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I have a open brain coral for 4 months now. I noticed a hole appear in it awhile (3 months) ago but noticed nothing at the time. I looked at it tonight and there is a creature in the hole! I could not get a clear pic of it but here is the best description I can give. It looks like the creature...

I have a new tank as my old one had a seal that started to let go. This one is a 65 with the dims of 36x18x26. I have one 250 MH now that is not yet mounted. Due to a center brace I was thinking of getting another 250. Is this too much? I realize this is about 7.7 wpg which is not too much but...

Today I noticed one of the sealed edges looked to have some sand behind it and as I looked closer it looks as if there is a water pocket in a couple spots around the seam. Has anyone seen this and if so is it close to letting go? Oh yeah, the water pocket is almost to the end of the seal. Sorry...

I want to put a single 250W over my tank but to center it would mean I would have a bad shadow in the tank. Any solutions? I am not keen on cutting the center brace. What I was thinking was to place the MH on one side and have my pc's cover over the other side. It is a squat tank so only 36"...

I have the drops but lost the booklet. Can someone give me the directions? TIA.

I can't make sense of some of the info i have been reading about T5. From what I am reading T5 is as good if not better. I understand the heat issue with MH. How high should the MH be above the water line and/ or a glass cover? Any input would be appreciated.

I had one of my false clowns meet a PH ( since been covered) and not make it. I went to the lfs and bought what was sold as a false but now that I look at him/her I realize it is a true. My other 3 are terrorizing it. Is this just because the fish is new ( 2 weeks) or is it a species barrier?

My carpet has done some wondering and has meet a large aiptasia in my tank ( I know, I know...) and has had some tissue damage from the sting of the aiptasia. I am not sure if I should worry a lot or be confident in the fact that the anemone will heal itself. Any suggestions?

I have a 20 with nothing in it and I was wondering if you need live sand and rock in it? Maybe those who are running frag tanks can tell me how they have it set up. TIA.

I have a 20 reef that I want to combine with a new 55 I just got. No problem you say, well here is the catch. I have a small amount of cyano and hair algea that I don't want to transfer and I have a small toadstool attached to a large piece of rock that I do not want to break. I want to put the...

Over the last week I have noticed my Tang nipping at my red open brain. What gives?

I am looking to upgrade to MH and I would like to know what wattage and possibly what brands some fellow reefers use that you would recommend. I would like the option of keeping virtually any type of coral or clam. TIA.

I am hoping that someone can help me in my search. back in the beginning of the year I had found a web site that showed with pics, the contrast between different temperature halide lights. I am hoping anyone can remember where this was. I am looking into a bigger tank (isn't everyone :) ) and...

I woke up to find that my crab had one of its claws off. Not sure if it was ripped off or fell off. Take a look at what is in my tank cause I don't think anything in there would do that. Any suggestions? It is not any type of molt cause the arm on the crab is completely gone an the cleaner...

How long should I black out (leave lights out) to ensure the algea prob is gone? The reason for the prob is my sump cracked on a sunday and I used tap when I rebuilt it and there are phosphates in my tap water. I know, I know ...... . Any ideas? Should the visible cyano be gone before putting...

Any ideas? Is it reef safe? TIA!

I have it set-up now with sand, 3lbs of rumble and some red macro. My question is this: What livestock should I put in there? TIA.

I know the water out of the unit is distilled but is it ok to use for water changes? Maybe I'll collect and test some of the water. Any insight would be appreciated.

Ok. My torch has been having problems with one head dying and another on its way out. All water params are good. I thought I would try spot feeding and all of a sudden a white very flat worm,looked to be almost the same texture as the coral, made its way out on the tenticles. I tryed to garb it...

One branch died a couple of days ago and now another is dying now. NH3, NO2 are 0 and No3 is 10. PH is 8.5 and PO4 is 0. Any suggestions on saving the coral? Help. PS: all other corals are fine.

Obviously talking about hermits here. Are these green reef safe? One is around my torch and the torch hasn't come out in a few days.TIA.

I have a toadstool frag that came on a small piece of agrocrete. I want to remove it and have it attached on a large piece of LR in my tank. Here is the problem. I cant remove the LR to glue the coral. I cant get an elastic or string around it. The question is can i use Krazy glue underwater...

I have a mushroom that came almost 90% bleached and is still a bleached but looks to be regaining its color. My lighting is 3 wpg so that isn't really hurting them. Will it return to its normal look?

I am considering using these in my fuge instead of the traditional macro algea. Has anyone had any experiance using these? Can the substrate be crush coral? TIA! :)

As you can see from the pic below they are attached to the glass and up close they have a clear membrane and a white "yolk". What are they?