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The flesh on my candy cane coral is deteriorating. I started with 2 heads, and within 2 years it had a total about 16 heads. Now the green flesh is melting away. Also, my bubble corals started deteriorating around the same time. This all started about over a month ago when I presumed my...

I have a 60g tank w/ a 20gal sump. I think I have a somewhat large bioload. I'm currently using a Bubble Magus 3.5+ which is rated for up to 80gal. How do I know if I need a larger protein skimmer? Overall, I'm satisfied with the Bubble Magus. Are there any signs I should be looking for?

If I add copepods to my refugium/sump that has rocks and chaeto growing in it: 1. Do I have to feed them anything, or will the algae be enough food for them? 2. Will they increase my bioload for my tank? 3. Are there any cons of having copepods? 4. Will they increase my nitrate levels?

Has anyone had a blue tang that hasn't had a bout of ick or hlle? I know that blue tangs are more easily susceptible to ick and hlle, but is it inevitable?

I have a male squareback anthias in my aquarium. I was wondering if I can add 2 female barlett anthias'. Would this cause conflict or will they congregate together?

I have a fluval edge sitting around and was thing about making it a saltwater tank with mushroom and zoas. I have checked around various forum of people who use them for saltwater but I can't see any threads where a person has been running one for a long time. Has anyone had success with these...

6 gallon nano tank $90

My son is 5years old, and he wants to do a presentation to his class about our aquarium. I need some interesting factoids that he can tell his class. Please bear in mind the age of the audience. He'll be doing a presentation with several color pictures of our aquarium. The inhabitants are...

I bought a 30 gallon tank so that I can combine almost everything that is in my 16gallon (over a year old) and 14 gallon tanks (over a year old). I will be transferring the LR, fish, and coral. The only thing that I won't transfer over is the sand in both tanks, but I'll be putting new sand of...

I have a marble sea star in my tank and I just noticed that there were some bite marks on one of its arms. The other residents of my tank are: 1. Midas blenny 2. False clown 3. Pygmy dwarf angelfish 4. Royal gramma 5. Yasha goby 6. Mini pistol shrimp 7. Fire shrimp 8. Some hermit crabs 9...

Is anyone using this light? JBJ Unibody Dimmable 54 Watt 6500K-20000K LED Fixture 1. Can it support sps and anemones?

I have a Xenia in my tank and it looks like it's on the decline. It looks like its shrinking and the arms do not extend out; they look shriveled. My other corals: bubble, zoos, frogspawn, torch, candy cane, and various mushrooms are doing well. I told this to a dude at a lfs and he...

I was wondering why I continue to get coralline algae and my chaeto doesnt grow. I have my chaeto in my tank where the coralline grows. My phosphates are zero and my nitrates are around 10-20. I do weekly 5 gal water changes to my 16 gal aquarium. Another side question is how do I stop the...

Found this critter in my new tank. Is he a good or bad snail?

This is my currently layout. It's about a month old and finished cycling w weeks ago. Currently it has: 1 ocellaris clown 1 Pygmy angel 1 yasha goby 1 pistol shrimp 1 fire shrimp 1 starfish several hermit crabs several snails

I bought 2 small size mushrooms (diameter is about half an inch). I placed them on rocks. This morning, I found one of them on the substrate and I can find the other one. 1. Should I move back the mushroom on the substrate back onto the rock or should I leave it there? I don't think it got...

Found this under one of my rocks

16 gl 14 lb lr 20 lb ls I think I like watching the inverts more than fish. Currently I have a mini pistol shrimp, a fire shrimp, and a peppermint shrimp. I also have 3 snails and 4 crabs. Would it be okay to put in a red skunk cleaner shrimp? Ppl have told me that the fire shrimp might...

specs: -16gallon tank -13lbs of LR -20lbs of live sand -cycled -2 fish -2 snails -4 crabs -3 shrimps I'm consistently getting pH readings of 7.8. For the past 3 days, I've been putting Seachem's marine buffer in the morning which raises it to 8.2, but by nighttime, it's fallen back to 7.8...

It's been about 2 months since setting up tank. I'm assuming in the next couple of months I have change the filters on the tank. My question is: 1. When should I do it? 2. How do I change the filters without losing the beneficial bacteria? I have a aquaclear 20 HOB so it has a coal filter...

Went to Petco to get some brine shrimp and they had a clearance on Biocube 14gallons for $120. Is this a good price for one? I bought one just because I thought it was really cheap, but now Im wondering if it's a waste of money and return it?

Can someone explain my water readings? It's been about 6 days since setting up my 16g saltwater tank. I doused it with ammonia from the start. On day 1 and day 2, ammonia read 2ppm. I upped the levels to 4+ ppm on day 2. I was concerned that I might have overdosed with the ammonia since the...

I just got a 16gallon tank to start a saltwater aquarium. I bought 10 pounds of cured man made LR and 10 pounds of aragonite sand. I was going to do a fishless cycle with some ammonia, but the person said that I didn't need to use ammonia b/c the LR and the live sand were going to cycle my...

Started a fish in cycle 1/26/12 and finished 1/18/12 (24 days) with a 6gal Fluval Edge. I did the cycling with 2 dwarf Gouramis and 1 black skirt tetra. I'm new to keeping aquariums. I got into it because my son was learning about fish and the ocean at his school. Like other aquarium noobs...

My set up: - 6gal aquarium that contain: 2 gouramis', and 1 black skirt tetra. I also have 2 plants. I'm about 2 weeks into a fish-in cycling. My ammonia level this morning was about 2ppm, my nitrite level was about 4ppm, my nitrate level was about 10ppm, my water temperature was 80F, and my...