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Do detritus eaters (e.g nassarius) eat poop or uneaten food? Or both? I have some nassarius snails, not sure what to feed them. No fish in tank, so no uneaten food either. Think they like my turbo snail poop?

Hi I want to decrease calcium and increase alk, what is the best way to do it? Thanks.

I got the two little fishes hydrocarbon2 and placed it in a filter bag. I can't seem to be able to wash out all of the carbon dust. Will some leftover affect the inhabitants of the tank?

Hey guys my readings are ammonia,nitrite,nitrate 0ppm ph 8.2 phosphate 0.1ppm calcium 700ppm alkalinity low (red sea test kit only has low normal high) Should I do anything about the high calcium and low alkalinity? Right now I have just been adding ESV bionic 2part everyday.

My feather duster is currently lying on its side. I can't make it stand with its crown pointed upwards due to gravity. Is that going to be a problem? Hope it still can catch enough phytoplankton...

Hi wonder whether this is byropsis. It's growing all over the lower glass.

Hey guys today I noticed white smoke coming out of a live rock. I look at the source and I see some white object retract back into the rock and the white smoke stops. The smoke just disappears instantly. Happened a few times already. What is going on?

Hey guys I found a small aiptasia anemone on one piece of liverock. I removed the rock and put it in a bucket of saltwater. Wondering what the best method of removal is. 1. Only about 2-3mm in size, can't inject it with boiling water or lemon juice. 2. Don't want to boil the liverock, other...

Hey guys I didn't have prefilter sponges for my powerheads so I used some extra dishwasher sponges to wrap the intake and tie it with rubber bands. Will there be any problems?

Hi after placing my base rock into the tank on the glass my aragonite sand has risen to about 3 inches. It is about 1mm in grain size and isn't oolithic. Considering it isn't exactly a DSB, should I be doing bi-weekly substrate vacuuming?

Hi I moved my damsels to QT because of an ich breakout and am going to leave the main tank empty for 6 weeks. Wondering whether the bacteria that break down ammonia and nitrites are going to die off because of lack of fish? Should I keep a supply of dead shrimps in the tank while waiting? Thanks.

Hi I got an orbit 4x65W power compact fixture. Not sure if it's broken, but the actinic bulbs only seem to have blue light coming out of one side of the bulb. While for the normal lighting bulbs, both sides of each bulb has white light coming out of it. Are the actinic bulbs broken? The...

Hi I just started a 55gal tank with some nearly cured live rock (cured but one day shipping). It has been a week and I haven't detected any ammonia or nitrite in the water (cycling with 6 damsels :( ). Wondering whether it is possible there was some bacteria that was in the live rock that made...