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I have a aqua light pro 48, I noticed my bulbs looked off colored, they are about a year old. So I went to the lfs and picked up two new 250w 14k bulbs. I got home took fixture apart changed bulbs wiped glass down and fired it up. Left side of tank is yellow and right side is blue, could my...

Last night I was cleaning my glass on my 90 gal, and I started to wonder if I had to much live rock. Might be a stupid question , but I thought I would toss it out there. I'm not even sure how many pounds I have anymore but I know it's around 100.

K so my tank has been up for a year since the big move and upgrade to the 90g w sump, which is going great. My question is Ab my light fixture I have a 48 aqualight pro with two mh. First problem is I fry timers, they work for Ab 3-6 months then the dial will get sticky and spun broken as u...

Ok, I moved into my new house finally got my chance and got my 90 gal I've been eyeballing. Tanks great my diy sump is working great to. I am going through a cycle as I basically started over going from a 30g to 90 with 23 g sump. Yesterday I noticed just before the lights turned off it was...

Ok so i went a little longer than normal on my water test and i decided last night i better test since one of my corals was looking sick, i know i should have kept up on testing... so my results were alarming, i have 0 nitrates and 0 nitrites and very low amonia i dont know what happened or how...

i searched and couldnt find much i want some oppinions on how long everyone is running the lights on their reef tanks

the other week i lost 3 turbo snails, and on wednesday my clown fish died i tested everything and my water seems ok, could i have something in my tank that would kill these off, maybe the crab i put in there?

so my tank has been up and running for about 4 months my coraline is growing nicely will i always have green and purple or will everything eventually turn purple? i ask because some of my green turned purple in the ast week or so, just wondering. Also i have qhat looks to be hair algae growing...

hey everyone, i have been looking at some different corals and i think i am ready to start adding. My tank is 40 gallons with 4 t5s, 2 10k and 2 acentic "bad spelling". this will be my first coral experience so im looking for some that are not to demanding also i know my lighting is not the best...

i have been looking at the Hang on back refuge by some different brands, has anybody used one of these and were the results worth the effort? or should i be looking towards a full blown refuge?

ok so i picked up some more coral from the store closer to me. i didnt have time to go to the normal store, after a few days in the water i noticed two anemones growing on 1 of the rocks they are very small and im worried its the bad ones. ill try to get a pic tonight, last night i tore one off...

ok so my tank was over run with the brown algae phase about two weeks after the cycle, is it burning when it starts to shrink up? i got home yesterday and to y surprise either my 3 turbo snails were very hungry or its burning up im not sure which has happened either way im happy to see it going...

ok so everyone says i need ro di water i dont have the filter yet because i live in an apartment. i thought about adding one to my dads house and i could just fill jugs up over there. im not sure though if i was going to drive 20 mins to their house couldnt i just get water from the kroger...

ok i have saved some money and its time to start my reef lighting "i only have flourescent right now" one blue one 10 k. Im going with a combo of metal halide and probably power compact, my queston is what is consider high lighting as far as watts per gallon go?

hey everyone i wanted to ask some lighting questons befor i get started on my hood, right now i have a 24 inch 20 watt coralife 100% actinic in an aqueon hood, can i run bulbs like these to grow soft-medium coral? if so what other bulbs do i need (like a 5050 or 10k)? i was thinking 4 if its ok...

ok so i mixed some poolfilter sand and live sand and have it in the tank. saltwater is in systems running. Now comes my queston do i need to put in live rockk for the cycle or not. i wanted to ask befor i bought because its so expensive per pound and i did not want to kill off the things on it...

hey Everyone i was at a different walmart than i usally go to the other day and they have a 55 gallon kit. has anybody ever used one of these is the tank built good or do i need to just go to the fish store and get an aqueon

hey guys have a regular hood single bulb, is this going to be enough light to grow plants in my 37 gal tall, i feel like its really far from the bottom of the tank does it make a difference? if so what do you recomend im up for all suggestons

my new candy stripe pleco died yesterday, i noticed he was upside down on the bottom last night. i dont know what happened maybe its because i bought him at petco. He was fine sat night when i turned the lights out

hey guys i have a good deal on a 55 gallon tank from a friend but its a fresh water (not drilled) can you make a saltwater tank without haveing the sump holes like going up over the edge or should i just make another fresh water?

i have two ballon mollies and my female is blown up like a ballon she cant swim and just sits at the bottom of the tank, i asume she will be dead this afternoon when i return home. Does anybody know what this is i dont think she is pregnant

hey everyone i was getting cat food at petco and was looking at their fish and plants they had these moss balls what is it and are they ok in tanks? whoops sorry i forgot to search thanks

Hey everyone i was thinking about adding a uv cleaner to my tank, but befor i do anything i wanted to get everyones oppinions and thoughts on them. also do they just burn bacteria?

hey guys i have almost completed my tank now. I was looking for something to take up the bottom section of the tank and maybe clean a little of the left over food up, i have 6 tiger barbs, 2 dwarf gouramis, 2 ballon mollies, and i am not sure what to put in the bottom would a zebra pleco do...

so im going out of town for 4 days ill be home on monday is it ok to use those feeding pyramids or should i get one of these auto feeders? its whatever is best i dont care how much