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I have a 30 gallon tank with a large CPR Aquafuge hob Refugium. I primarily got this to increase the water flow and grow pods in it so that one day I might be able to keep mandarins. I have a 2" sand bed, chateo algae and some live rock in the Refugium. after 2-3 months now I have hair algae...

Hey guys. I want to buy a pair of sea horses. I have no Idea what the requirements are.anyone with any experience please advice. I have a 10 gal quarantine tank which I want to convert into a sea horse aq. Please let me know if that's ok and any thing else I might need.

Since about 2-3 weeks ago, my fish kept dying( 1damsel, shrimps, snails, goby ,1 clown ). I checked everything and it was perfect. A visit to the LFS with a batch of my water indicated that my salinity was off the charts. Anyways , should I do a major water change or in batches of 20% per day...

How beneficial/detrimental is it to have activated carbon in your refugium/ canister. I have 1 bag of carbon and 1 bag of chemi pure in my canister and I still see diatoms in my tank. I have a 30 gallon setup with a hob refugium , a protein skimmer and 30lbs of live rock. I use Rodi water as...

I've had my saltwater tank running for about 2 months now. 30 gallon . I have 2 clowns, 1 damsel , 1 dwarf midnight angel , 1 watchman goby and 4 hermit crabs. On my right end of the tank I have a hob skimmer , a canister outlet and a refugium inlet. In the left end I have the refugium outlet...

How do you grow Copepods in your refugium/ tank. I want to keep a mandarin. I have a 30 gallon tank and a large hob refugium

I just got a bubble tip anemone for my 30 gall. How do I acclimate it ??

Ive read a lot on this site and everyone recommends that it's a disaster to keep tangs and other large fish in anything less than 65 gallons. My question is how do pet stores manage to keep 10 tangs in 20 gallon tanks . How are they able to overstock species of fish that aren't supposed to be in...

I have a pair of clowns, a small 3 stripe damsel and a dwarf midnight angel in my 30 gallon along with 4 hermit crabs. The water quality is perfect. Last week I added 2 turbo snails and a fire shrimp. Within a day the fire shrimp molted and within a week the snails died( I think they died...

So I'm finally set with all the equipment in my 29 gallon tank. CPR aquafuge2 hob refugium Aquac remora hob skimmer fluval 205 canister 30 lbs of live rock 2 clowns , 1 3 stripe damsel and 4 hermit crabs how and how often should I be cleaning the refugium and the skimmer. I have cheteau algea...

Hello all. Im a newbie into this hobby. I have a 29 gallon saltwater tank with around 30lbs of live rock , a canister filter, a rio nano skimmer and a CPR aquafuge hob refugium. My tank crashed about 4 weeks ago .I had a yellow tang(I know ..a rookie mistake), 2 clowns, a cleaner shrimp and a...

Hi guys, I'm kinda new to the saltwater scenario. About over a month ago, i got a 29 gallon tank. I filled it up with aragonite sand, about 20lbs of live rock . Equipment used - fluval 205 canister filter, maxijet 1200 powerhead, rio nano skimmer and 2 x 24 watt t5 lighting fixtures (acticnic as...