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ok I have been doing corals for about a month or so my corals are doing great, when I first started I decided to be safe and go with easy hardy corals Im doing good, checking and keeping up with all that need to be but now im wanting to do more corlas but not the same as what I have I have a...

I am new to corals, all my corals are do great at this time, have had them about a month now What I did notice and find odd is when the lights are off some of them like the bubble coral or the open brain tend to look like a decaying dead plant when the lights come on shortly after the look...

OK this is a new one on me My daughter is always looking at my tank for me, sometimes a good thing sometimes a bad thing but she does tend to notice every little thing Today she calls me to tell me theres bugs all over the bottom of my tank, I asked what kind of bugs, she says small or even...

My daughter bought a start fish for my birthday, I don't really know much about them, I did find a picture on the web that looks just like it which is the orange star fish (Henricia leviuscula) from the pacific Just wondering if it will bother my corals, she said the guy at the fish store says...

I know what to test for in an all fish tank but now im starting corals besides nitrites-ammonia-ph-nitrates-calcium-alkalinity-phosphates what else should i be checking, i do add a trace element additive twice a week

Hi all, ok I tool the plunge after buying good lighting and bought some corals I was told mushrooms and polyps are easy but I also bought some flower pots and an open brain and a plate coral, heard the plate coral is hard Any advise anyone can give me would be helpful, I did buy all the...

Hi all, I have a question in ref to my lighting, I have two 165 vho's and two 192 compacts, my lights sit about eight inches high off the tank is that exceptable or to much?[/list]

Any one know if there is aweight limit or concern when adding a canopy to your tank ,Ive seen several different types and I.m sure they very in weight, can a canopy be to heavy for your tank? is there a rule of thumb to follow in ref toacanopy weight

tried them all so fare I like marine enterprises, simple and the colors always match up, no guessing

Hi all, you will remember I had a problem with my tank after upgrading from hang on filters to a wet and dry my tank was not cycling, in fact it was stuck in limbo, for almost two months my ammonia read .25 but no nitrites what so ever I got to the point where I decided to add this chemical (all...

I recently spoke to allot of members in ref to changing over my hang on filters to a wet and dry, for almost a month now I showed ammonia but no nitrites so I was confused weather this was a false reading but now I have nitrites so its safe to say because of the new filter add on my tank is gong...

Was told by a few fish stores that it is impossible to have ammonia if your nitrites are o If you show 0 nitrites but show ammonia then this is a false reading from something , either a bad test kit or chemicals added to your tank causing a false reading ,in fact some even advised me they never...

Hi all, have changed over form hang on filters to a wet and dry with sump and over flow about two months ago, nitrites are 0 but can't seem to get ammonia down under .25 I started to see allot of fish waste on the bottom of the tank sinse the switch ,I got rid of the one power head because the...

I recently decided to do an all tank tank ,I added a soho-powder blue-nasa to my tank in which I had a puple tang-mimic tang- tamato clown and a squrriel fish, all are eaten except the powder blue, I have not tried to feed them yet today but Theywere aded friday night I do notice the powder...

Every few days to a weeks time I start getting sn over load of fine bubbles in my tank Such an over load that my tank appears to be cloudy but its not, just allot of find bubbles I traced it down to an external pump I have down below thats pulling the water from my tank, pushingthrew my...

Will scuirrel fish bother feather dusters

I bought two 36 inch luner lamps that are 192 watts each, has a 10k bulb and a blue bulb each lamp Question is is that enough lighting to do soft corals like polyps or mushrooms etc. there power compacts

I have a wet and dry filter with the sump and over flow tank ,its been about six weeks since I added the wet and dry and removed the hang on filters, I cant seem to get my nitrites and ammonia any lower the .25 Everyone is telling me the bio balls are a nitrite factory and should be removed, im...

Hi all, I rently bought power compact lights, i92 watts, 10k bulb and a blue bulb, my calcium is about 375, also since I upgraded from hang on filters to a wet and dry about six weeks ago my nitrites and ammonia are both at .25 I tried doing some simple corals like polyps but they seem to die...

I recently upgraded my tank to a wet and dry filter system with a sump, I have a 125 gal tank ,lots and lots of live rock My nitrites and ammonia are up to about .50 ever since the new filter which has been on about three weeks now I did have emporer hang on filters, a total of three even though...

I want to start doing corals but know nothing about them, I did bye a great book just need to start reading I do have a general queston though ,I have a small clown trigger and puffer as well as an angel ,not a good choice of fish i'm told with corals how ever it was mentioned to me by a fish...

Wet / dry filter for a 125 gal tank, used for a week, paid 250.00 will sell first 125.00 which includes shipping I used it for a week then after saving up to buy this filter my father gave me his 250 with all the works If interested in filter email me at RROSS@USWARRANTY.COM

I have a 125 gal all fish abd rock tank ,I have about 1250 lbs of rock Ive been using the old glass heater but not really happy with them ,to me there ugly and there not perfect, always finding my self either lowering it or turning it up, i use a 300w in tank glass heater but recently a came...

My snow flake Eel died ,not sure why, was a big eater ,the last four days did not eat ,I always noticed that he would breath hard all the time but never really worried because it seemed like that was just him, I asked the pet store and they said they do that at times, I figured maybe because his...

Not sure if I'm spelling it right but I heard there mean fish ,I like mean fish so I thought I would give them a shot ,was told you can't add anything else with them ,anyone have any other info on these fish