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Well, it's been awhile since I've posted, sorry to have been away so long. Anyway, my house is on a well, and though that water has served well (no pun intended ;-), the cyno in my 55 that I am fighting is really getting to me, despite the water changes and increased flow. Of course, the 125...

Hey Everyone -- Does anyone know where I can find the depth requirement for this skimmer? I'm planning for an upgrade :-) Thanks. Matt

Hey everyone -- I've got a 55 gal tank with cc that's been established for over a year, and the cc substrate is finally hitting my limits. The basic problem is that I've got [dare I say] too much live rock -- about 110 pounds in a 55 gal -- great filtration, but makes it really tough to clean...

Hey everyone -- As I understand it, the ASM skimmer is very much like the Euroreef in design and features, but is made more economically (I hope this is different than "cheaper"). Anyone have insight into these two brands, and whether the Euroreef is worth the price difference. Thanks. Matt

Well, I was sitting and watching the tank tonight, and noticed this little bugger crawling around in the open. Last time I saw him, he was less than an inch -- now almost three! Anyway, I'm not entirely sure what this is. I've heard conflicting opinions on other forums about bristle worms (or...

Hey Everyone -- I've got cc in my 55 gal, and I can't seem to get the nitrates below 20-ish for very long, which I suspect is what did in my cleaner shrimp (and the corals could be looking a bit better, too). Anyway, I've read many posts here about playsand, and need to clarify a few things...

Hey Everyone -- The cleaner shrimp the we've had for a year has suddenly died. Now, leading up to this unfortunate event, I will admit that the nitrate was a bit high for a couple of weeks (20-40-ish). Things were busy, and I was admittedly procrastinating, reasoning that although it's best...

Hey Everyone -- I've got a 55 gal that's been running quite happily for a year, and all has been going well with the LR, Fluval canister, and Seaclone skimmer. But I've finally gotten sick and tired of looking at and manually skimming the surface crud, so I'm finally getting around to putting...

Hey Everyone -- I've recently stumbled upon quite a few mentions of a "closed loop" setup on this and other forums. What exactly is that? Best as I can tell, it looks like nothing more than a pump (say, in your stand) that sucks water from near the bottom of the tank, and squirts it back in...

I've been using Seachem Calcium suppliment to dose twice a week. The bottle I have says it "raises calcium, and has magnesium and strontium". I'm running low, so when I went to get some more, there was another bottle right next to it that simply said it was to "maintain calcium". Does anyone...

Hey Everyone -- Well, we woke up this morning to find one of the clowns on the floor, and quite stiff. Now, I've read on this forum that clowns tend to jump, and so I've always been very careful to keep the egg crate in place, so all I can think of is that he either (somehow) made it through...

Hi Everyone -- For backgorund, see this thread: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=44462&highlight= Update: I suppose that the royal gramma got more thrown at it than it could handle, and died today. But the lawnmower blenny I got at the same time (and from the same tank at the...

[ this is a reposting from an earlier thread in the General Discussion forum re: my QT -- subject now seems more appropriate here. Background: I've got a royal gramma and a lawnmower blenny in QT. -- Matt ] Hey Everyone -- Thanks again to everyone that talked me down the other day over this...

Hey Everyone -- The QT has been up and running for about a month, with the anticipation of getting some new fish. Life got in the way, and I didn't get around to it until a few days ago (got a royal gramma and lawnmower blenny). The QT was filled with water from the main tank (again, a...

Hey Everyone -- I've had this cleaner shrimp for about a year, and no major changes have been made to the tank recently, except for the addition of coral frags (xenia and zoos), and a couple of emerald crabs for algea control. Any thoughts about the spots on his back (which normally is bright...

Hey Everyone -- I would guess this has been covered in the past, but I thought I'd ask anyway. I was just wondering what other folks do for a QT: 1- leave it up and running all the time, keeping up with water changes, etc, or 2- set it up (with water from the main tank) as needed? Matt PS...

Hey Everyone -- Right now I've got CC that has been working just fine. I give it a good scrubbing during water changes every so often, and my levels have been nice and steady for quite a while. So, now I'm thinking of getting some more sifting critters (starfish, crabs, etc), but am not sure...

Any ideas? Thanks. Matt

Hey Everyone -- I've got a frag of some zoos on a small piece of rock -- how best to get them spread to the larger/target rocks? is having them in contact (and stantionary) enough for them to spread? Also, the one place I've tried this happened to be right next to where a brittle starfish...

Found this: http://www.vividaquariums.com/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=02-1701 claiming that Emerald crabs and sally lightfoot crabs are reef-safe. I've recently evicted a red stone crab when I put my first corals in (well, it _looks_ like an emerald except it's red), and we kind of miss the...

Very reclusive little bugger, and blends in beautifully with the rock, except for the black tips on his claws. Any ideas? Thanks. Matt

Hey Everyone -- There have been some patches of this thick covering on the LR ever since I got it almost a year ago. I upgraded my lights from 50/50 to PC about a month ago, and it seems that the stuff is spreading. I always assumed it was a feature of the particular rock that had it, but...

Hi -- I've got this crab that came along with the live rock for about a year -- he's grown quite nicely -- I've thought he was an emerald, but not sure with the coloring. Any ideas? In particular is it reef safe? I just got some of my first corals (zoos and xenia) and he went for it right...

Hi -- I think I'm going to start adding some corals (polyps and LPS to start with), and just wanted to check that the Kole (and false perculas, for that matter) won't make a meal of them. Thanks! Matt

Hey Everyone -- My tank's been up and running a year, and I'm starting to get the itch for some corals. I'd like to start easy, and not jump off the deep end with something that will be too expensive or too tough to keep. So, I have two questions: 1- Can you point me to a good resource that...