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While inspecting my tank the other day I notice some new members to the neighborhood. There are at least 12 of them and they measure 2 - 8mm. As far as I know they are only in the refugium, more precisely on the up flow side of the bubble trap. I hope they are nothing but sponges...but I do not...

While in the LFS I purchases a Cleaner Wrasse. Once home I research the fish on the web and found that it is a difficult fish to keep. I usually do not make purchases on a whim and was surprised to find that the fish has problems with survivablity. My 75g w/30g sump/refug has been up a...

I have a Coralife Skimmer 65, and I don't seem to be producing very much dark skimmate. Recently I was viewing the sump of another aquarist online and noticed that he had tilted the top of his coralife skimmer cup. Meaning that the lid was not fitted tightly to the cup but allow room at the...

I am the proud owner of a 75G SW tank with a 30G sump/refug and a Coralife Skimmer. For lighting I have 2 actinics and 2 MH. When I first got into the hobby I did so because I love the color diversity of the fish but have since fallen for corals. Currently I have: 1 clown 2 chromis 1 hippo...

I have a 75gal reef system and as it matures my coral are expanding. As they expand they grow and attach to adjacent LR which can make it difficult to relocate them. My question: as the coral grow they will likely come into contact will other corals and I wonder how compatible my coral. I...

It appears that something is eating my live rock. This piece is specifically a dead coral (Acropora) skeleton about 10" tall. I have attached an older picture of the specific rock. While using my turkey baster to blow off the rocks I noticed that a great deal of white debris came floating off...

About 4 weeks ago I got a beautiful metalic open brain. I really want to care for it properly so I need to know if I am to feed the brain should I feed all three mouths or would one suffice?

Hey y'all I need to pick your brains. My little sixline wrasse decided to explore the weir built into the back of my 75gal tank. One of the problems is that the weir is equipt with 2 Durso Pipes and this is making it impossible to net the little guy.:-? Any thoughts?

I have a 75gal with a 30gal sump/refugium and a Coralife Protein Skimmer. I have had the system up and running for about 5 weeks now and my skimmate of the Coralife is pretty clear. I got up this morning and found that the skimmer was working overtime and had suddenly collected a lot of fluid...

Now that I have my upgraded system up and running I am experiencing some problems with micro bubbles (MB). At first my plan was to have the Protein Skimmer run into the bubble trap, but the trap couldn’t handle it so I had to return it back to the first chamber. :confused: I know I’m double...

I have had my 45gal for one year and have enjoyed it so much that I have decided to upgrade to a 75gal. I have a 30gal sump/refug that I built myself from many ideas and examples from this site...thanx. I have about 2" of sand in the tank and have placed about 8 cups of live sand from my...

I have two Toadstool leather corals that appear to be doing well, I have had them for about 6mos. and they have doubled in size. As you can see from the pics below they have fairly long tenticles but no polyps. That's the question. I have seen other Toadstool leathers with polyps extending...

I have completed my new sump and am very happy with the results so far. As you can see from the drawing below I have 2 durso stand pipes in the sump and they are very quiet. :D I found that it is very important that the durso pipes are at the exact same height or one will draw all the water. I...

I have had my 45gal SW up for a year now and everything is thriving. My quaestion is: It appears that one of my heaters came loose from the glass and got close enough to my Toadstool leather coral to damage it (:( burned?). The head of the coral has a diameter of at least 6" and the damaged...

Hey everyone, I have had my 45gal SW up for a year now and everything looks like its thriving. I will soon be graduating to a 75gal with a 30gal sump/refug...pretty excited about that! My problem is that I am colorblind and the water test kits that are out there are nearly impossible for me to...

I have been up and running for only 7 months and already I'm in love. My system is 45 gal reef w/ CPR192 and 250W Metal helide. I have one large colt coral 2 medium toadstool leather coral Green star polyp colony Many mushrooms 2 chromis 1 percula 1 blue hippo tang 1 lawnmower blenny I am...