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Is it possible that one type of coral may do better in your tank than another. I have several soft corals; Leather, Polyps and a few others that are doing great in my tank. I bought a Candy Coral and a Bubble coral thinking they would do good too. When they were at the LFS, they were opened up...

I am starting to research setting up an agressive tank. When I am ready, the fish will be in my current 75 gal tank (I am going to move all the inhabitants that are in there now into a 125 gal tank). My questions are thus.. In my current tank, I have hermits, snails, shrimp and starfish...

My LFS has what they have labeled as a "Red Bali Star". They are small starfish, around the size of a half dollar. I tried to find informmation about them online but can't find anything. Any one have any advice? Wes

I am at a point where I need to put my live rock together in ways that aren't very stable for the shape of my pieces of live rock. I don't want to wake up one morning to see that my aquascape has collapsed. I also like to change my aquascape on occassion. Now the question: Is there an...

So, I got Ich and had to move all my fish to my quarantine tank. I figured while they were there, it was prime tim to clean my filter, tubes, substrate etc. I did some aquascaping and got a new addition to my tank (the Rose Bulb Anemone). Here are a few pics:

As you can see from my signature, I have a pretty diverse bunch of life happening in my tank. I have 2 fish coming on thursday, a Maroon Clown and a Flame Angel. I am looking at adding one more to my menagerie. Any one have any advice. I wanted to get a Purple Tang, but I think my Sailfin...

I got a Coral Beauty last night at my LFS. I acclimated her in the tank like I was supposed to. When I released her, she went and hid for several hours underneath a piece of base rock. She finally came out for a while. I was watching her swim around and squatted in front of the tank. When I...

1. Is there any sure fire way to help alleviate diatoms? 2. Approx. how much wattage (lighting) is needed for a rose bulb anemone? 3. Which light is better: Current USA Orbit 48" 4 x 65 Watt Power Compact Strip Light W/4 Lunar Lights or Coralife Lunar Aqualight 48" 384 Watts # 408 4. And...

My tank has been cycling for over a month now and I have yet to get a 0 NO3 level. NH4 and NO2 has been 0 for a couple of weeks but it seems that the NO3 won't go away. I've changed about 15 gal on my 75 gal tank but still no luck. Any ideas on why this is and what I can do about it? TIA

I have purchsased the 3535 Surface suction extractor to go with my Eheim 2215 filter. It is supposed to skim protein off the top of the water. I have assembled it per the instructions and it doesn't appear to be doing anything. I have been using it for about a week now and I don't see water...

My BCS that I have had for a week molted this morning. Do I need to remove the old exoskeleton from the tank, or just leave it in there. TIA

Ok, I have been leaving my canopy's open all day and night because I was worried that there wasn't enough oxygen in the tank. I have purchased powerheads and they are circulating the water quite well. My question is, can you purchase prefab screens to go on an aquarium opposed to glass...

My 3 Mithrax Crabs should work for the CIA or FBI. They stay hidden so well that I can never see them. How do I know if they are eating?

I just ordered several inverts from eTropicals.com. 2 of them were Emerald Mithrax Crabs. When I pulled the bag out of the box, I see not 2 but 3 crabs in there. 1 is a beautiful shade of green, the other 2 are more "peach colored". I thought the name, "Emerald" meant green. Can they be...

Now I know that I am probably overstocking my tank, but hear me out first before I get flamed. eTropicals.com had a special where you can build your own reef cleaning package. I am having ALOT of algae growth on everything in the tank, glass is slimey, rock is slimey etc etc; so I purchased...

I have been doing my tests daily since the 7th. I have seen the amonia and other chemicals fluctuate since I started testing. Since about the 13th, I have seemed to plateau. My NH3 has been at 0, NO2: 0, NO3: has been running steady at 5 (today it was up to 10), and my pH has been steady at...

My LFS will take the standard florescent hood that came with my tank as a trade in on a lighting upgrade. They have the Aqualight Double Strip Light (48"), which is what I would need. I am going to have a FOWLR tank. Do I really need all that lighting or will the standard hood work for me...

I found this cleaner package on eTropicals.com. Let me know if you think it's worthwhile. They want $100 (with free overnight shipping) for the following items: 20 Scarlet Reef Hermit Crabs 15 Astraea Turbo Snails 20 Dwarf Blue Leg Hermit Crabs 1 Sally Lightfoot Crab or Fighting Conch -...

Since all I have to look at in my tank right now is rock, I was studying it. I saw what looked like a white rubberband about 3 inches long sticking out of a hole in one of the pieces of my live rock. It was coming out of a hole and it's "head" appeared to be burrowing into another section of...

So I ran out today and bought my test kit. It's the Salt Water Master Liquid Test Kit by Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Inc. Here are my levels. Keep in mind, just put the LR in on Saturday. NH3: 2.0 NO3: 10 NO2: 5 pH: 7.8 (I took a bunch of water out Sat for the rock and replaced it with...

Just wanted to put up a few pics of my new live rock. I got it this morning. 4 pretty good size rocks and several smaller pieces. I'm pretty happy with it to start with. The one thing I wasn't expecting when I opened the box was the smell. The rock was packed in a styrofoam container with...

I have been doing a considerable amount of research on what to stock my tank with. I know that I want to start out with fish and some inverts. Not into coral yet. I have seen packages like this one : Reef Package but have been told not to mix crabs and shrimp. How much truth is in that...

I made another post talking about rock. I am very new at this and I have another question. Monday Night I set up my tank. Put in the salt, water, hooked up the heater and filter. Been taking SG and Salinity readings. My SG is approx 1.024. Here was my basic game plan. I ordered 45 lbs...

Just getting started. Have a 75 gal tank with an Eheim 2215 filter, ebo jag 250 watt heater. 40lbs of Aragonite for substrate. Got the water and salt in the tank last night. Been checking the Specific Gravity and Salinity, still pretty hight but thats to be expected. I ordered 45lb of Fiji...