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i have a 120 gal aquarium, 100 gal sump, and a 55 gal refugium. the aquarium is lit by mh's. with all this it makes my basement very humid. does anyone else have this problem? what do you guys think i should do to beat this humidity and stop the threat of ruining my live in basement and...

i have a brine shrimp hatchery that only hatches them. any idea on how to keep them alive till they get full grown in 2 weeks? i have a 2gal aquarium with a air stone. any other ideas? thanks mark

any ideas on how to get rid of it, other than: w/c, emerald crabs, sally light foot crabs? also i have a uv sterilizer that i guess i need to slow the flow down on, any idea on how often the bulb needs to be cleaned ? thanks mark

is it possible to use the sterelizer part time? i'm trying to decrease the temp. it's running in the high 80's / low 90's. i have mh's so i'm trying to think of everything to do rather than decrease the light cycle. any one know of a cheap chiller or a good place for a diy? thanks mark

just got these two plugs from a friend i need some info on them if any one can give it. like position in tank, flow, genal temperment, etc. thanks so much! mark

my alk is > 5.71 according to my salifert test kit. how do i lower it ? what effect will this have on my reef tank? ca = 430 ph 8.36 ammonia =0 nitrite = 0 nitrate = 0 thanks mark

i'm trying to figure out who all uses 20 k mh's. does any one have regrets getting them? what corals do you keep with them? thanks mark

i have a 120 gal tank. i just recieved 2 400 watt 20k mh bulbs my aquarium is really blue. will i still be able to have the same corals that i had when i had 15k bulbs last year. will i still grow coraline algea pretty quick. i have 2 x 55 watt pc i was thinking of changing them to the...

ok i have a sea cucumber. i have heard when these guys are under stress they will throw up there guts is this what happened? is this bad? will it effect my tank? HELP! thanks mark here is some pics. is this what that is?

between copepode and amphipods? thanks mark.

does anyone have a metal halide ballast scematic to share? and could i buy these parts at lowes or home depot? thanks mark

i recently reset up my tank. my live rock pretty much is all base rock now. anyways i am having brown like hair/cyano algea growing on everything. the reason i think its cyano is, it peels off easily but it has long hair like hair algea. my question is how do i get rid of it? i used to...

does anyone have any specs or web sites that i could see/use to build a propagation tank for frags? i would greatly appreciate it thanks mark

i've had my aquarium set up for 1 year + , i've had the same bulbs in MH bulbs in place. i know i should switch them out in a year but they still look great. can anyone tell me the reason for switching out bulbs and what will happen if i don't. second part. the cheapest i could find a 400w...

does anybody have any good sites to buy some pods? i need to refurnish my refugium. trust worthy and reliable places i have found are hard to find. thanks mark

now i'm back. got everything running and it's looking great. but all my testing test tubes are brokre can anyone measure how many cc's/ml's of water is needed to test for ammonia, nitrates and nitrate. it's from the doc well fish company. i forget the company but it has the picture of the...

i was at my local grocery store yesterday and i came across DIXIE WHITE PLAYSAND. it says its a product of OLDCASTLE STONE PRODUCTS. do you think that this is silica free? it doesn't say. and is the new package for the old aquarium sand that everyone was looking for last season? let me...

ok, i know i made huge mistake. i neglected my aquarium and my live rock is over grown with cyano and hair algea. i broke down my 120 gal. and i moved all the live rock to my 100 gal sump (wich i disconnected from the tank) i basically am starting over. i've been doing daily water changes...

ok i know i brought this on myself. but, i neglected my aquarium for a while (new baby girl). now i'm ready to fix everything up again. i have slime algea really really really bad. besides water changes any other ideas. i know it's not the over feeding because i only feed once a week. i've...

this thing is growing fast , i mean doubling in a month. it's kind of harddidn't want to touch it much, in case it was a sponge. any ideas?

i got these frags at a lfs. i think this is a montipora

this is on some live rock i got. can you tell me what it is? and requirements? thanks

can anyone explain how a co2 reactor works.

i got some live rock with a very large bristle worm. about 5in long by 1 in wide. will it hurt anything in my reef tank? i did see it eat some aips :D heres a pic

i just got home (ohio) from vacation and i got about 20 mangrove seed pods that washed up on shore. i want to put them into my fuge eventually. can i go ahead and throw them in? or do i need to quaretine them? can anyone tell me how to care for them also? thanks mark