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I have been fighting this brown rust color Algae for the past month every time I clean it come back worse then before. I have taken my LR out and cleaned it by rinsing it off with the spray hose on my sink. Town Water. 55gal tank, Plenty of flow, mostly up and around the tank, not much pointed...

What are good plants/algea to have in a fuge?

I have a 55 with 40 lbs of LR. A few fish. 150 snails. few crabs blueleg. Two mushrooms and a toadstool coral. I started using Seachem REEF BUILDER and am using Seachem REEF CALCIUM. Are there any fatal errors not to make when mixing other additives like Iron, Mag, Iodine, and any others. Are...

I am using the Sea Test brand calcium test kit. And with it my calcium test at above 1000 ppm. I have to add 75 drops of the reagent to achieve the correct blue color. Can this be right? I use Red Sea brand salt. my KH / Alkalinity is around 300 ppm and all other test come out good. PH is at...

Mt question is how does the SCWD work, and does it work good? I am thinking about getting one or maybe two for my 125gal and setting up a closed loop. Does anyone use this item on their tanks?

I am going to attempt to build a protein skimmer for my 125gal reef. This tank will also have a 30gal sump and a 30 gal fuge. Just because I have two 30gal tanks from an old FW project. So with all filters, and tanks full I will be pushing around 200gal of saltwater. Is this how I should look...

I am setting up a 125gal with 3x175w MH mogul base lights. If I want to keep clams will they do good right on the bottom, on the sand bed. Or will I need to keep them closer to the light sorce up on some LR? Can they move on their own? will they find their own spot?

www.tampabaysaltwater.com Cool movie right on the home page just pick dial up or high speed. The movie is about 30mins long and very enlightening. About the Live-Rock farm they have set up in Florida.

Could you explain the diff. between a probe start and pulse start MH ballast to me. The reason I ask is because I just bought two MH 175w ballast Advance M57 retro kits. They are the same core and coil but one comes with an igniter/starter and the other does not. If I just don't use the igniter...

I am going to put 3x175 10-15k MH with 220w of VHO or 2x96w of PC plus 2-3, 72inch 65w normal output atinics for sunrise sunset probably 2 hrs in the mourning and two hrs at night with the normal output lights. I plan on keeping SPS coral along with other coral, etc. that won't need as much...

I am going to put 3x175 10-15k MH with 220w of VHO or 2x96w of PC plus 2-3, 72inch 65w normal output atinics for sunrise sunset probably 2 hrs in the mourning and two hrs at night with the normal output lights. I plan on keeping SPS coral along with other coral, etc. that won't need as much...

My snowflake eel is acting very sick. He looks a little bloated and is breathing hard. He was up side down two days ago, I hooked up my UV sterilizer and he looks a little better today he even came out to swim around a bit. but now he is back to just lying there breathing hard. He is right side...

:band: Okay, I decide to go with atleast 250w of metal halide light for about 2 feet+ of one side of my 125gal. Its 6 feet long, and about 22 inchs tall. Now, I have heard that 10k lights will be the best for the growth of corals and give off mostly a white light. Where the other end of the...