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My 75g tanks been set up for almost a year now. I have type of argonite/crushed shell bottom now. I have noticed that the bright white color of this substrate is a major collector of algae and aiptasia. I was wondering whether or not it is safe to add any type of play sand ontop of the existing...

I have alot of algae in my 75 tank. I have a coralife 300watt power compact light that is on around 11 hours daily. Is this the cause of the algae or what? What can i do to make my tank look better? TIA

My 75g tank has a few corals 2 clowns and alot of liverock, close to 120lbs. THe liverock came with a little aptasia and i didn;t think it would escalate to this. I have aptasia bad. there is many many aptasia babys on the sand bottom and it looks awful, i had a kalk type pwder to kill it but...

today is christmas eve and my tanks sg is 1.028 none of the stores i get water from are open and i dont know what to do. I have well water and im worried if i put it into my 75 my clowns and lawnmo wer will die but i donno what to do

Recently i have noticed a number of bubbles that form on my liverock. THey look like small bubble weeds. I tried to pop one but they have a strong outer layer. ARe these hitchhikers, are they bad, if so what can i do to get rid of them.

Right now to change 20 gallons of water in my tank it takes me close to an hour. I would like to be able to finish this task in a lot shorter time, im a busy guy. The big problem i have is i cannot figure out exactly how much instant ocean salt mix to put in each 5 gal container i have to have a...

My birthday is coming up in the next couple of weeks. My dad is looking to buy me an RO/DI system for my tank. Im currently changing 20 gallons of water from my tank every 2-3 weeks by filling up tanks at marsh for 35 cents a gallon. It has turned into a big hassle finding time to do it. I am...

also in addition to the worms i have, there are hundreds of small white clumps on the sides of my tanks, when looked at closely they look like tiny spiral shells, they are also elevated off the glass making the glass pocka dotted, are these offspring snails made from mine,

Today i noticed that there is quiet a few worms looking similar to cetipedes in my tank. They are all about 1-2 inches long and hide in my rocks. Are these bristle worms, are they bad? If so what can they do to hurt my tank. How do i get rid of them!? TIA\

last night i bought a lawnmower blenny and a royal gramma for my tank. They were bagged together and seemed fine until about 1/2 hour into the acclimation to the tank. I floated the bag in my water for 15 mins then added 1 1/2 cups of my water to the bag and let it sit for another 15 mins, when...

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are yellow tangs hardy fish?can they be housed with clownfish? TIA

mollies are great beginner fish too because of there low cost.

when i vaccuum my sand which is mostly course but partly fine I tie a not in the tubing of the vacuum to decrease the power of the vacuum. I still get a small amount of sand that gets removed but is not very noticable unless your sand bed is very thin. Hope this helps.

i am very satisfied with my 4x65 coralife moon light, the only burdan is attaching the legs to the light and measuring their length right.

currently i have i snail that i inherited from my friends tank, I would like a good clean up crew to control my algae problem. What do I need to buy to keep my tank nice and algae free? TIA

So far I have 2 percula clownfish in my tank. This sunday they will have been living in my tank for 2 weeks. The tank is around 6 weeks old and has completely cycled. I would like to purchase some more fish or inverts this weekend, what are good hardy fish that will do well in my aquarium with...

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ya im completely cycled, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, just did a water change so nitrates are probably low too

I have had my tank up and running for about a month now. I have had a pair of clowns for a week and there is alot of brown algae on the sides and the sand and it is really unattractive. Ive heard of a stage called the brown out period where everything in your tank is covered with this brown...

In my tank my sg is 1.025 and it is full and doesnt need any more water added. How fast will the sg raise? Is mine too high or can it wait a couple of days for a little RO water?

In my newly setup and cycled 75 gal reef I have a 260 watt pc lighting system. I have a lot of brow algae frowing on my substrate and tank walls. I usually leave the lights on for 12 hrs in the day and off for 12 hrs in the night. Is this too much lighting? is this why i have so much algae? TIA

i have a 260 watt pc lighting system.

Well yesterday i bought 2 percula clownfish. Unlike my damsels i bought 3 weeks ago these guys are doing great, they even ate last night when i introduced them to my tank. I bought some frozen brine shrimp for them to eat, and they look like they are on vacation in my 75 gal tank. They are...

Thank you :D that really helped. Also i have some "Devil's Plague Anemones" growing in my tank which is really bad so im on a quest to eliminate all of them.