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    SPS corals in a 125g

    Hey, Well, I have a 125g tank...right now it only has some mushrooms, an ocellaris clown, a firefish, a sailfin tang and a yellow tang. I have it set up with 2 96W 50/50 power compacts, 2 55W 50/50 power compacts and 3 compact fluorecent 32W bulbs and 6 lunar lights for nighttime watching. I...
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    New 125 gallon tank, livestock questions etc...

    Hey, I bought a 125g tank, wood stand, canopy, chiller, skimmer, 30g sump, water pumps, LR and LS, and lighting system for $850...not bad...its been set-up for 3 years so it has a great cycle going on and its doing pretty well...Im gonna move it to my house on friday and im sure it will be a...
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    Taking care of an alveopora....?

    Hey guys....I saw an awesome looking alveopora in a pet store and I was wondering how hard they are to maintain....Im sure its alveopora and not goniopora (I think I spelled it correctly)...anyways...I have a 20gal long setup right now...yellow polyps which are doing great and some...
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    Weird little coral/plant? on sandbed

    This little thing just appeared in my sandbed..its tan colored..tiny..and looks like a tiny little colt coral or polyp...I dont know what it is because I only had yellow polyps and shrooms in that tank which I moved to another tank like a week ago...Maybe someone knows what it is???
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    20gal long livestock...

    Hey...I was just wondering if this sounds like a good list for a 20gal long... 1 false perc 1 small royal gramma maybe a goby...could I consider a firefish??..any opinions on which goby? snails, hermits and some corals...right now the tank only has LR, LS, snails, hermits and some shrooms and...
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    Trumpet coral

    Could a trumpet coral be placed in a 20g long tank...with 2 coralife T5 strips lights which have 1 10000k bulb and one actinic bulb each...the lighting comes to 72W total...Are these trumpet corals hardy?..easy to keep?...I believe they are LPS...Could they be kept with softies like shrooms and...
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    Mushroom ID please...

    Can someone please ID this shroom for me....
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    Clown with mushroom host???

    My percula clown which Ive had for about a week now is always rubbing up against my mushroom corals, does this affect the corals?? He never leaves the shrooms alone...will this cause the shrooms to be stressed or maybe close up??... Anyways I moved the mushrooms to my 20g long which has better...
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    feeding yellow polyps

    What do you guys feed yellow polyps...just regular invertebrate target food???..I feed my feather duster invert target food from coralife ...could I just give some to the new yellow polyps as well?? its a 5gal hex. mushrooms, yellow polyps, percula clown, fetaher duster, yellow feather duster...
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    green algae suddenly growing on the glass

    Hey...well I looked at the tank today when I woke up and I see that the front glass and some of the left side has little tiny green plants...like tiny hairy trees....weird stuff...its not the usual diatoms and orange stuff that grows on the glass ...so what is it and what could I do ..is it bad...
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    Corals...please, need some advice

    I was wondering which species of corals I could put in my 5 gallon Hexagon tank..it has live rock, live sand, a feather duster, and some mushrooms...I have it set up with a 10w 50/50 mini compact from coralife...Which other corals could I put in?.....Oh and i also have a mini powerhead in there...
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    Little parasites on my fish

    My fish have little transparent parasites hanging from them...I have a harlequin bass that has like 6 of these things...they are pretty tiny, they look like the tags they put on marlins when they "catch and release" them...I was wondering what I can do about these things...is there any shrimp or...
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    Mushrooms for a 5gal

    Is it possible to have some mushrooms in a 5 gal tank...liverock,livesand and 2 feather dusters Coralife power compact mini 50/50...2watts per gallon I do weekly water changes..have had it running for a little more tahn a month...everything is ok...the feathers are happy..i feed them invert...
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    Feeding surgeonfish

    hey...was just wondering if I could feed regular lettuce to juvenile surgeonfishes???...They have been eating alot from the rocks these days but are starting to depleet the algae growing on the live rocks...It would be nice to be able to just drop a lettuce clip in there and have them eat...
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    Squat anemone or Sexy shrimp

    Is there a difference between these two shrimp or are they the same shrimp known by those two names...squat anemone and sexy...??? Anyway...I have a 5 gal hex with a 12 watt 50/50 light, power filter, and mini powerhead...Right now it has a Feather duster, a yellow fanworm and a serpent...
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    Skilter Filter

    Hey...are those skilter filters any good???....I have a 20gal long tank..live rock, live sand and planning on adding some mushrooms and zoanthids later on...I have the tank running with a Tetratec PF150 which is a pretty good size filter for such a small tank... Is it enough to have the...
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    Skimmer for a 20gal

    Whats a good skimmer for a 20gal long tank...just 12 inches deep and its gotta be small so it wont look bulky cause I dont have a sump so it will go hanging on the back of the tank... Thanks, any help with a good model is welcome Not more than $100 preferably
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    Little transparent hands on live rock

    There are tiny transparent hand like things that come out of a puny hole in the rock...They arent even a 1/4 inch in size...I imagine they are sometype of feather duster but which one???....Theres quite a few of them...When they come out they turn like a little sattelite dish for a few seconds...
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    French angel and corals

    Could I keep a juvenile 2 and a half inch french angelfish with zoos and mushrooms??? What would be the angels behavior towards the corals?...aggression?..will it nip at them and cause major problems? Are there any inverts that should not be kept with zoos and mushrooms?..like coral banded...
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    New to coral keeping

    Ok...so I have set up my 20g long tank about three times since I got it...it always goes great...no dead fish..water parameters awesome...evrytime ive set it up its been FO...but Ive taken it down twice cause of space issues...anyways, Its up again...Its been up for about a month and a half...
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    Oysters?

    Is it a good idea to keep oysters?...I think they are called fire oysters..their "hair-like tentacles" may be red or white...anyone had success with these?...what do they eat?..could they eat or attack any fish or other inverts like shrimp and soft corals?
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    question on lighting and corals...

    Hey... I have a 20gal long tank...I wanted to see if I could have some soft corals later on but I have questions on the lighting... Would a 30" Coralife double t5 strip be enough to keep soft corals?...it would have one 18w 10,000k and one 18w actinic bulb..coming to a grand total of...
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    Which skimmers are good???

    Hi, I,m gonna set up a 55g tank with a sump...I wanna have a skimmer in the sump but I want an airstone powered one thats not too overpriced...The sump is a 20gal long tank...I think Im gonna have bioballs and maby some live rock in the sump too... The other problem is that the sump...
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    How to keep feather dusters and christmas tree worms?..tips?

    Hey... Anybody know how to keep feather dusters?...what filter feeder liquids should I feed them?...Do they require special lighting or some other special needs?...also, Are christmas tree worms good for aquariums? If so, how do you maintain them? Oooh and I was also wondering if I could keep...
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