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I had to re-attach a frag to a piece of live rock and somehow I accidentally got some glue (cyanoacrylate) on the outside of my acrylic tank. I tried to carefully clean it off, but it ended up smearing and now it looks like bird poop on the outside of my tank. Does anyone know how I can dissolve...

I know it's difficult to identify because I couldn't get a pic, but I found what appears to be a crab (it really looked like a tarantula spider, but was underwater) crawling on my live rock. I had never seen it before and was shocked at how big it was. The body was approximately 1 inch wide and...

I have a Mag-Drive 7 pump in my sump that serves as my return pump. I recently unplugged it to clean the tank and it made a humming noise when I plugged it back in, but it didn't pump any water. I shook it around a bit and it started working again, but it doesn't seem to be pumping as hard. This...

Forgive me for not being able to articulate my question better. I've have a Kenya Tree Coral for about 4 years now and for the first 3 years it was thriving, growing, and doing well in my tank. But the last year it has shrunk down to about 1/3 of it's size and it never seems to extend and...

I've had a problem with salt creep on my lighting fixture and I can't seem to get it off. I'm not sure if the hood is made of plastic or fiberglass or what, but it's the same material as most lighting hoods. I've tried wiping it down and spraying the hood with Salt Creep. This seems to work...

I've had my 55 gallon reef tank going for a few years and everything is doing well. The tank is filled with various soft corals, zoanthids, polyps and a bulb tip anemone. I also have two percula clowns and a purple dottyback. I would like to get one more fish that isn't the same body shape or...

I've had two percula clowns in my 55 gallon reef tank for about 4 months now. One is approximately 2 inches long and the other was a little over an inch, but seems to have grown to 1 1/2 inches. They got along great for the first month, followed each other everywhere, and slept together. There...

I have a 55 gallon reef tank with corals and a few small fish. I perform 10% weekly water changes and use a turkey baster to blow the detritus out of the corals and live rock. I then use a siphon to remove as much detritus as possible and will also gently siphon as much detritus from the sand...

My two percula clowns went missing over two consecutive days and I can't figure out what happened. Both fish were doing fine, eating, and showed no signs of illness. I saw them sleeping/wiggling around on the sand together at night. I noticed that there was a nassarius snail that had come up...

I just set up my new 50 gallon Seaclear tank and I wanted to install my HOB AquaC Remora skimmer to the back of the tank, but the lip on the back of the tank is 2 1/2 inches wide and the AquaC Remora Skimmer only goes out about 1 1/4 inches. I tried installing the skimmer on the back of my wet...

I just set up my 50 gallon Seaclear tank with built in skimmer box. I am using a MegaFlow Sump Filter that I purchased from DrsFosterSmith.com. http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=13648&N=2004+22778 The filter came with a plastic flexible drain hose, but I ended up...

I just purchased a Mag Drive 700 pump from DrsFostersmith.com. http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=4590&Ntt=mag&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&N=2004&Nty=1 I intend to use it as my return pump for my reef tank. I noticed that the screws that hold the pump...

I purchased a 50 gallon SeaClear tank with built in skimmer box through MarineDepot back in late December 2005, but to date I still haven't received the tank. The problem is the tank ships directly from the manufacturer, Casco. For whatever reason, it takes Casco over a month to ship out a...

I just purchased a 50 gallon acrylic tank made by SeaClear with a built in skimmer box, but I have been unable to find a stand that will fit the dimensions of the tank. The tank measures 36"Lx15"W. Does anyone know of any online stores or places where I can find a stand for my tank?

I will be purchasing a new wet/dry filter soon and along with it, a new pump or powerhead to return the water to the tank. I wanted to get your opinion on which brand and model is the quietest. In the past I have used Aquaclear, Rio, Maxijet, and Pondmaster. I've found that although some brands...

Hello, I have a 35 gallon reef tank with some corals and a cleaner shrimp and two percula clowns. I would to finish off the tank by purchasing a yellow watchman goby and a pistol shrimp, but I am worried that the cleaner shrimp might attack and/or kill the pistol shrimp. About a year ago I had...

Hello, I purchased a rose colored bulb tip anemone (BTA) two days ago and I noticed yesterday that it split. Normally, I would think this is a good thing, but I just purchased the bta a day earlier and I didn't think it would or should split so soon. I placed the anemone on some live rock about...

I have been running an AquaC Remora skimmer on a 30 gallon reef tank for a little over a year now and up until about a month ago it was working flawlessly, but unfortunately after performing a water change the skimmer stopped producing waste. I noticed that there was a ring, that was located...

Hello, my tank has some cyano (red algae) on the live sand. I've been reading a bunch of threads about cyano, but still had a couple of questions. I've been performing 10 - 15% weekly water changes and have even resorted to using chemi-clean. The chem-clean works for a few days, but the cyano...

I've been trying to get ready to convert my FOWLR to reef tank. Everything seems ready, but I've been unable to get an accurate calcium reading. I've tried both the Salifert calcium test kit and an Aquarium Pharmaceuticals test kit, but I keep getting results that measure extremely high and way...

I've had my tank set up for years, but about 6 months ago I gradually replaced my bio-balls with live rock. The rock was supposedly cured, but just to be on the safe side I cured the rock for a few months before placing it in my sump. When I placed the rock into the sump it had a clean fresh...

Unfortunately, my fish have come down with ich or maybe velvet. This is the first time I have ever had sick fish and I need to set up a quarantine tank to treat them, but I had a few questions. 1. What type of water should I use for the quarantine tank? I mean, does the water have to come from...

I've been slowly going through the process of converting my FO tank to house inverts as well. I ended up purchasing a Calcium Test kit made by Salifert (It was the only test kit that I could find). Anyway, I performed the test twice, but both times the readings measured off the charts (higher...

This is kind of dumb question, but I figured I'd give it a try. I've got a Coralife Power Compact straight pin hood and I'm changing the bulbs for the first time. I was able to remove one of the bulbs fine, but the other bulb will not budge. I don't notice any salt build up or rust on the...

I've had a 30 gallon fish only tank up for about 5 years and I am in the process of making some changes to it. In the past few weeks I've added 25lbs of LR and I will be adding 25 more pounds in another month or so. I've also been changing my hawaiian puca shell substrate with live sand...