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Last night when I got home from work I noticed there was no bubbles on my bubble coral. It is only a small little frag that I bought for 7 bucks and has been doing well for the past 4 days since it has been in the tank. It had about a cluster of 7 bubble and tentacles even come out from it . I...

With winter upon us I think I need to break down and get a heater for my 55 gal corner tank. What brand is both reliable and affordable? I think all I need is a 90 watt heater.

Currently I have one chunk of LR in my refuggium in the hopes that the macro alge will root in the LR. Am I better off with replacing the rock with sand. Also what critters would you recommend to add to the refuggium? Right now I have a damsel that in there. He is being punished for now and...

Finally something is growing out of my live rock. Aside from the hundreds of little brown worms (peanut?) and minature (1 cm)retracting flower looking things I have not seen anything too exciting growing out of the live rock . This morning I noticed some growth coming from a "dead" coral...

Started my tank Aug 15 went through a 2.5 week cycle and would like to start adding some hardy corals. Water parameters are great although Nitrates still at about 15ppm. Is it still too early?

Yes it is true. I filter my water outdoors and leave the RO unit in the shade but of course there is slight algae build up in one of the cannisters. Must I now replace the filters or are they still okay. TIA

In an effort to reduce algae growth and heating of the tank could I lower the amount of time I turn on the lights? Or can I just leave one of the two lights on and which one? I have one 65w actinic and one 65 w 10k . I turn them on at about 11 am and off at 10 pm. I have 70 pounds of LR in...

Just wanted to share with others that I am up and running with my new tank now. With all of the research ., dumb questions, great feedback and help from others our family is now able to actually enjoy our new friends in the tank. Amazingly the tank had “cycled”in about two weeks. Now after 2 ½...

I am using a Mag 7 pump for my return in to a 55 gal tank. I do have very minute bubbles probably 1/4mm coming out of the nozzle that makes the visiblity a little less than perfect. Is this normal? I made sure that there is very little turbulence at the inlet of the return pump but still get...

If I don't get anything in this tank soon I will self explode Okay This morning my Ammonia and Nitrates were at 0 the Nitrates are at about 15-20ppm. My tank has been in :”cycl”e now for 2 ½ weeks . I would like to get a clean up crew in there first before any fish . Is this a good idea. If...

My tank is still in it;s second week of cycling and things are looking good. Ammonia and nitrates are near zero while the nitrate are still at 30ppm. I added a refugium to my sump and placed some of the green stuff in it along with some live rock ( excuse me for the scientific discription but...

Not there yet but when you QT the fish or invert do you automatically add a copper based solution that would kill any parasites? How would one know if it is infected? My second question concerns Corals and Anemones. I guess it is common to NOT add these two delicate creatures to the tank for a...

Only four days in to my cycle and this damn pump at 1 in the morning starts cutting out making this loud intermittent surge. So mad since it is new and thought that the Mag Drive products were reliable. It sounds as if the motor just simply cuts out and in randomly. Is there something that I am...

Does anyone have one of these skimmers and experiencing the same problem? I am in the 3rd day of cycling a 55g tank and the skimmer barely produces any thing. Perhaps maybe a 1/4 oz per day of slightly brown water and that is it. The main chamber of the skimmer is producing quite a bit of...

I recall seeing someone making an excel chart that tracked their parameters during their cycling. Could anyone point me out to where that might be. I am doing the same thing and want to make sure my conditions are ok. Here is what I have for day 2 Temp 80 sg 1.021 Ammonia 4 PH8.2 Nitirite 2...

Okay finally after months of prep studying and research I finally got water in the darn tank and the system is currently running for the first day.I only have the PS and return pump running. 70# LR 4"DSB 55G 25G sump Here were my water conditions this morning. Ionly checked the following...

A few questions here for my new tank that I plan to finally start once I get home. How much live sand should I put on top of my 4" DSB? Can I put the sand in in a day or two? I plan on not turning on the lights to prevent early algae bloom. Which begs the question when do I finally turn them...

Just got my new three-stage RO filter and it is chugging along at a rapid 25 gpd. Yeeesh I can sweat that much .... in Alaska. Anyways the water or reject water that I believe goes throught the two prefilters only.. is that drinkable? At a 4:1 reject rate I would like to save as much as I can...

The issue came up yesterday about water changes on an initial setup. There was some differences of opinion and I need some advice since I will be starting my first tank here in about three days. Here is my set up; 55 g corner tank 130w PC 4"DSB 75 pound of live rock. The major argument was...

I am ordering two 45 pound boxes of Fiji Live rock from liveaquaria.com. I need only 70 pounds and would like to sell the remaining 20 pounds. The price per 45 pound box is 109 plus the shipping per box($53.55) . So hmmm that would come to $72.25 for 20 pounds . I will order it monday of next...

I should be getting my 55g tank set up here for the first time, just awaiting the live rock and southdown. I am trying to cut costs as much as I can without jeopardizing the health of my system. I do not have a RO system yet . The LFS will sell premixed water for 99 cents on the gallon. Does...

I am still in the research phase here and I should be starting my tank this weekend. After the cycling is complete however I planned on getting one of these "cleaning crews". For a 55 gal tank they recommend the following 12 Scarlet Hermits,24 Mexican Turbosnails and 35 Dwarf Red Tip Hermits...

I should have my 55 gal tank ready in about a month but want to get some early opinions. With 130W of lighting (one 10k and one actinic) will I be able to keep any corals in my tank. Are there any low light corals that you can recommend. Do anemones also need light like the corals do?Iguess...

Hopefully a simple question. I am in the process of making a sump out of a 10 gal aquarium for my 55 gal reef aquarium. The tank has an overflow built in to it. The sump will be divided in to three compartments. Compartment one will contain the protein skimmer and receive the return water. The...

Hopefully a simple question. I am in the process of making a sump out of a 10 gal aquarium for my 55 gal reef aquarium. The tank has an overflow built in to it. The sump will be divided in to three compartments. Compartment one will contain the protein skimmer and receive the return water. The...