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Hi!!! I have a 60gl saltwater tank been up n running great for about 4-5 yrs. I have always had live rocks with corals and i was thinking about maybe doing a fake coral reef using the live rocks but wasnt completely sure how to go about it. would love any advice anybody can give.. my...

:confused:I have a 55gl salt water aquarium and my protein skimmer caught fire and exploed.... I was wondering if I should just replace it or maybe go with a canister filter or a sump.. Any feed back would be wonderful explaining the pros and cons of each one and which would be better in th...

okay we only have 1 lsf and they are ok I guess so I do so more searching and see where I can get some of the other things you suggest thanks for all your help

nice, someone was telling me that I could feed stuff from the seafood section at the supermarket..... I dont eat seafood so I wouldnt know what to even get would you?

may I ask how you make a diet mash I have never heard of that?

Hi I have a Panther Grooper about 6in long, a sail fin tang about 4in, a pink spot goby 6in, and a Bursa trigger about 4in I have been feed freeze dried krill every 2-3 days for the grooper and trigger and frozen srimp and frozen brine for the other guys. I was just wondering what else I could...

if you mess with it it will retract and at night it goes down but it come right back out during the day

Sorry I don't remember where I first posted my question about my frogspawn but it has developed a bubble in the middle of it and it seem to be getting bigger I have tried to decreace to flow and move it but it hasn't helped it doesn't seem to be harming the frogspawn but it really bothers me...

I dont think so but I sure can try and move it and see if that helps!

my frogspawn is doing great and growing like a weed but for the last 2 days I have noticed a peach colored bubble in the middle of one of the heads. is this anything to worry about? the frogspawn as a whole looks fine......I have also noticed that my royal gamma fish likes the hide or play I...

Its a API reef test kit. my salinity is 1.022 with a hydrometer.

I took a sample to the LFS all readings are correct. But the couldnt test Ca???? I dont know I going to try another water change today. I have took out my filter and running with out it. The LSF suggested that maybe my live sand could be producing alot of Ca and I dont have enough in my tank...

I just did my test again last week ok today all out of range I am pulling my HAIR OUT!!!!!! I dont want to loose everything I have in there!!!! I use RO water and mix in Instant Ocean bag salt my Ca levels are at 920 I have never add any additives to it...My dKH is at 6 (107.4). my phos is at...

My tank did cycle and nothing has died. my Ca has always read high the LFS told me it was b/c of the instance ocean salt. my fish is a fire fish. like I said it seems to be getting better with my lights off I plan on doing a PWC and cleaning my sand rocks real good today and see what happens...

I am doing water changes every week to week and a half . I was doing change every 2 weeks to 3 weeks until I started getting this green slime. I am not using anything else as far as dosing anything. the filter is a tetra whisper I believe its rated for 50 - 60 gal tank. I change the carbon...

I have left my light off all day today and it seems to be better but I am scared when I go back to leaving it on it will come back so I need to know how to get rid of it. I plan on doing a water change tommorrow about 7 - 10 gal and possible taking out my rocks and cleaning them would this be...

I believe it nitrates I dont know what my nitrites are I dont have a test for them. I am feeding phytoplex for my coral but I have only fed them once. I am using RO water mixing instance ocean

will is go away if just seems to be getting worse! Would it be better to take my rocks out and wash them off with some ro water or something?

my tank is about 2 months old. I can siphion It off of the sand but not off of the rocks. It comes off of the glass eaisly. my light is new. I change my water every week to week and a half. I do have a feather duster in there. and a candy coral

I have this almost neon green slime taking over me tank it is all over my rocks and the sides. I have a 30 - 35 gal hex with 20 lbs of live sand in the bottom with 20 lbs of CLR and 10 lbs of base rock, a metal halide light, a sea clone 100 skimmer, 2 power flow jets and a regular filter. My...

I have a few more question!!! I checked my levels and everything is good except my Amn is at 4.0 and Nit is at 5.0-10...That just means that my tank is cycling right.....I have a few pieces of LR in it but plan on adding more do I need to add it now or can I add it at a later date? Also, after...

Thanks for such a quick reply... I got a reef test kit and a saltwater test kit. All I need now is my protein skimmer and my LR. But I wasnt sure what skimmer to get? Also, when running my light how long should they run? also, should I combine LR with fake rock or just use all LR....

I am starting up a 35 gal saltwater reef w/ fish and looking for some advice. I have gotten some mixed advice from different people. Our town only has 1 LFS and they say if you get the LR from them that you don't have to let it cycle but, everything that I have read said that you still need to...