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    What is the web address for liverock.com?

    It certainly is not http:\\liverock.com This is not the site address.
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    Crab identification

    Most Atlantic crabs will eventally reach a very good size, much too big for a home aquarium but you can always put them back in the ocean.
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    Crab identification

    Most all crabs will survive in a salt water tank, however I had very bad luck in the beginning realizing very soon that most crabs have no place in a reef tank. Unless very small they always knock everything over and move things around. As always water quality is important and acclimation from...
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    Water Quality Test Kit

    What is the best and most accurate test kit available to test PH, Hardness, Ammonia, Nitrates etc???
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    Do I have a corraline problem???

    I would honestly say no one can ever have a corraline algae problem.
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    Algae Problem

    You need Mexican red Dwarf Hermit Crabs. They devour hair algae. Check out this site. http://garf.org/
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    How risky?

    Make sure you collect some shellfish as well. They are fantastic for cleaning and filtering the water and removing nitrates. Did you know that 28 clams or oysters can recirculate and filter a 55 gallon tank twice in one hour? Each one can filter as much as 4 gallons of water in one hour...
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    red legs and blue legs?

    What size is your tank? Multiply your gallons by 1.5 and thats the combo of snails and crabs you need. Try this site http://garf.org/ great info on the many different kings of algae growth and what eats eat. Example...if you have the green algae problem you want NERITE SNAILS...if you have...
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    Time Change

    My lights are on for 10 hours a day. During daylight savings time it gouse off at midnight. That way when I turn the clocks back I leave the timer alone on the tank and it now goes off at 11pm. I don't change the timer.
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    Crabs are still causing problems!?

    Red Hermit Crabs I had the same problem in my tank. I have had a red hermit crab for 2 years now and he has gotten quite large. Sunday morning I wake up and there he is dismantling my starfish. Out of the tank he comes and off to the pet store for a new home.
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    Clownfish hosting anything besides anemones

    I haven't actually tried this yet but I have read if you have a clown and an anemone and the clown has not taken to it yet, try taping a pic on the tank of that breed of clown in an anemone so the clown can see it. The clown should get the general idea.
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    Algae Question

    Algae is always a problem with ant tank...caused by a build up of phosphates. Even if you keep phosphates very low you will still have some algae. The best way is to have natural algae eaters in your tank. Take the number of gallons your tank is multiply that number by 1.5, so you should have...
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