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My family and I evacuated our home in Slidell, Louisiana for hurricane Katrina and we are now living temporarily in Houston. Although our home survived the storm we are not allowed to stay there until basic services are restored in the community in a few weeks. I did manage to get into town via...

I bought my first anemone yesterday and could use some advice on its care. See the photos below (taken with a flash and actinics). I bought a Long Tentacle Anemome. The LFS convinced me it would be better for me because it settles in one place unlike a BTA which tends to roam and sometimes gets...

I could sure use some advice on whats happening with my Hairy Mushrooms! I've had a five inch long piece of rock with several Hairy Mushrooms on it in my tank for a few weeks. They looked great..... very full and gently moving with the water movement. They were so full, the rock was barely...

Hi all !!! I'd like to add a Turbo Twist UV sterilizer to my tank, but I'm running out of HOB room on the back glass. I presently have 2 powerheads, a filter, heater, and a protein skimmer with surface skimmer box taking up all but a couple of inches back there. I don't want to add a...

Found this in my tank last night and have no idea what it is. Any thoughts? Good or bad? It is on the inside of the front glass and is about 1.25 inches tall. Its not moving so I suspect its attached to the glass. Kinda looks like a small string of pearls. Thanks, John

Need alot of advice on this one..... I couldn't believe my eyes this morning when I looked into my aquarium on my way out the house. My white sand substrate, live rocks, and glass were covered with a thick brown layer of brown algae or diatoms. I went to bed last night with the tank looking...

I've got millions of tiny bubbles everywhere in my tank and can't seem to get rid of them. Most of them seem to originate from the HOB filter, but when I shut it off the powerheads seem to discharge some as well. I keep the water level high and the biowheel in the filter rotates at a slow speed...

Does anyone have any experience with electronic test equipment? I was about to order some new testing supplies when I saw these two gadgets at Drs Foster & Smith that looked kinda neat. They have a Hanna Instruments pHep4 that measures ph and temperature and a DIST5 that measures conductivity...

Today I discovered a new hitchhiker that came with my Liverocks.com rock. It is located in a hole in one of the rocks and looks like it has grown too large to come out. The openning to the hole is about half an inch wide but the hole itself looks like it gets larger in the rock. This hitchhiker...

I recently added some beautiful Liverocks.com live rock to my formerly fish only tank and I want to encourage the growth of feather dusters, bi-valves, corals, etc that live on the rock. Should I start adding phytoplankton to the tank to feed these critters? I found a site (dtplankton.com) that...

I'm thinking about adding a sea cucumber to my tank to help clean the sandbed of detritus. My sand is very fine ( like sugar ). The pictures I've seen of cucumbers show them on more of a gravel type sandbed. I'm wondering if my fine sand will be OK for a cucumber or should I try something else...

I received my shipment of 40 pounds of Keys rocks from Liverocks.com today. I'm so excited! What a fantastic selection of live rocks. I asked for a good assortment of sizes with lots of color and thats what I got, thanks to Mike at Liverocks.com. I opened the box and saw every color of the...

About 4 weeks ago I was ready to order my first Live Rock for my 46 gallon tank, but instead of placing my 70 pound Keys rock order thru LR.com I took the advice of my LFS owner and bought 12 pounds from him. He convinced me that adding 10 to 15 pounds of live rock every month to my established...

Looking for a little advice on water movement in my tank..... I've got a 46 gallon bowfront, FOWLR, 2 Hagen 802 powerheads, one AquaC Remora protein skimmer, and one Emperor 280 Bio-Wheel filter. The powerheads are located at the back corners of the tank and are aimed toward the front middle and...

I'm planning to add a protein skimmer to my 46 gallon saltwater tank and could use some help. I've spent some time reading up on the different ones available and I've narrowed it down to either a CPR Bak-Pak 2R or a AquaC Remora (with MaxiJet 1200 pump). I'm sure either one will do a fine job...

Hi all... Newbie here so please be patient. I set up my first saltwater fish only tank about 5 months ago and have been doing surprisingly well except for one thing. Some of my fish keep dieing. I presently have a Yellow Tang, two Blue/Green Chromis, a Horshoe Crab, and a few dwarf crabs and...