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Hello all, I bought a pulsing Xenia today.I put it in my tank, it started pulsing, everything was good. I look at it again a few hours later and it's not pulsing anymore. Is that normal? Or is it mad at me?

Hey all, I Need help figuring out some new lighting for my 30 gal (30 inches long, i think it's 18inches deep) tank. All the acronyms confuse me and the wattages and whatnot. Right now i have T5's (i think. the bulbs are two long skinny tubes that are attached at one end). There's two bulbs...

Hey all! I have a 30gal mature reef I just bought my first fish today :D I have flatworms and all sorts of buggy things so i bought a yellow wrasse. I acclimated himto my water by dripping my tank water into his bag for 45 min or so. I then added him to my tank. He did a quick...

Hello all, I've got a 30gal reef, no fish yet. I've got lots of tiny bugs on the glass and rocks, especially at night. Also, I've got a million tiny white and red snails. Are there any fish that would eat these bugs and snails? And would not eat my corals? Thanks for your help guys!

I've had this skimmer for a a little over a month now. It's the kind that you have to adjust the airflow to get it to collect. It worked for a while when i first had it. I've emptied it many times and i was happy with it. last time i shut it off to empty it, it wasnt collecting after i...

I bought two turbos about a month ago, but just recently i haven't been able to find one of them. Today, i noticed a brown blob on my glass. when i looked at it closely, it looks like my other turbo snail, same shape and it was scraping the glass the same way, the same pattern as the turbo...

Hello all: I bought a new piece of live rock and the guy at the fish store threw in a few mushrooms that were floating around the tank. They aren't attached to a rock at all. I'm wondering how i can get them to attach to mine? I've got a pretty strong current in my tank so they'll get blown...

I've got my blue tang in QT for the time being. Just trying to plan ahead: once the QT period is over, how do i move her to my display tank without stressing her out and getting ich again? I can't treat it in my display tank.

Hello all, Im a first timer with a protein skimmer. I just got one yesterday and set it up. Its one of the ones where you have to adjust the airflow, so im trying to get it just right. What is the stuff in the collection cup supposed to look like? I was expecting frothy brown bubbles. What i...

i have an aquarium stand with a tall, narrow, closed in compartment in the middle with a door. Seems like it would be perfect to hide a fuge! Is it possible to set one up in a tall skinny water jug? Next question: would i be better to set up a mini fuge in a HOB filter? I've got an extra one...

I just got a new skimmer, a sea clone 100 (i know, i cheaped out, lol) and It's been running for maybe 8 hours now. It's putting tiny bubbles in my tank that looks like fog. I read the instruction manual and it said that's caused by an organic additive like a slime coat enhancer or water...

hey all Im setting up a QT tank, 10 gal., HOB filter minus the carbon. What can i put in it for decor? I've got some old fabric aquarium plants that have been through the dishwasher and i've had them in water with some dechlorinator. are they okay to put in a QT tank? What about new ones...

I've got a tiny blue tang with ich. She's really stressed and not swimming, not eating. just sitts on the bottom. Im stuck... I don't have access to a fish store to buy copper sulfate for 12 hours or so. should i try a freshwater dip or will it kill her given how stressed she is already?

I'm trying to catch my new blue tang that i mistakenly put in my display tank when she needs to go in a QT tank first to treat for ich. (so i'm told) (crap!) I can't catch her.... I've tried but she's about the size of a quarter and hides in every nook and cranny of my rocks. I have coral on...

what can i do to make my new blue tang's life a little less stressful? All my water params are within an acceptable range and constant. There isn't really anyone else in the tank that will harass it, and there's lots of hiding spots. Is there anything else i can do to avoid it getting...

Hello all, I've got two cleaner shrimp, one of which looks like it's carrying a mass of greenish eggs on it's legs. Is this actually what i'm seeing or is it something else? Do these guys breed in aquariums? Is there anything that I should be doing?

Hey all! I've got some algae blooms as well as cyanobacteria and one suggestion to aid in getting rid of them was to get some macro algae which would consume some of their food source. This works for me since i really would love to get some macro algae. Any suggestions on what to get? I've seen...

So this isn't really about a sick fish but it sort of is: My brother has a SW tank for the last few years. Just in the last year or so his tank got electrocuted (bad storm) and all but one fish died. (also blew the transformers in his lights :() Then he made the bad decision of switching...

Hey everyone, I've had my 30gal reef tank up and running for a little over a month now. Im setting up my clean up crew currently. So far: 5 hermit crabs, brittle star, emerald crab, 2 cleaner shrimp, 2 turbo snails. In terms of equipment, I've got a small power filter, and a protein...

Hello all, I just set up a 30gal reef. I've got 2 cleaner shrimp, a brittle star, an emerald crab and a handful of hermit crabs. I'd like to add something that will sift the sand a little bit, and something that will clean my glass. Any ideas? Also, must be reef compatable!:D

I got two teeny hermit crabs to help clean up my tank. When i got them home it occured to me... I have to provide them with new shells don't I? How do i know what size to buy? And where do you buy teeny shells? like these guys are about half an inch

im in the market for a skimmer, wondering if brand/price makes a big difference in functionality? For example: Aquarium Systems Visi-Jet Protein Skimmer good up to 70gal ......59.99 This just seems too good to be true since the Coralife skimmer for a 65gal is 159.99 You think the first one...

my tank has finished cycling (yay!) now how do i get rid of all the brown algae that accumulated? I've scraped it off the glass but it's on a good majority of my rock and the sand. how should i go about getting that off without hurting the mushrooms that are growing and the purple algae?

I'd like to upgrade my lighting to something suitable for inverts. I don't know how to go about chosing a fixture/bulb, nor do i know what all the lighting terms mean (HO, fluorescent, etc). Right now i've got the regular bulbs that usually come in a fish tank kit, 24inches long, 1" diameter...

Once my tank is cycled, what do i put in next? Ultimately, I'd like a starfish to keep the sand clean, like a "sand sifter" or whatever they're called, same shrimp, corals, possibly an anemone? and a few friendly fish. In what order do i need to add these guys? I've heard some people say...