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I saw a horseshoe crab at my local fish store. Anyone have any experience with these? I see they can grow to 2 feet! I have a 30 gallon tank, but they did say my tank size is fine if I plan on getting one. I have a feather duster, which they say they may harm. Any help is appreciated.

I got a feather duster about 2 weeks ago. I noticed he has become "droopy" (not flowered out as much). I haven't been feeding him anything. Should I be? My local fish store has marinesnow plankton diet. Should I try this? I read you must turn off chemical filtration and protein skimming...

I just added a feather duster to my tank. I placed him on a rock near the filter flow. My gph is 400 from the filter. 1. Do I need more water movement or is this sufficient? 2. Is the rock a good place for him? or sand? or doesn't it matter?

what is a nori strip? and how do u feed ur urchin?

What is the proper water flow for a feather duster? I have 400 gph from my filter. My tank is a 29 gallons. Do I need more flow for a feather duster? I see they need "medium" water flow. Do I need special lighting also? I have florescent only bulbs.

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would i need to use a pH buffer?

I got some quikrete playsand from home depot. How can I tell if this is safe for my fish tank? It was only $3 for a 50lbs. bag.

should i just add a maxi jet 600 or 1200?

I am running 2 aquaclear 30 (150 gallons each) on my 29 gallon tank. I am planning on adding some soft corals. Is this enough water flow from the filters or should I add some more powerheads? and how much if so?

how much should i use???

I was planning on just buying carbon and putting it in a filter bag instead of using the cartridges. I was going to use marineland carbon. Do I just set it in my filter? How much carbon should i use?

do u have a reef tank? I am planning on making my tank one.

u have any problems with lighting system? what type of hood did you use with it?

I am going to try distilled water. I dont have the money right now for a r/o unit. Is distilled water the same as r/o water? OR is it better/worse? The reason why is the algae I have to scrub every week and nitrates 20-40ppm. Do I have to add any additives to the water other than the salt?

I want to add compact fluorescent lighting to my 29 gallon tank to keep some anemones/corals. Can anyone give me some info about this lighting? I narrowed it down to 3 different lighting systems, which include satellite, orbit and coralife aqualight compact fluorescent. all lighting is 65...

what is chaeto??? a plant?

I have some questions about a quarantine tank and yes I have read the article. 1. Should I add from the display tank before or after a water change? 2. Keeping the fish in there for 3 weeks. Should I do water changes? 3. If my fish is to big for this tank size, does this cause him any...

I have a dual bulb strip. One bulb is a Coralife 50/50 6000K/Actinic 03. The readings on it says F20 T12 360 BP. The other is a blue bulb with a metal casing on the one side. The bulbs have not been changed in quite a while. 1. How often do you change bulbs? 2. Can anyone tell me how many...

I just tested my tank again for nitrates and pH. Nitrates are at 40 ppm and pH is 7.8-8.0. I have a 29 gallon tank with a 2-3" inch sand bed, skilter 400 and 30-40 pounds of live rock. The nitrate and pH problem has been going on since tank has been established. I have changed the water...

I have a 29 gallon tank that houses about 30-40 lbs. of live rock, a yellow tailed damsel, and a neon dottyback. I have a skilter 400 of which the skimmer no longer works, it is cracked. I have had a problem with nitrate lately due to human error even though this is an established tank. I have...

I wanted to add a sump to my 29 saltwater tank. What equipment do i need? Would it beneficial to add more live rock to the sump? I have anywhere from 30-40 pounds of live rock in my tank.

I see for every fish, anemone and coral there is a different salinity levels for each one. Is there a set one or a good one to maintain?

I heard having a deep sand bed reduces nitrates, but then I heard you must have micro fauna to keep it from going bad. Is this true. And what type of sand is best? I have 1"-1 1/2" of argonite sand now.

29 gallons, 100% is like starting over isn't it?