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I have realized maintaining a 75g reef tank with “people and roombas” is beyond my ability to keep aesthetic for several reasons. I also hate having the tank just sit there getting more overgrown with neglect. I do have a dry 29 Biocube ready and waiting to receive gifts from it’s mother tank...

Just read my tag line for the first time in years... oops! ��

So over a year ago I purchased a 210 gallon with a 40 gallon sump for ultra cheap (less than $400!) for first home. Used scratched, etc. but great price with the sump pump for return and a bunch of live rock, even with wagon wheels on some rock. Learned a LOT! So feel was with the investment...

Apparently we hide? We have three lfs if you don’t count Petco or Petsmart, but they can be good depending on who is in charge of the fish area, hit or miss, check the tanks carefully (even the freshwater) and you’ll get a good idea if it is worth the risk. Have two small LFS that both are...

Does anyone want to start club? I am in Anchorages.

The purple thingy tube can be removed from either side, so I guess it could be a thru-flow type thing. The originating household had both salt and fresh water tanks. The salt tanks had corals and anemomes (sp)... so no clue. How would one go about hooking up this equipment? What would be the...

yep little beads and I can't tell you more since the ends are on so tight I am afraid I would break it to get it open.

melosu58 - how would you use it? do you have a brand name that might be similar? what would you need to know more?

I received some free stuff from a woman whose man (who was the fish guy) left her.... We did not even know if some of the stuff related to the fish field but what the heck... it was free. Please help me identify what these are and how to use them!

How long does it take for the super glue to cure? Is there a preferred brand? Any craft superglue or a what? I may end up arranging the rocks with living fish already in the tank and don't want to have a bad chemical reaction and kill the fishies.

I am going to be getting a 55 gallon tank very soon and will be moving everyone-thing from a 29 gallon. Many of my live rocks are small, even to rubble size, and I would like to put them together to make more interesting arrangements. I would prefer a product that will cure underwater with the...

Figured it out :oops: :oops: After months of trying to figure it out... it turned out to be the new humidifier that was causing the problem. We finally had a long stretch of humid weather and so we did not have it on and the hubby noticed no white dust. So it was not a tank issue at all...

I am looking into getting a used tank from craigslist. Most have the wood grain plastic edging, I would prefer black due to decor. What paint would be suggested to paint the outside edges black for a salt water tank?

Interesting. This is definitely different than the salt creep I get on the tank. Very very fine dust, microfine even. Due to an unfortunate flooring plan our 29" TV is less than 12 inches away from the tank. Both are in a corner of the room. There is no other way to be able to arrange the...

Slightly weird question...javascript:emoticon(':roll:') since I have had my 29 gal as SW I have had a white dust over the living room furniture and electronics. I live near dirt roads and Alaska is famous for our dust. Glaciers leave behind a super fine dust we call silt. Anchorage is...

I do not think I am pushing the bioload. The clown is only 1 1/2", the hawkfish tops out at 3", and the PJ at 2". I figure I only have 6-7 inches of fully grown fish, 2 1" snails and one feather duster. Plus when the PJ attacked his tankmate they were only 1" each and they were only the two...

What ever you decide, also think about how you will get any replacement parts. When I decided to get a second small tank to start trying the SW world (I had a 29 gal AGA with FW and a 6 gal Eclipse with an aggressive FW fish) I had to think about ease of use. I personally like using the filter...

I love your solution for the lighting and air exchange problem. I have even shown it to my hubby. I have been using Eclipse 6's and my first SW was one of these. I was so new I was not worried about exchange. My problem was the heater I put into the tank was really too big (but did shut off...

My bad... my current occupants did not post. I currently have a percula clownfish, pixie hawkfish, pajama cardinal, feather duster and 2 turbo snails. Also will need a sand sifter to keep the substrate looking pretty. Also for reasons that baffle everyone who has ever heard of my tank, I get...

Hello all. Recently my 29 gal SW became a little less populated. Moved a goby/pistol shrimp symbio to another tank and the pixie hawk fish ate my emerald crab and a full adult peppermint shrimp. I am looking for suggestions that meet the following needs/wants. 1) Should be reef safe. I only...

I recently read some great articles on feeding Mandarins. See if you can get a copy of the Tropical Fish Hobbyist's February 2007 magazine. There are two articles about mandarins including how to keep them healthy, fed and what to look for even in a nano tank. Just in case you can't obtain a...

My last car cost less! Yikes! I like to fantasize about having so much money that I COULD afford a species like this.... Too bad even in my most wild fantasies I wouldn't spend that much! I guess if eels were really your thing.... nope, can't imagine.

Please do keep us informed to your progress. As another noted, you have great patience and self controll. So far your progress and thought processes have been a great example for anyone starting a new tank, not just newbies! Also it is a wonderfull thing that both of you are fish people, which...

I have been having some bubble algae issues, was thinking my next guest in my 6 gal would be an emerald crab. But need more info! 1) Once the bubble algae is gone, what is the prefered food? 2) Do they attack anything else? Or anyone else? 3) Are they known to attack peppermint shrimp? Which...

I asked my uncle plumber... black pvc is used for sewage disposal in homes so it does not have to be drinking safe... and plumbers NEVER use it for drinking water pipes. They only use the white pvc. Something about the chemicles used when compressing the plastic pelets into the shapes. I...