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When my 10,000K PC lamp turns on, I see a flash of yellow at the base of the lamp, but it doesn't fire up. It's only 3 months old and looks okay physically (no charring), thought it could possibly be the ballast?

my LFS has baby volitans about 2 inches long. i'm planning on a 130 gallon tang in less than a year (hopefully a lot less). now these baby lions have been there for over a month and i haven't noticed them growing at all. i was curious as to how long i might be able to keep on in a 20 gallon if i...

i'm thinking of setting up a 90 or preferably a 180 gallon aggressive tank. i definitely want a porcupine puffer, and a picasso or niger trigger. others that are desireable include snowflake moray, lionfish, bluespot ray, regal and yellow tang, and majestic angelfish. are these compatible at...

so i have a bubble coral and an alveopora coral that i've have for months and they're both doing great. i got some xenia about 2 months ago and it seems to be growing quickly. now about 5 weeks ago, i bought a nice button polyp colony. it did well for the first three. then only some of the...

my button polyp colony hasn't been opening for the past few days. well...one half opens, the other hasn't been open for 3 days or so. my params are good, zero on all levels, and my other corals are doing fine. any ideas?

hey guys, i've just started a 3 liter pico. has anyone here attempted anything of a similar size? any tips? any idea what the smallest pico ever attemped has been?

i've been trying to keep a 30 gallon tank full of about 15 gallons of premixed saltwater. i have a powerhead in there and a heater. the only problem is that above the water level, it's getting a bit mouldy. do you think contact with the mould would be dangerous to my reef? what method do you...

i got home from work today...noticed my picasso trigger wasn't out swimming around. i currently don't have a lid on the tank and the first place i looked was behind the tank. there he was...dried up and dead. i went to scrape him off the carpet and he grunted! then i saw his gill covers moving...

water params: SG 1.026 pH 8.2 NH3 0 NO2 0 NO3 0 80 degrees F this coral appears to be made up of six individual polyps. i've had it for about two months. it's taken on a beautiful healthy color since then and appeared to be doing really well. recently, the polyp on the very left hasn't been...

what are your thoughts on using tapwater in a reef system? anybody ever used the tapwater purifier by aquarium phamaceuticals? i'm currently using tapwater in my nano-reef. big mistake?? everything seems to be doing fine. i've had my bubble coral for almost 2 months now and it seems to be doing...

i've had my glove polyps (possibly clove...not sure) for almost 3 months now. i had them under NO flourescent for the first month and they would stretch out tall and looked very healthy. i then installed a 96-watt CF light to my 15 gallon tall tank. i noticed that the gloves didn't stretch up to...

i'm planning a 90 gallon (or possibly a 75 gallon) saltwater tank. i really want to keep a porcupinefish and a picasso trigger. i'll also have a small group of damsels and a tang. i'm going to purchace the larger fish as young as possible. now i also want to have corals. does anyone have...

i work for an LFS. we only do freshwater but i suggested an idea to my boss and he liked it. i want to put together 10 gallon saltwater kits. the aquariums will already be full and cycled. containing 2 false perculas and 5-10lbs of live rock. the aquariums include an aquaclear power filter...

gah! the glass and gravel is covered in green in less than 24 hours. 15 gallon reef, been running for a little over 2 months. started having a problem when i installed 96 watt power compact lighting. i know this obviously has something to do with the sudden outbreak but it shouldn't be this bad...

i have an emperor power filter on my mini-reef. will the filter cartriges filter out invertebrate foods? will the carbon remove too many trace elements, or can i simply supplement trace elements when i have carbon in there?

what are your current nitrate readings for your reef? for your FO? do you have a particular limit that you wont let your nitrates approach? what methods do you use to keep nitrates at bay?

simple enough question. what do you add as far as calcium, trace elements, and the like?

i have a 15 gallon tall, and it will soon be under coralife 96watt power compacts. i need a host anemone for ocellaris clowns. something colorfull or even white is prefered, as it will be the centerpiece of my tank. also, what kinds of water quality changes are they most sensitive to? thanks for...

i plan on keeping soft and hard corals, as well as an anenome. the manager of my LFS said even a 150 watt would probably overheat my little tank. he was also trying to tell me that metal halide bulbs need to be replaced as often as power compact? i get the feeling he was just trying to sell me...

Hello everyone. i'm really enjoying things around here and a lot of you have already helped tremendously. i live in british columbia, canada. i'm 20 years old and have limited saltwater (FO) experience. but i'm an extremely fast learner and am sponging up all kinds of good info from you guys. i...

i need to paint two things, the back of my aquarium, and a custom built canopy. the paint for the back of the tank has to stick to glass well and be resistant to scratching from my various pieces of equipment. this one must be a spray paint. the paint for the canopy has to be resistant to...

i'm shopping for a 48" PC strip for my 90 gallon, and i've narrowed it down to the 260watt coralife, and the 260watt coralife with moonlights. the moonlights sound cool, but cost an additional $60. i've never seen them in operation before. can you really see anything or is it just a gimmick?

i'm looking for two HOB skimmers of good quality. one is for a 15 gallon reef and the other is for a 90 gallon FOWLR. please PM with anything you'd like to part with. :)

are there any inverts i can keep with a porcupinefish and a picasso trigger?

so i have a new 15 gallon tank with a single clownfish. i'd like to eventually upgrade to a power compact strip and throw a good skimmer on there. i'm eventually gonna get some live rock. now should i wait until i get the good lighting in hopes of growing some cool stuff? i love the deep purple...