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We bought a beautiful pink plate coral (about 3" diameter) from the LFS about 3 weeks ago, which had a very small white patch in the center. Slowly, brown algae has grown in that region (at least, I assume it's algae), exuding bubbles of ?air or ?mucous that sit suspended right over it. The...

We have a 46 GAL bowfront, with a 15 GAL sump and an 18 inch Aquafuge HOT refugium. I'd guess 50 gallons of water after subtractign space for LR and adding fuge and sump. We're using Tech CB buffer. Per the bottle we should dose 12.5 ml of each part A & B (10ml/40 gal) daily. Even dosing...

I have heard everything from 1.5 to 2 hours drip acclimating to 15 minutes of floating the bag. Anyone have experience?

We'd like a book that talks about corals that are suitable for adding to our aquarium. We already own "Aquarium Corals" by Borneman, but it is a real textbook, going into detail regarding every single species under the sea. What we'd like is a listing (with pictures) on just the ones that do...

To replace our noisy overflow the LFS has suggested we use a CPR overflow, but we've read bad things about them losing siphon after a power outage due to a PH failing to come back on, resulting in a flood. So, we countered with a suggestion of a Tidepool Silent Overflow System. They say the...

Our 46 g tank has developed a "snow globe" problem. It's been up and running with LR for ~1 month, got snails/hermits about 2 weeks ago, and got a scarlet cleaner shrimp 9 days ago. The shrimp molted the next day, and we left the carapace in the tank. Over the last week, I've noticed more and...

We just purchased a blue spotted jawfish for our tank, and put him in a few hours ago. He immediately selected a spot a distance away from the bed of deep substrate we placed especially for him, and behind a piece of liverock. We would greatly prefer that he create his burrow in the deep part...

OK, so the wife and I got a tank with LR, cycled it, and added a cleaner crew. The tank's been running with cleaner crew fine for a week before we leave for a five day weekend in Jamaica. When we came back, the Ground Fault Interrupt had gone off, so nothing was running. Tank temp was 64...

We've just begun setting up our new 46 gallon reef aquarium, and have gotten as far as putting in the live rock and starting water circulation going with a hang-on-the-back overflow system that goes to a sump (skimmer in the sump), with a pump that returns the water to the main tank. My problem...

My husband, David, is trying to persuade me that adding a Q tank to our new reef aquarium system would be not only a good idea, but also “not a big deal.” I think it wouldn’t be much less work and equipment than setting up and maintaining the main aquarium. After all, the fish are supposed to...

I am a newbie planning my first tank. I stopped in my local pet store http://www.preusspets.com - a store with which I have been very impressed. They place beautiful tanks all over town, in the theatre, post office, and stores. They seem to have an extensive selection of coral, fish, and...