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I have a 90 gallon reef, it is a glass tank. I have always wanted to use a wave maker in my tank and have been skeptical about doing so. I have heard that it will slowly beat your glass until you spring leaks! Does this myth have any truth?

Hello I've been keeping a reef for some time and I'm just looking to get opinions from other people what they feed there corals what works best! My coral list is Frogspawn, pulsating Xenia green star polyps dragon eye polyps and other polyps. What would you feed these guys! I have food I feed...

Can you had dry Sand to a established tank or with that cause a cycle ?

I have to quarantine a regal tang just for observations until I see that he is ready to go into the display tank. My question is my quarantine tank is a 20 long, is this going to be suitable living for the tang or is this going to do more harm then good?

I have a reef octopus 150 classic edition and whenever I feed my tank my air just quits in my skimmer I don't know how anything gets to it anyways I have enough filtration in front of it where big chunks of food can't get in it I'm so lost I this problem never seen it before. Any other time it...

As you can imagine this is all about rocks. Ha I just got some rocks out of my brothers tank and it had hair algae on them so I didn't want to transfer it to my tank so I already boiled the rocks ha but my big concern is now that I should have all the algae killed how long and should I rinse...

Looking at putting a powder blue in my tank I have done some research on them and the info I have found ranges from extremely hard to easiest fish so I would like some people who have experience with a powder blue to inform me on them a little bit more. I had a regal tang for a long time so Im...

So I've currently moved back form North Dakota to Indiana and from the prices from North Dakota to my current LFS they just seem high. Just curious of prices at some of the other fish stores out there to kind of compare. Maybe I was just heating great deals in ND! Ha a flame angle at my old FS...

Hello about to start my Aquascaping I never seem to get my aquascapes just right. I have always used somewhat bigger rocks I was thinking about using a lot of smaller rocks this time I was just curious how your aquascapes look and what size of rocks and what not whether you glue them in place...

Starting up my 90 gallon reef it's my second reef tank going to be posting picture from the being doing all the plumbing on the sump and all the equipment. Going to be running a reef octopus 150 starting off with live sand and some live rock from my other tank. I'm also using a hydroponics 8...

My brother has a 48 in sun blaze t5 ho light that he uses to grow tomatoes and what not he was going to give me that light for my reef tank I don't see a problem with it as long as I change the bulbs to like a 10 k and some actintic bulbs as well does anyone see a problem I know it's going to be...

Im watchin my buddies tank while he is deployed its a 55 gal with live rock we just moved it over to my house so i was waiting for a mini cycle it did did alot of water changes and what not now its been about a month and everthing is reading 0 and ph 8.3 salinity 1.023 but his koran got like a...

i have had my carpet for about 6 months all my water conditions are percect salinity perfect also i have a t5 ho light just replace bulbs 2 months ago i use iodine and essentail elements at the time of the pics i was feeding him just krill not a good idea didnt know so i started feeding him...

ive had my qt going for a while and this started growing on my rock have no idea what it is please help

Using kick ich can you do water changes while this chem is being used?

Alright got a 46 bow with t5 lighting nitrites and nitrates are a little hight due to battling ich right now im medicating im my dt i have a qt but with my job didnt feel confortable leaving my wife to keep a eye on both like i would so i decided while i was gone i would just have her worry bout...

So a couple of weeks ago i started getting a out break of red slime algea i treated it went away now i got a red algea again but this time it doesnt look the same should i treat or will it hurt i have a two rocks that have red algea and it seems to only be around them like the rock touching them...

Hello i got a BTA and i have had it for about three days now and today i tried feeding it some shrimp and then a little bit of brine shrimp but all it does is shrivel up like it doesnt like it or want it any advice. Also all Nitrites and nitrates ammonia and ph are good along with salt level

Nitrate 20 nitrite 0 ph 8.2 salinty 1.024 ammonia 0 So i have a sebae anemone and he is looking great had him for 2 weeks or so and he has been doing great but now he sits up sidedown i will help him by fliping him over but he does it again to himself why is this i dont get it he really refuses...

So first off, this is not my tank this happen to, it is my buds,he had a Bubble tip anemone and another zebra something anemone he then bought a butterfly that was sick. He didn't know it was sick and he added it to his tank and got all his other fish sick with ich. He treated the ich, he didnt...

Just starting a qt it use to be a fresh water tank and has the pebbles not sand or anything im going to do i water chang in my main tank and put it in my qt but i was wondering if the pebbles would work or sould i put sand in there any additional things i should look at getting would help.

1. Just got the fish 5 days ago yes did fresh water dip 2. Just another firefish snails and Decorator Crab and newly added peppermint shrimp 2 3. eating Brine srimp plus flakes 4.Nitrate 20 nitrite 0 buffer240 ph 8.4 No ammonia test strip 5. Royal Gramma/ was hiding for a day then 4 hours...

I got Aiptasia anemone starting in my tank but i was looking at getting a copperband butterfly and i hear the real problem is to get them to eat but i hear they love aiptasia so should i leave it in there till the copperband eats it or should i pull it out now? Help please:confused:

I have a 46 gal bow front with pounds of live rock also got some coral growing in it. My question is sincs i dont have a quarantine tank and one of my fish get sick or ich does this hurt anything in my tank ie anemone, other fish, live rock, and coral Thanks

Hello I have a 46 gal bow front just started i got live sand two 25 pound bags 3 live rocks 3 base rocks i got this light its a modle 36psdx light i havent heard if its good or not, then i have a aqua-tech 30-60 filter, and a heater cant tell who makes it or how big it is its pretty old and all...