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    Led lights for me.

    Hello, I am planning on getting Led lights for my 20 gallon long. On aquarium sites and stores they are very expensive. Anyone know any affordable lights, strips, etc or where to find any. I dont have toooo much $ for lights at the moment.
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    Is this a steal?

    I found some lights online and plan to use them on my 55 gallon reef tank im going to set up next week. Is it a good deal? its on sale for $120.00 free shipping 48" T5 Quad 216W w/Timer Marine Version(4x 54W) Excellent for marine, reef, and cichlid aquariums. Includes built-in timer for...
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    Leapord wrasse question

    I have a leopard wrasse in my 20 gallon reef and he has been eating live brine shrimp every other day. How often should he be fed? Would everyday be better? There are pods on the glass and I plan to constantly add copepods to replenish the population. He seems healthy and happy. I bought him...
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    Copepods in main tank.

    I have a 20 gallon long reef tank. A buddy of mine gave me a piece of live rock from his fuge that has pods in it. I made a little "cage" for the rock to help keep the fish from picking away. I plan on adding a bottle of reef copepods from my lfs. I currently have tons of lr in there along with...
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    New 55 gallon... well old cichlid turning into a salt.

    I got a 20 long thats been running for a couple years. Gonna turn my dads old 55 into a saltwater tank. Thinking of going with a few corals, simple ones like xenia, starburst, mushrooms etc. And most likely a baby snowflake eel with a singapore angel and what other fish do you guys think would...
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    Know what these are? And how to care for them?

    Okay so my gf brought these 2 critters from naples to my tank about 3 months ago. I got a 20 long thats established for over a couple of years. They like to be in the sand, my sand bed is about 5 to 6 inches deep btw. They seem to be doing well, and i'd like that to continue, you guys know how...
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    Blue Flasher Wrasse

    Anyone have any experience with them? Im thinking about upgrading my tank to a possible 55 or so tank down the road. But I currently have a baby maroon, small royal gramma and a 3 stripe damsel currently. If I upgraded and added a blue flasher would he mess with my pep shrimp, cleaner, pistol...
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    Evil Damsel

    So i've had a 20 gallon long running for about 4 years and the last 3 years the only fish in it was a three stripe damsel. I decided I wanted some fishes to look at, and recently got a small royal gramma and a baby maroon clown (about 1 1/2 inches). And the damsel doesn't let the gramma come out...
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    Feeding Favia Coral

    When you feed favia's do you have to feed all its mouths? I feed brine every three days and its usually the top 3 or 4 mouths that usually get the food, and the other 4 mouths dont usually get food. Im worried if the other mouths should get fed :(
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    Power filter or skilter filter?

    Okay I have two power filters running on my 20 gallon nano reef a emperor biowheeo 200 (without the wheel and only cartridges and an aqueon quietflow powerfilter 30. Are these good enough to keep a 20 gallon nano reef crystal clear ? I was thinking about getting a skilter filter to replace one...
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    How many shrimp?

    I havea 20 gallon reef that currently houses a 4 stripe damsel, yellow watchman, and a royal gramma. I currently have 2 small peppermint shrimp and a pistol shrimp who i rarely see, (he's always making burrows around the tank) and want to know if its okay to pick up a cleaner shrimp. Hes the...
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    Back after a two year hiatus and in need of some advice

    I used to post on these boards about two years ago and recently got the itch to turn my 20 gallon into a nano reef. Currently it has a yellow watchman, royal gramma, pistol shrimp, and as of today I added two peppermint shrimps. unfortunately the pistol and goby did not pair but I still enjoy...
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    Ligting and Coral

    WEll I have a 20 Gal Long and the lighting is about 50/50 80 watts of PC. What corals can I get for my tank with this lighting?
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    New Sleeper Sleeping???

    Well I just got a new gold head sleeper for my tank 2 days ago and havent seen much of it. Is this normal? The water is good, I've read that they hide for the first couple of days. But would like to know if anybody here has experienced this?
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    Hermit Shells

    I just picked up 7 little blue legged hermits 2day and they are doing a great job cleaning the tank. Where could I get shells for them, for the shells they outgrow?
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    Reef Safe Star?

    Well I have a 20gal long tank that i plan on making a nano reef, is there a starfish that I can get that is reef safe?
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    New Clown!

    Well I just added a percula clown to my 20 gallon long. My tank completed the cycle and the paramiters are good. Well yestrday when I added him he was swimming around the tank but today he has picked a spot and hasnt left it. Is that normal? Does it take a while for them to get used to swim around?
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    Uh Oh Brown Algae :(

    I've been cycling my tank for about 2 weeks. There is brown algae growing on the rocks is this normal? What do I do?
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    Chain link eel

    are they reef safe and what minimum size tank do they require?
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    Coral Beauties Reef Safe???

    Are Coral Beauties reef safe? I plan of having corals such as Star Polyps, Xenia, maybe a colt coral.
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    Six Line?

    Well I used to have a sixline wrasse. I think they are very beautiful and are a perfect candidate for a small reef tank. I read about them before my last one and read they are picky eaters, Luckily mine ate flakes. Should I be worried about getting another one if I plan to feed flakes?
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    Not Enough Blue

    Well as most of you know im re-opening up my 20 gallon reef. Currently my lighting is an Aqualight Single power compact lighting fixture. with 50/50 65watts. and in the front of the tank i put an sinlgle bulb hood with an actinic bulb ( 16 watts ). Well my question is, is there anyway to make...
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    Reef Lobsters?

    Are they really reef safe? Im currently cycling my tank, its a 20 gallon long . When the cycle is over my stocking plan is to get an Ocerallis Clown and a Royal Gramma, some cleaner inverts such as snails and cleaner hermits, and a Coral Banded Shrimp. Later down the road some corals such as...
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    Please help!!!!

    Well I had a 20 Gal Long Reef tank, it was running beautifully but due to a power outtage everything died. (this happened about a year and a half ago) well i shut it down, took the 30 ibs of live rock and put it in a bucket without water, and left the live sand in the tank with out water. I was...
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