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Is nitrates a big contributor to algea growth or is it just only harmful to fish and inverts? TIA

Is this a good skimmer? What is everyones take on it? Thanks all

Just recently my featherduster has started to come out of it's tube. The body is about 1" out of the tube. Has anyone experienced this with their featherduster? Any reasons why it would do this?

I am going to need to set a qt for my fish. I know I should of had one already but money has been a problem. I now have the funds and had some ?'s. What size qt do you think would be appropriate for my fish. I have 4 of them (see signature for fish) Would they all be okay in a 10 gallon...

The feathers fell off my feather duster today and I was wondering if I can get any input as to why. I heard that they will fall off due to a large amount of stress but all of my tests are good and it has been in the tank for about 5 months now. ammonia=0 nitrites=0 nitrates=20 ph=8.2...

I was planning to buy a retro kit for my tank and was wondering if 300 watts in a 30gal is too much?

Last night my royal urchin was doing fine, today I found him dead:cry: All of his spines had fallen off in one spot. When I scooped him out he was completely hollowed out (probably the crabs got to him after he died) I know that urchins cannot tolerate high nitrates but he has been with me...

I currently have 20# of Argonite in my fuge. My friend gave me about 10# of gray coast calcite. Would it be okay if I put that on top of my argonite or should I just leave it out? :silly:

I was wondering about the maintence of my fuge. I know I have to prune my calurpea. I also have a DSB in there so I know that i'm not suppose to disturb it cause of the release of toxins but would vaccuming the top surface to remove diatoms be okay? Or should I not disturb that either and just...

Well I finally got to post my pics of my tank in my photo gallery so if any one is interested take a look. My tank is now about 5 months old. Comments or Suggestions are always welcome especially from all of you wonderful people at AA!!!!!!!!!! :D

My pistol shrimp lost it's big claw. Will it grow back or is he a gonner???

I have read about plants in a refugium going sexual. Which I heard was bad. How do you know when it happens? How does that happen? Why is it bad? and How do you prevent it from happening? I have calupera in my refugium. Any bit of knowledge from the great people at AA is much appreciated.

I've read alot about people talking of total inches of fish. Is there a formula (inches of fish per gallon) that can determine how many and what kind of fish you can put in your tank? If so may I please have it so I can make sure that I don't overstock my tank. Thank You all at AA your the...

I have just finished building my fuge and was wondering what to put into it. So far I have 4" DSB and about 2# of LR I will be going to go buy some cheato also. I was wondering what if any inverts to put in Thanks all for the help!!!!!

Do you have to do water changes in a fuge or is that only in the main tank?

What is everyones take on eclipse hoods?

what is everyones opinion on eclipse hoods?

many people have suggested a fuge for my 29 gal which by the way is an eclipse set up. I am new to this as some of you already know and was wondering if this is a costly thing to do or is it fairly cheap? What exactly is a fuge and what is needed to start one up. Thanks for everyones help I...

My ph has started to drop and was wondering what are some of the causes of the ph to drop. These are my test results ammonia .25 nitrites 0 nitrates 20 phosphorus 0 calcium 500 all advice is greatly appreciated You guys and gals rock!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Hi all I am having trouble keeping my nitrates down. I tested today and my nitrates are at 20ppm. Any suggestions on this. Is my tank overstocked? I cut down my feedings to light ones every other day. I will be buying more live rock most likely tomorrow. I was wondering also if phos-x or...

I currently own a coral beauty and was wanting to get a flame angel would these two get along or am I asking for trouble?

Hello all once again I gotta say that is forum and the people are great the knowledge that is out there and the people that are willing to share the knowledge are awsome. I will soon post pictures of my tank so that everyone can see the progress that I make as my tank matures. Well the ...

This is a question on one of my friends tank. He has the same set up as i do except of the addition of a uv sterilizer. He has a powder blue tang who he had in QT with ick. The Tang has now recovered and is now in the display tank. According to my friend the tang now seems like he is always...

How many inverts is too many?

What other ways are there to keep my nitrate lvls low aisde form my bi weekly water changes. my lvls are around 10ppm and want it around 5ppm