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Need advice on where to look for livestock in the NW Philly area. Will be moving to Chestnut Hill soon, and can't seem to find anything good on googlemaps. Only ones I saw either had a dead link or got crappy reviews. Can anyone in the area point me in the right direction? TIA.

My question is somewhat related to starting a new tank with sump. In case of a power outage and the power comes back, won't the main tank overflow when the return pump kicks in? This takes into account a HOB overflow, not a built-in of course. How would someone avoid this catastrophic event?

Need suggestions on where to find salt water/marine stores in Charlotte/Concord/Kannapolis. I recently moved to Albemarle about 40 mins east of Charlotte. Hate to say it, but nothing here for the hobbyist. TIA.

I have a button polyp that shared living quarters on a piece of live rock when I bought another coral. I initially thought, wow. Two for one! Then, I noticed, over the next few weeks, that they had detached themselves from the original piece and started growing all over the tank. It's a bit...

I've got my 2.5 gallon nano cycling, and currently have a top fin heater inside the tank. The top sticks out by about 1" to 1.5". Does anyone know where to find the smallest possible heater which sports a temp control? I'd like to find one around 4" inches so that it will fit in the media...

I've been toying with the idea of starting a 2.5 gallon nano marine tank. What light source would one use?

I wasn't sure where to post this as the coral isn't sick. I have a gigantic pink colt coral in my 40 gallon breeder. And when I say gigantic, I mean GINORMOUS!!! How would I propagate this type of coral? I've never attempted cutting my corals in the past for fear of killing them. Any...

I came home after 4 days and found my tang lying on it's side on the sand. I've seen this before and didn't seem like abnormal behavior. The following morning, the poor guy was stuck to the power head, half eaten by the maintenance crew! I immediately took him out, but I didn't have time to...

Will this Kole Tang eat cheato algae? Having a hair algae bloom, and would like to know before I blow money on macro algae that won't hang around for more than a day or two. :)

Lighting at the LFS isn't too great, and the only thing I noticed was what looked like some trauma to the sides of the fish. It looked like maybe his scales got banged up a bit. When I got him home under my halides, I started noticing more of these "injuries" throughout his entire body in...

I've been posting alot lately, but likely because I've been procrastinating and have had these ideas running around in my brain for months. I may actually get my dream 40 gallon breeder very soon. My plan is to turn my present 29 gallon into a sump. What do you recommend for a HOB Overflow...

without upgrading the light? I've got an Orbit 130W PC/actinic over my 29 gallon tank. It's 30" long, which sits right on top of the stand with the legs on either side. I want to upgrade to a 40 gallon breeder, but I don't particularly want to add any more wattage. I think with the shallower...

Can you grow finger leather under PC lights and actinics? Or do you need HQI for it?

Hey all. Been away awhile. Glad to see things are still pretty friendly around these parts. Now, I live in a small one bedroom apartment. I'm going to be moving a lot, and chances are, I'll be moving into similar small one bedroom apartments in the next few years. Would it be possible to...

Anyone use Odyssea CF lights? They are tons less expensive than Current and Coralife. Anyone use them? Are you satisfied? Any problems? Worth the low cost, or would you have gone with the more expensive brands?

Just wanted to share my tank as it is now. Pretty happy with it, except for the red algae. :(

I've got this pink fluffy algae growing in my tank. It's not cyano. Attached is a pic of it I found online. I think it's called Dotyella havvaiiensis. I couldn't find much info on it though. Is it something I should be worried about? Is there something I can do to get rid of it aside from...

Hey all, I've never had hair algae before, and I'm not sure if this algae growing in my tank is hair algae. From all I've seen online and read, I don't think this is hair algae. They're small green tufts of algae growing on the rock which sprouted out shortly after I converted to a Power...

I've got an atlantic anemone in the tank, thriving and gigantic. I've also started purchasing corals. Then it dawned on me, is the atlantic anemone reef safe/coral safe? Thanks.

Here's the green grass I was talking about in a previous post. This is the best picture I could get. Thanks for taking the time to help out. There's about three of these little tufts on the live rock. The 'blades' are thick, and I don't think it's hairgrass.

I've got these red tufts growing on one of my live rocks. At first I thought it was hair algae, but after looking through the web, I don't think it fits the description. It's definitely growing, slowly but surely. I've tried to brush it off with a toothbrush, but it doesn't come off! It...

Hey all. This live rock is about a month and a half old. I started noticing this purple stuff growing on it about 2 weeks ago. It's gradually spreading out. It's purple and velvety looking. It also looks as if there are some tendrils coming off of it. I know this isn't the best picture...

Coincidence? This all happened shortly after I introduced a neon dottyback into the tank. I did see the dottyback try to attack the nassarius snail before, but didn't think much of it. Now, they're all missing. Not even a little eye protruding out of the sand. Do dottybacks eat snails?

Hey all. I've got a 30 gallon tank with about 40 lbs of live rock. I have a LM blenny, one pajama cardinal, one six lined wrasse. What other active, peaceful fish can I add? I am planning on adding only 2 more fish, 3 at the most. Any suggestions would be great.

Is it normal for a clown to just hover in one spot of the tank for an extended period of time? I always heard that clowns were very active fish, which is why I added one to my tank. But this guy just hovers in the bottom left corner of the tank 90% of the time. Maybe he swims around when I'm...