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So found out that on monday we are getting the house sprayed for bed bugs. Have NO IDEA on what to do with my fish tank, I have know where to move it. and not enough buckets for everything.... Any ideas? Maybe just run carbon that day and then hope for the best?

I noticed today that my elephant snail was on my birdsnest coral, then I looked at it later today and half of it is now gone/slimed up to where the jet is just blowing the polyps and stuff away... I thought that elephant snails were reef safe, anyone have advice on...

For some reason all of my monti caps are bleaching, but some times the polyps will open? Any reason why? I've moved it all over the tank letting it stay in a spot for a few weeks. Even fragged a few to place for a month, and that didn't help. I'm running 15K LED Kissil lights that is = to 150w...

I have some questions about how to get the most out of your corals, I've read using vodka, sugar, peroxide, and Epsom salt are all great for your corals, but how? What do they do? How much do I use?

So I have a 29g bowfront and full of corals, and 4 fish. No hob filter, just a skimmer, 50 lbs of live sand (3-4 inches) and 50lbs of live rock and alot of micro algae. I do 25% water changes weekly, but neglected my tank for a few weeks and now have 40ppm nitrates. Should I do 50% changes every...

So I heard of this GREAT LED fixture and it has a lightning storm mode along with clouds and can make your power heads increase when the "storm" hits. I can't find what it's called or what all I need. Anyone know? It would be great on my 29g bow front reef tank. I also think the lighting can be...

So I use to have this thing in my tank a few years ago and I am seeing it again for the first time in 3 years, it's not a bristle worm, it looks like a centipede, it has pinchers, and little thick legs. Every time I see it, it goes away. Can't take a picture of it, or take out that rock. Any idea?

So I've had my puffer for two weeks and when I first got him he was eating mysis just fine, but now won't eat ANYTHING, and is really skinny, trate/trite is at 0ppm. Ph 8.4 and sal 1.021/1.023. Any help at all would be nice. He is in a 75g tank with a Tobacco basslet, dog face puffer, and a...

So I got my DFP about two weeks ago, I have noticed he looks pretty depressed, and doesn't eat. I try to feed him and he goes to it but then turns away and lays back down, any one know what could be going on? I have tried krill, clams, silverside, squid, and even freez dried foods, even put...

So I have been battling the nasty rusty orange algae and my lfs said my tank is cycling again and to not do any water changes... but my nitrate has stayed at 20 for two weeks and the tank sand is covered in the nasty algae and all my fish are starting to not eat.... should I do a water change? I...

So my LFS fed the lion live ghost shrimp and I've been trying to get him off of it, it's been 4 days without food, I've tried garlic and still no luck, any ideas? I have been trying silversides, mysis, and krill. Nothing.

I have a 75g tank with 2 HOt-5 bulbs 54w each about 10k in one and blue in the other along with a t-12 bulb. Not sure on anything about it. I put my brain coral up top and it looks like it's bleaching, so I put it at the middle and it stopped but no signs of its full color. Put it at the bottom...

I'm thinking of making some and selling it on craigslist. Any idea on a good sight?

So my BioCube has been cycled for almost a month now. I got 20lbs of live rock and sand. got the corals in there too along with some hermits, snails, cleaner shrimp and clown gobby, I was only using those to keep it cycled, But the real question is should I do a dwarf sea horse, or an octopus...

I put some GSP in a tank right when I set it up, it survived the cycle but something weird happened and I need help understanding, it seemed they thrived more in the tank that was cycling then the tank that's been up for 5 years. Any ideas?

Is there a way to make it octopus safe? I know the entire lid seals shut but what about the pump?

So I got another tank... it's a 14G Bio Cube... pretty nice, I got this black sand in it and everyone says that the black sand will make my tank crash... Also idk if I like it because it sticks to my magnet cleaner... I know I shouldn't, but I also want to kinda go ahead and add my GSP to the...

55g is all done, I got a sailfin tang in there for now, probably about 5-6 inches and plenty of room to swim, it was cheap and needed something to keep the cycle till I get the right puffer fish, when the time comes I will put my tang into the 75g till it gets too big then I will donate it to my...

Hey guys, Just letting you all know that I just got my 55g tank in last night, going to do some really cool stuff with some foam and put up pictures as soon as I can. I have to drill the stand bottom back on. when I lifted it up the bottom wood just fell off.

I know this is probably the wrong place to post this, but I didn't see a place for reptiles yet I know they are somewhere on here. anyway, I am going to be getting a Chinese Water Dragon, I need Ideas on how to do the thank, I was thinking about making rocks and ledges out of this product called...

Should I get one for my reef? I'll feed it seaweed when there is no algae for it.

Hey guys, I am thinking of buying some fish from online, but don't know the steps of what to do before/while adding them to the tank, Any and all help would be nice...:whistle:

I have had my star for about 4 weeks, maybe a few longer... Idk, anyway, I have noticed some chunks in it's limbs missing, and some legs denigrating, but then they grow back. it is in my 75g tank with 4in of live sand, crushed coral, only thing I could think that could be bothering it is my...

How many snails and hermit crabs should I put in my 75g reef?

My phosphate is at 0.25, is that enough to start making my monti cap bleach, and bubble tip start to bleach out? I don't get paid till the 17th. P.s. I'm finally employed and am a manager at PetCo. Figured I would help them turn there bad saltwater rep around.