Ok, all you experts out there, got a little question for you. I test my reef water 2X a week and consistantly get 80ppm for nitrates and .25ppm for phosphates. It is exactly the same week after week. I have tried reducing feedings, larger water changes, and I even put nitrate and phosphate...

I've decided to start a video blog thread to publish my tank videos from 20 gal FW community, 30 gal SW reef, and 10 gal SW? (don't quite know what I want to do with it yet.). I'm going to keep you all updated with pictures and videos from all 3 of my tanks. To start you all off, here is one...

Well, I'm sure if I let my water parameters get off, my frogspawn would die, but as for outside sources, this thing is invinsible!! I came home from work one day last week to find my frogspawn so closed up, you could not even see any green, and thought for sure it had died. I tested the water...

I was checking the ingredients on my various foods looking for potential phosphate sources when I discovered that Aqueon (I know not the best of foods) flakes contained copper sulfate. Of course, I stopped using it, and tossed it, but I am wondering if this could've affected the long term...

Check out my clowns playing in their anenome!! Parker Reef on USTREAM: A fairly young reef ready for you to watch it grow!.

I went over to Bush Gardens, Tampa today and while I was there I saw the craziest african cichlid display. In the hippo pond was an esitmated 10000 african cichlids along with a hippo, several nile perch, some ducks, oh and a bunch of turtles...!!!!

I got home from work, and discovered my flame angel covered in ich and I am missing a chromis. I immediately filled a 10 gallon with tank water and moved an AC50 I had running on the DT to the 10 gallon. I moved the angel over, and will go to the lfs tommorrow morning for a treatment. All...

Went to a shop out of town and found an amazing white bubble-tip with pink tips on it, and had to have it. I wasn't really thinking of my clowns at the time, because they had a little section of the sandbed that they had claimed, and I figured that was that. Well, I was wrong. within 10...

Due to my own mistakes of running lights too long, I now have a crazy hair and cyano algae bloom. I am afraid if I go lights out to kill it, it will cause an ammonia spike from the decay. The problem is, it's on my live rock and not my glass, so I can't just clean it off.

We absolutely love our 10 gallon nano, and want a display refugium with mangroves more for additional filtration than for food growth. So here is our idea, side by side 10 gallon reef and 5 gallon (or another 10 gallon) tanks. Since the plumbing for overflow and return would be a bit gawdy on...

I am planning on moving my current set up into a different tank, and was wondering if I changed the substrate, would that cause a mini-cycle? I plan on using the same filtration, decorations, and plants. I was thinking about just filling the free space in the filter with some of the old...

Everyone I know always wants bigger and bigger tanks, but for some reason, I have absolutely fallen for the nano set-ups, and I want to set up a bunch of nano reefs instead of 1 or 2 large displays. Please help me make sense of this madness. My best resolution so far is it is my MTS trying to...

Does someone know what kind of coral the bowl shaped polyp is in the middle of the zoos?

I haven't used them in a long time, but was wondering if incense or air fresheners will leach into aquarium systems through gas exchange. It's starting to get too warm to have the windows open, and I normally use them in the summertime into fall, but if there's even a chance (> 0.0000001%)...

I figured out a pretty neat trick to eliminate the bubbles in my nano DT with an HOB filter, and thought I'd share it with you all, cause it's CHEAP!!!! I had bought a breeder box to keep macro algae in for additional filtration, and while cleaning my tank just before my PWC, I slid it down by...

So, I want a bigger refugium on my 20 gal sw. I currently use a modded AC70, but just had a 5 gal tank become available to me. I was thinking of using an old AC50 for the overflow, and drilling out the bottom of the main compartment. Is this a feasible idea?

Have posted any new pics lately, and thought I'd share a few from my different tanks. Bolivian Ram EBR Maroon Clowns 6 Line Wrasse

I read a lot in the DIY section on sumps about including baffles for the bubbles, and started wondering, is keeping bubbles out of the display tank a nessacity for health issues or is it just an aesthetic issue? The reason I ask is because I use a HOB filter (modded AC70), and have quite a few...

Upon completeing my PWC of my 30 gal community, I noticed my bloodfin tetras going absolutly nuts. After observing them for a few minutes I realized, that the fresh water must have triggered them for spawning. It appears I have 3 females, and they have been leaping and dumping eggs left and...