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    accidently popped a part of my fox coral!?

    I was moving some coral in my reef and while moving my fox coral I accidently popped a part of my fox coral will it be ok what should I do!? Is it going to die? It's used to the tank its been In there for about a year..
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    soap in my biocube?

    I just moved my clam because it fell off of a rock it was proped on and I just finished cleaning my hands with soap I wasn't thinking and I put my hand in the tank when my hands were still wet from washing them with soap! I have a lot of coral and a sixline wrasse.. will everything be alright...
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    should I get a pair of clowns in my biocube?

    Hello about 3 months ago I spent $120 on a pair of ora black clowns, and I also bought a 6 line wrasse for my biocube that has been set up for about a year and a half. I've got coral and liverock and I had a royal grandma but when I added the clowns and wrasse they all got ich and all died...
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    should I quit the aquarium hobby? ):

    Hello I had an ich outbreak in my aquarium whiping out my 3 fish including my pair of $130 clowns): the last fish I have is my 6line wrasse and it also has ich.. I've delt with cases of ich in the past with my 120 gallon but this is the first bad tragedy with my 29 gallon bio/: if my last fish...
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    Ich outbreak!!):

    Hello I just got an ugh outbreak in my 29 gallon biocube I've got two bw clowns, 6 line wrasse , 2 cleaner shrimp and some corals plus my clean up crew my royal grandma just died today and it had the whitespots before it died the clowns are covered in the whitespots and my wrasse has a couple...
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    how to enhance green star polyps color?

    Hello I have some green star polyps in my 29 gallon biocube stock lighting that have a tint of green but they are mainly all brown.? They are doing great and are open all the time and seem to be growing but I went to my lfs and they had some gsp's in a 14 gallon biocube with stock lighting and...
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    dust looking material in my refugium?

    Hello I have a 29 gallon biocube and I made a small refugium in the second chamber in the back.. I've got some leds that are equivalent to an 80 watt light.. my chaeto is staying in a small pile and I've got greyish dusty waste looking stuff gathering in the refugium and by the return pump and I...
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    please let me know what you think of my biocube so far ?

    Please let me know what you think of my biocube so far i posted it at (Biocube 29 gallon HD - YouTube) Thank you so much!
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    why were my black and white clownfish so expensive?

    Hello, I went to my local lfs and my mom bought me a pair of black and white clownfish and I insisted that she didn't buy them because they were 120.00 for the pair!!! She really wanted to buy them for me so she did.. I feel really bad that she spent that much on the young pair of clowns.. they...
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    Green star polyps?

    Hello I just bought some green star polyps and I put it in the lower part of the middle of my 29 gallon biocube they seam to be doing good but I've only had them for 3 days.. QUESTION IS, am I making a mistake? I heard alot of people saying they wish they never put them in there tank? I heard...
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    cleaner shrimp scared ?

    Hello I recently purchased a skunk cleaner shrimp about 4 days ago and he's been adapting to the tank.. the problem is he's staying on the far back corner on the side of my power head? He doesn't move from there? Even when I feed him.? The first 3 days he was moving around now he stays there and...
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    why do you like reef aquariums?

    I've always liked reef aquariums because I found them very interesting and almost alien like.. I love the beautiful colors and how corals almost have personalities of there own they are very calming to watch and they look like a mini paradise and a quick get away..and its a wonderful example of...
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    what are good fish for a biocube and what could be a good center piece coral?

    I was just wondering what are good and peaceful fish to put into a bio that have nice colors besides clownfish? I currently have a royal grandma and a cleaner shrimp.. I also wanted to know what a good center piece coral I could get for a biocube with stock lighting?
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    cheap salinity refractometer?

    Hello I want to get a refractometer but I am tight on $$$ so I saw a couple on eBay around the $30 ? Does anyone have one of these off eBay? Which one should I get? Also what do they mean when it says 0-10% ? Please give me some info.. thank you!
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    Please give me your opinion on my biocube?

    hello, I have a 29 gallon biocube that has been set up for 7 months. I didn't really do anything to it until today.. It had some live rock and a royal grandma but today I added more live rock, 3 pieces of soft coral and a skunk cleaner shrimp, 3 turbos,.. I also took out my skimmer in the second...
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    how is the biocube stock lights?

    Are the stock 29 gallon compact florescents good lights for coral since the tank is small and not really deep?
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    any ideas for stocking my 29 gallon biocube?

    Hello, I have a 29 gallon biocube that has been set up for aproximately 7 months with about 15 lbs of liverock and 30 lbs of live sand and a royal grandma.. I am going to add more live rock and a cleaner shrimp.. any ideas on what else I should add for live stock and corals using the stock...
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    skimmer or refugium for 29 gallon biocube?

    I have a skimmer to go into chamber 2 in my biocube but I was wondering should I keep it in or should I make a refugium with chaeto to help get rid of annoying green algae on my glass ? I am planning on using some leds for light for the refugium if I decide to go that route.. any advice? Thank you!
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    marineland reef capable leds?

    Hello yesturday I went to my local lfs and I noticed they were using a single 36" reef capable leds for there stony corals!? The corals seemed very healthy.. I was thinking of replacing my very old compact florecents because the fixture isn't giving out as much light as it did causing my corals...
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    What kind of tank should i have in my room.??

    Hello, please help me decide what tank i should keep in my room in my house. Currently i have a piranha tank in my room and it is 95 gallons. It has a wet/dry filter drilled and prepped into it and that is good for saltwater tanks i believe.. Anyways, i had 5 piranhas and i am down to two. I...
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    what light fixture around or under 500?

    Hello I need another light fixture I have a 96x4 watt coralife fixture and I'm sick of it its old I replaced the bulbs just 1 month ago and they are bright when they first turn on in the morning then they dim down dramatically I changed the ballasts but nothing.. I have a tight budget can anyone...
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    pulsing xenias not pulsing?

    I just got some pulsing xenias and they arnt pulsing? Most r open but some look like they're being "lazy" were there not completely open but not completely closed any ideas? I just added them 2 days ago.. my nitrates and phosfates are around 3 ? Can anyone help? I have a 96x4 compacts new bulbs...
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    dying yellow tang?

    I started my tank with this tang and he was always very hardy but today it seemed very slow and wouldn't eat and stayed near the floor/: anyways I don't see him any more and I think he might have died but y!?): my parameters are perfect and everything it showed no signs of white dots aka...
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    green algae or what???

    Can someone please tell me what this green stuff is and if its an early stage of purple coraline or not? As soon as I started adding liquid calcium is when this started growing and my calcium level is 400..
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    green type of algae or something growing?

    Can someone please tell me what this green stuff is and if its an early stage of purple coraline or not? As soon as I started adding liquid calcium is when this started growing and my calcium level is a little shy of 400
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