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not sure what is going on. I have an 85 gal tank. I left and took a long weekend. had someone stop by and feed them foo dI had prepared and refidgerated. not I com ehome to allmy corals sick or dieing. My anemonieslook all sriveled up and no movement. My carpet is upside down, all the fish...

I am in the process of aquiring equiptment for my new 180 gal. So far i have: tank stand hood 2 600 gal overflow boxes should be recieving my Remora Evo 240 next week Custom built sump mag 12 fo the skimmer 2 400W mogel MH fixtures with ballasts installed in hood 4 36W CF with atinic bulbs 300W...

I have a Coralife Turbo-Twist x6 sterilizer and I want to get about 200GPH for the best effectiveness that I can get I have the sterilizer mounted below the tank on the top of the stand. I am putting the pump directly in the tank on the back wall and plumbing over the side and back up to the...

I have had my orange shoulder tang in QT for the last 4 weeks and everything has been going well. The fish has shown no signs of illness. I placed the fish into the main tank last night and today it looks like this..... Can anyone help me id what this is? the tang is now back in QT main tank is...

I should be recieving my 180 gal all glass tank on monday. (petco was having a sale buy the stand get the tank free...... thought 357 for a 180 with stand was a good deal) I now have 2 400 watt mh and 2 DIY skimmers. (both have been tested on the reef i have now) Looking to do a fowlr tank and...

I have had the tank set up for about 7 months now. Everyhting was going extremely well until last week. I purchased a powder blue tang from a LFS and he looked ok there. Brought him home put him in quarantine. Everyhting was fine. 3 weeks later moved him to main tank, and he got what looked like...

im currently fighting a heat problem. I changed from 2 65w CF to a coralife dual 150W HQI retrofit. now my tank in a air conditioned room gets as high as 84 deg. I have put 2 fans on the tank (6") seemed to bring it down a little bit, adjusted the heater, I think it was runing a litle warm. but...

I had a pair of O. Clowns, and one got sucked into the overflow and down into the filter and died. The other clown is now covered with a whitish looking film, swimming eradicly, and breathing heavy. Any ideas on what to do? everything looks great as far as water parameters, 1.02 sg 0 ammonia 0...

has anyone ever had problems with emerald crabs and snails on their corals? I have been seeing the snails get onto the corals in my tank, and the corals retract back into themselves. Then tonight I saw an emerald crab on my frogspawn. Is this a problem?? thanks tj

anyone have any sucess or problems with ordering livestock online? I am looking for somewhere where i can get livestock online but i would appreciate the help of others so that i might not have the problems others have faced. Thanks

I would eventually like to ad corals to my tank. I know I should have it set up for at least 6 months or so, But what kind of lighting would I need to keep corals in thins tank or would what I have be ok? Please check my earlier post about some problems I have been having to see my current setup...

I have started my new tank (85 gal great lakes) I now have 85 lbs of cured live rock from my LFS a proclear 175 wet/dry, and a proclear 250 gal skimmer. I have 2 yellow tail damsels and 2 electric blue damsels. I am having 2 problems. Due to the small volume of water in the wet/dry, I am getting...

i am just starting a new 85 gal SW tank. The tank is predrilled with built in overflow from great lakes. I have 2 bags of play sand (not silicate) A proclear 175 and a seaclone 100 protein skimmer. I am ready to start the tank up now, but I need to buy live rock. I will get about 10 lbs from the...

what would be an appropreate size (watts) and flowrate for a 65 gal tank. Any product suggestions would be great thanks for your help tj

I need to move my tank tonight, as the weather is permitting being as warm as it is here in new england, and I need advice as to what the best possiable way to move the tank is. Do I need to emepty out all the water and rock and all or can i get away with leaving some water in the tanka nd...

I started the tank about 3 weeks ago using biospera. I know that was bad to do but i hadn't heard about you yet so..... advice form a lfs sold me wrong. Everything had been going well until three days ago, and now my water is all off the chart Ph 8.0 at 7pm temp: 79 SG 1.022 but now amonia at...

I currently have a 65 gal tank with: 2 percola ocelarus clown fish 1 spiney box puffer 1 koran angel 1 blue hippo tang 1 heniochus 5.5 lbs live rock 10 lbs dead rock 2-3 in sand red sea prizm skimmer eheim pro 2224 canister filter maxijet 1200 powerhead 2x65w CF 1 actine 1 10,000k white I...