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Hi guys, I haven't posted in a while. 4 days ago our new little kitty cat jumped up on the canopy and knocked a full can of flake food into my 100 gal reef. No one was home and it didn't get noticed for hours. By that night ALL the fish were dead. It appears that virtually everything from...

No, not the sandy beach bar kind. I have a red-lens flashlight and love to look after hours. The past week or so I've been staying up about 1 to 2 hours after the lights turn off. I'm simply amazed at the life that comes out to play. Reddish looking worms sticking out of a rock and feeding on...

I've been seeing a brand of salt called Aquatic Gardens premium salt mix in my local Petco. It's $49.99 for a 150 gallon mix and is clearly listed as a product of China. Meanwhile the 160 gallon mix of Instant Ocean sits right next to it for $62.99. I'm a little leery. It seems to me salt is one...

I've had all the parts and pieces like overflow box, return pump, tank and plumbing for a month or so and this weekend I'll finally have time to build it. I've been working on a MAJOR bathroom/shower remodel (complete tear out and redo) for a long time and I'm finally finished. Had my better...

I tried my first calcium test last. I bought an Aquarium Pharmecueticals calcium kit from LFS. The kit works like this: Add 10 drops of solution #1 and shake for 10 seconds. Then, add solution #2 one drop at a time and shake 10 seconds and the color should change from pink to purple and finally...

I have an pink tip sebae that wont stay attached to a rock. He keeps getting sucked up into the powehead intakes. I know you can glue coral frags but has anyone ever heard of gluing one? What about using a rubber band to loosely attach him somewhere?

It’s been so hot recently I have had to resort to a small, cheap clip on fan blowing across the top of my tank to keep the water temperature down. I bought the fan at Wal-Mart for about $8. I was doing some tank maintenance the other day and accidentally knocked the fan off into the tank while...

Tank is a 100 gal with ro/di water, LR, some corals and about 6" of fish and T-5 lighting. I've been really really busy and haven't practiced good husbandry in the last month. My bad. I have about 35 gallons of saltwater mixed in a Rubbermaid trashcan in the garage. It has been sitting there...

First some good news and then some more good news. Ammonia, Nitrates, Nitrites and Phosphates are ZERO. Retested 3 times to make sure I wasn't crazy. ZERO!!! I've been more than dilligent with the water changes, maybe on the side of obsessive/compulsive. I've done at least 30 gallons a week in...

Whew, were to start. Q's I've got some brilliant lime green algea growing on my new brilliant white 60 lbs of base rock. I don't know if this floureces (sp?) under my lights or if it is really that spectacular. It has popped up in the last few days and is very fine looking and not hairy at...

Wow, I'm really wondering how this works. My salinity was 1.0215 (refractometer verified) I thought this was a a bit low so I did a big PWC with my new ro/di aged and fully dissolved water and brought it up to 1.026. I picked the level based on Brendens advice that he keeps his between 1.025 an...

Crying, sob sob sob, alligator tears gushing from my eyes. Just talked to a member of our local reef club who has an outstanding 3 year old 75 gallon reef tank. It's full of incredible corals, invertebrates and reef fishes. He and his wife have to move to a small apartment in downtown Dallas...

My local reef club just purchased 1000 pounds of dead base rock from Captain Jer at www.reeferrocks.com. It was a group buy and he gave us a pretty good discount. I'm getting 100 pounds of it.

I purchased this ro/di unit. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4452293819&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1 I paid $138 shipped to door from Taiwan. Ordered last Thursday night and received it Wednesday. Wow! I installed it last night under the kitchen sink and mounted...

I have a really nice big pulsating xenia that I picked up for $15. Yesterday I noticed he had been closed up for over a day and I was worried about him. Last night I did some rock rearangement and found a 6" bristle worm burrowed in the base of the coral. Obviously a hitchiker on my liverock...

I have a 4 month old 100 gallon. I want to keep anything that suits my fancy. I'll have 125 of liverock, protein skimmer and anything else I need. Dimensions are 18" tall x 18" deep x 60" long. Still looking for lights. I bought a very nice wooden hood that matches stand and tank. I've narrowed...

Hey guys and gals. Just wondering if anyone has tried using a split lighting cycle? My wife and I are regular working stiffs and the kids get up early for school. I was wondering if I could set the timers to come on early, say 6:30 AM, while were up in the morning and then cycle off at maybe 10...

Very specific question. Does anybody know a company that sells 60" T5 bulbs? Not 36, 48" or 72" but 60" I seem to be having trouble locating 60" (59.5") bulbs.

I've had my 100 gallon running for 8 weeks now. About a month ago I added 2 damsels and some fully cured liverock and "real" livesand from LFS. Last week I added a small tank raised percula clown. He was really happy and active and the damsels seemed to ignore him. I fed them a tiny amount...

Well, I'm 28 days into my initial cycle. My levels are still off the chart and they don't seeem to be moving up or down. I used the fresh shrimp method but removed the shrimp about 10 days ago on advice from this board. Tank is 100 gal. SP 1.024, water temp 78°F, decent circulation, cannister...

I've come to the realization with a 100 gal, 60" wide tank I'll probably have to build my own canopy/fixture and use some sort of retro kit if I decide to go with flourescents. There just don't seem to be a lot of options for a 60" tank and those pre-built fixtures I've seen are waaaay...

I'm 2-1/2 weeks (18 days) into cycling a 100 gal. My "tap" water is still a bit cloudy and my ammonia is still off the upper end of the scale at 8.0. I thought I did everything right. I have a PennPlax cannister with AC and filter floss running and two big powerheads for circulation. I have some...

Dual purpose thread. I would like a few opinions on whether people still use diatoms filters to polish water and the necessity of ground probes. I still have both of these items in a dusty box. Thanks in Advance

Geez, I'm looking for reef lighting for my new 100 gal. I'm just flat overwhelmed by the choices and price range out there. From what I've read here I need about 4 to 5 watts per gallon for reef and could get by with about half that for a FOWLR setup. Is my thinking correct here? My main tank...

I saw these lights tonight at Petco. Tiny little things that run off a transformer that hangs on the back. It actually looked pretty cool. I fully understand that these lights are for the humans only and wont help the fish or inverts. Anybody seen these in operation?