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Got a pic of my snail releasing his sperm:

So I just dumped a bunch of anti-biotics in my tank to kill off all the damned Cyano... so I'm checking the tank off and on to see if it's going away (and to see if everything else is still alive) The Cyano killed off all my pods and bristal worms... grrrr... But when I just turned my light on...

My snails were doing something funky earlier... are they sexual or asexual? I've already had 1 baby snail in my tank but my purple friedman ate it... grrrr... anyways, I was wondering if this "funkyness" they were up to might have been mating. Maybe I'll start my own "Hot Snail on Snail Action!"...

Let me go through what I got so you have an idea: 16 gallon 10Lbs live rock 10Lbs lacerock and petrified wood 1 Cleaner shrimp 1 emerald crab 1 clown (true perc) 1 Purple Friedman 1 of those snails that dig around in the sand 3 turbo snails Lotsa tubeworms (no idea where they came from) 1 140...

I was dumb and once again listened to the people at the LFS. When will I learn they're all morons? ugh... So anyway, I went to the store and picked up a book off the shelf and walked back to the fish and looked up each fish and wether it was aggressive or not... all I got is 4 snails a...

So... after months and months of dinking around I finally have: 16 gallon tank 20lbs of Agra-alive sand 10lbs of LFS live rock (I didn't want 'hitchikers') 1 pepperment shrimp 4 turbo snails (the LFS guy was so insistant that I have 4 that he GAVE them to me for free despite my protests) 1...

So I thought my tank was close to being done cycling... I mean, it's been WEEKS since I put the water in the tank and there's only some lace rock and sand in there... anyways, there was all this ugly allege all over the tank so I went and got a turbo snail at the LFS. Well, I put him in the...

So, I have my tank all setup finally. All that's in it at the moment is some lace rock and 20Lbs of "Agra-Alive" sand. I've got 80 watts of light on it and I've been leaving it on 24hrs/day. I have a digital timer but haven't programmed it yet because I wanted to see if any allege would grow...

I went to the LFS and asked the clerk "Do you have any T12 24" 20 watt bulbs? I want to get some 10,000k" She proceeded to point to 18mm tubes. I said "Aren't those T8's? They won't fit my ballast." She said "Look the pins are the same, they fit just fine." So I bought 1 to try it out before I...

My aquarium stand/hood is finally finished. The lights are in and the temp is stable. I ripped out all the plumbing... it was such a pain, it was like getting rid of a bad tooth. Anyways... all I need now is Live rock and some fish and I'll be all done! If you want to see a picture go to my...

I've had it... My plumbing just isn't working right. I can't get the syphon to move enough water even with my pump on it's slowest speed. I don't trust it and I don't think I ever will. I just want to keep the water in the tank where it's safe. So... if I do away with the fuge, what kind of...

Ya know, I thought I was all done... I had it all set up and put the water in... I had tested the floresent lights and the bulbs were only slightly warm so I thought it was all good... I let it run over night and then checked it this morning. There was fog on the glass... I knew that wasn't...

So I finally got my aquarium stand, sump and hood finished for my 16 gallon tank. I set it all up tonight, through in some of that "Agra-alive" sand stuff and 'dead' rocks' and put the 5 gallons of Distilled water I already have in there (after I mixed in the salt) I have to wait until morning...

So I finally got my equipment from www.drsfostersmith.com The heater I ordered was this one: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=8172&Ne=40000&R=13622&Nao=18&N=2004+22787 I got the 200watt version If you look at it, it clearly says "For fresh or Marine Use" and in...

Never use FedEx. I tell people this all the time, and I just had myself proven correct once again! I ordered a bunch of stuff from Dr. Fosters and didn't bother to check who their shipper was... Sure enough a full week's gone by and I haven't seen anything. (I should mention that I live pretty...

Due to the fact my original design leaked like a syve, I'm forgoing the 'visible' fuge for the old 5 gallon bucket method. Since it won't be seen, I don't really feel the need to plant the thing... So if there's just live rock and sand in there... do I need to light it? I've never read wether...

Well, I finished my stand/refugeum. It's oak, looks real nice. I made the refugeum out of acrylic... Unfortunately I tested it last night and it was leeking like crazy. So I stripped out all the cauk, pulled out all the acrylic, re-seated everything, re-sanded the edges, used up 2 more tubes of...

I have a 16 gallon AllGlass bowfront Aquarium. I took it to the local glass shop and the guy said "I'm pretty sure this is tempered glass. Tempered glass will explode if I try and drill it. I can't gaurentee the tank will survive the process." So what the heck do I do now?

So I almost have everything done... but I've run into an issue. The design of my setup will make it hard to have my refugium lights on a timer. Will it be detrimental to macro algee to have 24 hour lighting? I can get another timer but am wondering if it's really a big deal to have the light on...

I have a subscription to the Journal 'Science'. This artical appeared this month:

Ok, so here's where I'm at. I've got a 16 gallon main tank with an overflow down to a 20 gallon refugium. The fuge was supposed to be 16 gallons like the main tank, but I made some arithmetic mistakes and it's too late to change it now... lol Anyways, I have a variable flow pump on the way...

I was just at the hardware store and they had this neato Light timer that fits in a regular light-switch box. You just wire it into your house power and then wire the outlet or light you want to control into it. It is digital and you can run different programs over a period of weeks! All this...

Ok, so this is what I'm doing... I have a 16 gallon Tank I building a 16 gallon refugium bellow it (almost done, ran outa stuff and home depot was closed yesterday!) When done, I plan on running it with just salt water in it (no rocks or sand or fish) to alow it to stabilize, for a week or...

I'm building my saltwater aquarium and have come to the point where I need to start ordering stuff like pumps, heaters even Live sand. Where do you guys shop online? I've heard that Liverocks.com is good for rock and sand but their shipping is just plain silly. $40 shipping on a $50 order is...

I have a few simple questions... 1. In all the info I've read about refugeums, no one has bothered to mention what kind of medium the plants grow in. I'm assuming Livesand but my LFS only sells gravel and crushed coral. They don't even sell 'dead' sand. Will coral work? Shipping on sand is...