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So I own 3 of the original Chinese **** boxes from ten years ago. 2 channel blue and white. I’ve always had good results growing coral with these. My question is will they also grow terrarium plants for my snake? I have a bioactive terrarium but I need a grow light and wondered if these will...

Well I have been out of the hobby for a little over a year and decided it was time to jump back in. Yesterday I gave my reef saver dry rock an acid bath and blew them dry with an industrial back pack blower and let them sit out on the porch all night and day today. I've purchased a Red Sea...

So I just got my Chinese Leds hung 12" off of the water surface in my 92g corner reef. So I just turned them on. I'm starting them at 40% on blue and 30% white. Is that too much to start with? Should blue and white be equal amounts? How high should I eventually take the lights to 75-85%? Over...

Does anybody have an opinion on which phyto is better for culturing pods and feeding corals, straight nannochloropsis or a 50/50 blend of nanno/tetraselmis? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

So I am hanging my Chinese LED boxes over my 92g corner reef tank. It works out that the face of the light is 11" above the water. Is this too high?? The tank is 25" tall. Thanks in advance Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

What would be a good clean up crew size for my 92g corner mixed reef? I have a few blue leg hermits and three Mexican turbo snails. I'm sure I need more, but don't exactly know what and how many. Please help. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Can anybody help me come up with a solution on how to hang my Chinese sh!tboxes over my corner tank? Ceiling is not an option. Thanks in advance! Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

This is a two part question; 1: yesterday I bought a small yellow tang and ever since he my DT home, my ocellaris clowns hide up in the corner of my tank. Will they eventually come back down once they get used to their new housemate? Should I rehome the clowns? 2: so I put some nori on a...

I've got what I assume are diatoms on my sand bed and live rock. What is this growing on my glass?? Looks like micro bubbles all over the glass.

I am trying to aqua scape my 20h and I am getting really frustrated. Does anybody have pics of theirs so I can get an idea? It seems all of my rocks are too big or the tank is just too dang small. Lol.

Is it possible for me to use municipal tap water when giving my dry new sand it's initial rinse? I've used 4 gallons of RO/DI water just to do 2 pounds of sand. Will it harm the sand for marine use? This is a new 20h build that I'm trying to get up and running tonight so my 6 weeks of waiting...

I just got my R.O. Ns-80 skimmer. I am very lost... Where does water enter this thing?

Ok this is going to sound dumb...I bought a reef octopus ns-80 nano skimmer. I haven't filled the tank yet therefor it's not in operation yet. Can someone explain to me where the water goes into the skimmer? The directions are a very poor English translation and do not explain anything at all.

So I have had my tank for 3 months now and I'm still finding trace amounts of ammonia in it. Can't figure out why. Ammonia-0.25ppm Nitrate-10ppm SG-1.027 I am anal about my weekly water changes. I just don't get it. I'm working on a 20 gallon build that I was getting ready to put together...

What's every bodies opinion on which is the best test kit? I have the full gamut of API testers but I was recently told that most of them are inaccurate for saltwater. Last night I purchased the "coral trio" in Red Sea testers. ( kh,ca,mg). Does anybody have an opinion on how accurate the red...

What temperature does everyone keep their mixed reef tanks at? Mine is currently 78.6

So I've decided to change my freshwater 20gallon tank over to saltwater. I'm getting ready to leave home and make the 3 hr trip up to that fish place in Lancaster pa and hope to find a small skimmer and filtration. Is there any products someone could recommend that are budget friendly for the...

Is it possible that my black 32 gallon trash cans that I mix water in could be leaching chemicals into my water?? The were bought from lowes for 16 bucks a piece.

So today I am ordering my water system from BRS. I was going to go with the 4 stage. I see they also sell a 5 stage. Is that extra stage worth lying the 30ish extra dollars for. It looks to be a .06 carbon block. Will the 4 stage still let me keep happy fish and corals?

My mushrooms will not enlarge all of a sudden. My colt and my cespituria are also not looking very good and not opening like usual. It's been about 3 days now. The only thing different I have done is I started using AmQuel on Sunday. My cespituria was just introduced on Saturday. It will open...

So I got my hands on a used 10 gallon tank with a HOB filter, heater, and elcheapo light. It was a freebie! I'm going to use this for my hospital and qt tank. How should I set it up and maintain it as a dual purpose tank? Can this sit on my carpeted floor next to my DT for a few weeks until I...

So I bought my 92 gallon corner setup about a month and a week ago. It came with a large blue hippo and a large tomini tang which I rehomed. Since I have gotten it this is what I've put in: 2 ocellaris clowns 1 yellow eye tang 1 flame angel 1 six line wrasse 1 neon dottyback 1 royal grama 1...

I'm not sure what is happening in my tank today. My flame angel has one cloudy eye all of a sudden. I have one clown that's MIA. He was here this morning. And I have a six line wrasse and an orange dot goby that looks like they have pregnant stomachs. Wtf is going on?!? Someone please help!

My flame angel has one cloudy eye and it seems enlarged. Can somebody tell me why and how to fix it?

Has anyone had any experience with the HM TDS-3 Meter? I just ordered one from eBay for 18.00.