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There are these cool little lavender things growing on my rocks. They look like little eggs with a hole on top. Could they be tunicates? Anybody have a guess? I hope they're not dangerous because they look really cool.

I know that the mandarin dragonet is difficult to feed. But does anybody know a trick that might help. May sound like a stupid question but to fish stores sell live brine shrimp or copepods that can be introduced to the tank?

Just bought a 605 watt metal halide light and it's pretty nice. However , Uh it gets a little hot. A chiller is a way off so I got a fan running across the water. I'm afraid to run the halogen lights with the T5's all the time so I put the halogens on a timer. One hour on one off. Are you...

I'm starting a 10 gallon hospital tank to treat sick fish with copper. I don't want to dose in my display tank. I have a HOB filter, heater and a little light and also a power head. I took a couple of pieces of live rock from my display tank and a cup of live sand. My question is do I need live...

I bought a UV sterilizer and hooked it up to my Rena Filstar canister filter. It recommend for 350gph and my filter does the same. My question is this, will I kill all my good bacteria if I run it 24/7? I started off at 6 hours and tested for ammonia. I'm about to raise it to seven. Anybody have...

My bi color angel has ich. My other fish seem fine for now. I don't have a quarantine tank and I have anemones so a copper cure is out of the question. I've been using a natural medicine with no copper. I got a cleaner wrasse and it cleaned him up really good but somebody ate him. I got a...

I have a Rena Filstar XP3 canister filter. It WON'T stop blowing micro bubbles! Anybody know why?

Does anyone know of a quick fix for a small leak without breaking down the whole tank. Do aquarium services that come out and work on tanks fix this ? is it really expensive. I just got up and running a couple of weeks ago and everything was perfect. This sucks!

I wanted an anemone or starfish but I'm not sure about my lights yet. I bought the tank used. I want to make it a reef tank eventually but am starting off with just fish. I bought a feather duster worm because the fish guy said it was hardy. Worm is doing great. Can anyone recommend a hardy...

I have one coral beauty angelfish. It gets along fine with my other fish( chromis, clownfish,hawkfish, horseshoe crab, feather duster worm). I need some yellow in the tank I want to add a lemon peel angel. I know some species are aggressive towards their own. Does anybody think this might be a...

Ok, reading some threads and getting a little worried. My 60 gallon tank was set up a week ago with 60 pounds of live rock(cured) 60 pounds of live sand. I have an excellent skimmer and filter. My numbers are perfect. No ammonia no nitrite and a reading of 5 on my nitrate test. The thing is I've...

I have a Filstar Xp3 canister filter. Every 3 or 4 minutes it blows millions of tiny bubbles through the wand. I checked all the lines and hose clamps. Everything seems secure. I'm not sure exactly what it is but it messes up the nice scenary and clear water. Any ideas?

I have a 60 gallon tank, 60 pounds of live rock,60 pounds of live sand, reef octopus protein skimmer rated for 200 gallons and a Flilstar xp3 canister filter. Right now the system is working extremely well with 6 fish(clown,4 Chromis and a hawkfish). I would like to have 9 or ten. Does this...

Just a couple of questions about my skimmer. I have a Reef Octopus module 2 x Protein skimmer. Just starting out my tank. I have a 60 gallon tank with 3 Chromis and a clownfish. 50 pounds of live rock, 60 pounds of live sand and a Rena Filstar xp3 canister filter. The tank is up and running. My...

Ok I'm new at this. I bought these circulation fans that are rated at 800 gph. I read that everything is rated for fresh water and you need double for salt water. I read that you want to have circulation at about 10x the capacity of the tank. So this would be 2 fans at 300 gph. I think I went...

I'm starting my first salt water tank and it's hard to get straight answers from fish store owners who are trying to make a buck. A guy told me that my filter should do 10 times the gallons that the filter is rated for! All the books I read and all the guys I've talked to say twice! I have a 60...