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I have a bunch of reef rubble coming and it's pretty much just dry inert stuff (not live and mostly bleached). I'm going to convert my refugium from sand/chaetomorpha to rock only. I'll add the remaining rock to the DT. Do I need to cure the rock separately or just let it run its course in...

Recommendations for the best live food to get a new antennata lion and snowflake moray to start feeding? Just got them a couple days ago. They both seem quite healthy. I'm just trying to figure out exactly what they'd like to start on and how to administer it. For example, if I buy live adult...

We have 2 regular ocellaris clowns and 2 small black and white. I have a carpet anemone, had a bubble tip, and a toadstool mushroom coral that the clowns could have adopted but no. Recently, one of the black and white clowns took to the Duncan and has been making it home. I'm curious if it...

If anybody has experience, I'd appreciate the scoop. We just had tornadoes and high winds go through and power is out in the area. I'm on a small generator right now and shouldn't really run it continuously. I have a 120 gallon aquarium with 1 blue tang, 1 yellow tang, 4 clowns, 1 wrasse...

I have two acanthastrea frags and absolutely love this type of coral. I was wondering if anybody knew if they will multiply from a frag and start spreading around the rock they are placed on?

Picked up a nice sized toadstool leather coral from the LFS here I really respect. It's been doing fine, however day before yesterday it sucked its polyps in and has developed the waxy coating I read about that they do just before shedding their skin. I redirected a sump return to give it a...

I have a green Fiji finger leather that just doesn't seem happy. Any good tricks out there to get them to polyp out and grow? Water conditions are ideal, so that's not an issue.

How do corals affect bio-load? I have a 120 gallon with 1 yellow tang, 1 hippo tang, 4 clowns, 1 tiger watchman goby, and 1 six-lined wrasse. Also 1 BTA and 1 carpet anemone with a large cleanup crew. So far on corals I have 1 toadstool, 1 candycane, 1 finger leather, 1 torch, 1 small...

I've searched high and low and have yet to find somebody who can suggest a powerhead that's good for the on/off cycling of a wave maker. I took a chance and ordered the Red Sea Wavemaster Pro and 4 SEIO Prop Super Flo Pumps despite their statement that they aren't for wave making controllers...

I'm sure it's not new. Any reason I couldn't drop the spotted mandarin in the refugium for a few days? It's crawling with pods in there, but I rarely see them in the DT. My mandarin is getting really skinny. He was one I didn't research a lot before buying and in hindsight never would have...

I'd like to try a variety of sponges. Liveaquaria.com seems to be very limited in what they carry. Looking for a reliable internet vendor who carries a few different types. Thanks for any suggestions. Dave

This was a strange situation for me, but wife had left me a voicemail while I was at work and message said one of our emerald crabs had died. No big deal, but I get home and look in the tank and I see one at first and a little bit later see another. The only thing unusual was that the second...

1. What size food would the typical torch LPS coral eat? Are we talking chunks of silversides, large mysis, small brine, plankton, or what? 2. Do SPS corals have visible polyps? I'm wondering how I can monitor the condition of a bottlebrush coral. Is color the guiding factor? Thanks in...

I just added a Tiger Watchman Goby along with a torch coral and bottlebrush sps coral. Previously, my water had been pristine in both appearance and chemistry. The goby's antics are hilarious and he's a blast to watch, but the tank has become a construction zone. He's kicking up an awful lot...

Wondering how long I can run MH's. I have a 120 gallon (4' x 2' x 2') and presently operate the flourescents about 12 hours per day and the MH's about 6 hours in the middle. Any reason I couldn't run the MH's longer? It's kind of dark and gloomy with just the flourescents. BTW the light...

Received two black and white ocellaris today and they are MUCH smaller than I was expecting. I already had two regular ocellaris (one small and one large) and was planning on sticking with ocellaris clowns because of their peaceful reputation. Unfortunately, the newbies are smaller than the...

Wondering how they are for reef compatibility and with other fish. Current stock is 1 blue tang, 2 ocellaris clowns, 1 six-lined wrasse, 1 spotted mandarin, and will be adding 2 black and white ocellaris and 1 yellow tang. How would the blenny do in that mix?

I had an order from liveaquaria and we had an ice storm coming so I was going to call and put it on hold when I found out they held it anyway due to weather advisories (kudos to them). Next day they shipped. Then Fedex is claiming delay beyond their control and it's stuck at the destination...

Moved all livestock to hospital tank due to blue tangs having ich. Initially moderately low salinity with chelated copper treatment. Later diluted with PWC's (daily) to get rid of copper and switch to hyposalinity. Hospital tank currently at 1.010 SG. I don't monitor any other chemistry...

Any reason why new fish quarantine tank shouldn't be hyposalinity? I'm replacing tangs that died within a few days of putting them in copper treatment and would like to try the hyposalinity route. Rather than QT in normal salinity only to find out 2 weeks later they have ich, any reason I...

In DT, I had 1 flame angel, 2 ocellaris clown, 2 blue tangs, 1 yellow tang, each of which I moved to hospital tank yesterday. Tank was SG 1.0015 and I added chelated copper exactly as per instructions. Temp is 80 - 81. Haven't checked other parameters because it's a brand new setup that will...

Current aquarium is 120 gal. Inhabitants are cleanup crew, 1 derasa clam, 1 crocea clam, 2 ocellaris clown, 2 blue tang, 1 yellow tang, 1 flame angel, 1 spotted mandarin, 1 six-lined wrasse, 1 carpet anemone, 1 bubble-tip anemone, and 2 cleaner shrimp. Blue tangs, of course, ended up with...

Currently have: -cleanup crew -2 x ocellaris clown -2 x pacific blue tang -cleaner shrimp -small carpet anemone -small bubble tip anemone wanting to add: -2 x 6 lined wrasse -flame angel -hawaiian yellow tang -spotted mandarin -derasa clam -crocea clam -2 x more cleaner shrimp The sum of...

Just bought first fish, an ocellaris clown, and it's just hiding behind the rocks in the back corner. It has 2 anemones (one bubble tip and one carpet) to choose from and no other fish in the tank. I guess I'm just surprised that a clown would be shy and hide like that. Is that typical for a...

I'd love to have multi-colored and red tree and ball sponges but know nothing about them. Are they OK in the average reef tank? Can't find any good info on searches here and wondering if they are a nuisance, or sensitive, or whatever. Any advice appreciated. Thanks, Dave