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Hi, I slowly converted a green scat into a saltwater tank. He has been doing great for two months but now has a bacteria infection in his eyes. I'm considering setting up a QT . My questions are should i make it a brackish water and if that works should i attempt to move him back into my marine...

I was just looking in my tank and noticed a slug on my glass. Then i realised it was a turbo snail out of his shell. And on top of that ,the shell is stuck to the glass. I dont see anything holding it there . Whats up with that? Anyone ever seen that before.

The other day i bought a fish (butterflyfish) from my lfs . that was sick . i thought it had ick and could fix him up . But turns out to be lymplo . So today i brought him back and picked up a cin clown . The clown has been in the tank for 5 hours lights still off ,but he is swimming in the...

On my desk i have 2, 20 gal reef tanks on my right and left . Both are healthy .The one on the right has a better growth rate . But there starting to get in the way . Im thinking of making a 75 gal tank with the content of the two 20s . Now should i put everything in the new tank at once (water...

I just got a sick copperband butterflyfish , with lympho pretty bad case from the lfs .Is there anything i can do to help him get better .

I saw a strange thing tonight , I was looking at my live rock and i saw what looked like a squirt of skim milk come from a deep crack . but i cant see anything in there .anyone know

I just got back from the ph , after 2 1/2 weeks . Had a great time . Cant wait to go back . The coral reefs there are breath taking . I had a under water camera but just couldnt get the hang of it . maybe next time ,the fish are so fast . most of them didnt even come out . I got 6 pounds of live...

Hi , Im going away for a couple of weeks. My friend is going to house sit for me . Now he dosnt know anything about reef tanks . So i just want to give him the basics to get by and hope he shows up every day to feed my fish . Is there anything i can do before i leave to help the chances of...

I have this molly miller , I was wondering if there is any reason or use for those eyebrow looking things and why he seems to like my fingers. when ever i put my hand in my tank he comes right over

Maybe someone can help me with this ? Last year i was in jamaica and i saw some cool fish but had no way to bring them home or even if i could bring them home . Now im going to the Philippines this march .Im thinking ill bring some coolers and heating packs . Maybe get some real nice fish or...

I just bought an eel at my lfs . The sales person said it was a garden eel . But when i looked it up online. the picture they had was different. this eel is black & white bands each one is the same size ,kinda like a coral snake but blk & wht . Its in a 60gal tank with 2 firetail fish . Any...

Hello everyone , Thanks again for all the great tips . i might have a problem . 20 gal reef tank that has no fish . It does have a lot of invertebrate. I was going to move a fish in there from another tank . So i tested the water first . Now i have a cheap test kit for my pH it goes up to 8.6...

I want to cut pieces of my xenia and put them in my other tanks , but im scared ill kill it , whats the best way to do this? Thanks

Hello all , I hope you had a good christmas . I have a problem ? I got a red sea prizm skimmer as a christmas present . I set it in my 55 gal tank, I think it is set up right but im not getting a brown color on the top . is this thing any good or should i return it . thanks

In the last 2 weeks i lost all my fish , :cry: pygmy angel ,royal gramme two clowns all to ick. I tried everything to save them , put them all in there own tank and used meds , no luck. The only fish i had left was a mandarin goby , my favorite . I dosed the main tank 2 times did a 50% water...

just to let you know . next time you buy a pump . check your local marina boat store . they sell saltwater pumps at half the cost of your lfs .I picked up a 900 gph for 89.00 . they also have pex tubing and fittings or cpvc. :D

This may seem like a silly question , but i live on the east coast two streets from the ocean .If i find any cool things on the beach , crabs,snails ,rocks ext . Is it ok to ad them to my tank . thanks oh ya im up north in Connecticut. This topic has been moved to it's...

I have two problems . 1st I bought a mated pair of tomato clowns . They have been in my tank for one and a half weeks . At first they were ok didn't go close to each other ? I thought maybe that was normal , But now the female is charging the male , :cry: and its getting hard for the male to...

Sitting looking at my tank last night {saltwater} i saw a very Very VeRY small something ? jumping around , Then with a closer look , i see there is maybe 1500 of these things . My fish are not paired .so there not spawn to small anyway . I feed my fish brine and there about the same size as...