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i have a large ocellaris who is about 4 years old, and i assume female since she never had any other clownfish tank mates. right now she is housed in my 44g corner tank with only a pseudochromis. my issue is i really want a pair of clowns. i am going to be upgrading to a 55g, and obviously my...

i am in the process of setting up a 55g (standard 48in size) and am debating on which way to go with the lights, and i have serious budget constraints. option 1 48" Tek Light: 2-54W T5 HO Fluorescents which would give a combined 108 watts to penetrate the 24" for $189 option 2 Coralife 48"...

my 55 g (~75 w/sump) is only a month or so away from completion (finally!!!) and im looking to get some fish in QT soon. so im looking for some ideas! anybody have cool stocking schemes for a 55? the only things that will be going into it are an occelaris and a neon dottyback from my 44 that i...

is it ok to use the kind of silicone they sell at home depot for like bathroom sealing in my tank? i just made my own sump, and i would like to seal around the baffles with it. otherwise i will have to buy the special clear aquarium silicone and thats just darn expensive. tia!

i just wanted to let you all know just how amazed i am with joe's juice. yesterday my tank was infested with apistasia- i took 15 minutes or so and zapped them all with the stuff, overnight my apistasia are gone. this morning, i only count 4 survivors, down from around 50 yesterday!!!!!! i just...

just a quick question- which # weld on should i use for buliding my overflow for my sump? i am using pretty thin acrylic. i dont know the measurement offhand, but if it is needed to answer the question i can get it. thnx!!

so im looking into finially putting a sump into my 46 gallon corner tank. since the tank is already established, i dont want to drill or anything (plus this is my first attempt at plumbing) so um... how would you suggest i do it? im a total beginner at this whole plumbing thing. how high should...

hello all its been a while since i last posted, ive been so busy with school! and just to warn you all, this is going to be very, very long because i want to make sure you get EVERY detail. first let me explain the situation: i have a 10g nano with HOB DIY fuge, ~15 lbs LR, ~10 lbs LS, some...

my captive bred ocellaris clown is hosting my GBTA after 4 months of them being in the same tank. only one is, her mate is not yet, but hopefully he will follow suit. horray!!!

i am very frustrated with my 46g corner tank. i cant keep anything alive in it, except two fish that were given to me by a man taking down his tank. i had a massacre earlier this year where i lost a yellow tang, a lawnmower blenny, and two yellowtail blue damsels. just today i woke up and...

i want to get your guys' opinion before i spend mucho $$$ on my new MH light for my 44G FOWLR which i hope to convert to a reef eventually. the tank is an odd shape: from point A to B is 30 in and from C to D is 24 (these are aprox dimensions to give you a rough idea). now heres my...

just a couple of pics of my 10g nano, any comments, advice, or feedback of any kind is welcome and appreciated. heres the specs: 10g AGA 80w PC Current USA Orbit modified AC 500 fuge zoomed powersweep 15lbs LR 15lbs LS kenya tree coral finger leather brown polyps green/yellow polyps...

my BTA split!!!!!!! i am beyond excited!!! it had been looking just terrible for the past few days, and i was thinking, oh no... looks like the end of the line for mr anemone. but today i came home from work and LOW AND BEHOLD: 2 BTA's!! this is a great christmas present. i feel like a good...

hello all!! im hopeing someone here has more experience with building with acrylic than i have. been doing my reseach and here is my plan so far: i know its small, should be around 1.2 g of water when all is said and done. i plan on using 1/8 in acrylic since the tank is so small. the debate...

now this might be dumb but copepods are shrimp larvae, correct? well do they ever turn into shrimp? and what kind? becuase i have some damn big copepods...

so its finially set in, i couldnt be content with my 44, had to set up another, and now im itching for even more!!! so i was thinking for my next tank, since space is limited, about doing a 5g biotype for either a lettuce sea slug (elysia crispata, formerly Tridachia crispata). after some...

i was wondering what kind of lighting you guys would reccommend for a 44g pentagonal tank which is: ~32" at its widest on top ~24" tall i was thinking a MH pendant, how many watts do you guys think? what about actinics and fullspectrum? is there any alternative to MH that would fit on such an...

so the time has come to start adding calcium to my tank- my levels have dropped from 420 to 350 over the last couple months, must be the coralline growning!! my question for you guys is... what method and what type of calcium addtition do you find the best? im not looking to have some wild Ca...

hey all im running an ac 500 in my nano (well my 10 g) and the flow is absolutly crazy. its blowing the sand in the front of my tank everywhere, even when i direct the PH into the flow to try to scatter it. how the heck can i modify this?? TIA

ive been reading a lot online and it seems that bare bottomed tanks are coming back into fashion... anybody out there have one? it seems like you could really cut back on the amount of waste produced by removing the DSB... what do other people think?

hey all i am setting up a 10g nano-reef (this is my first foray into the coral it could get interesting), and was thinking about documenting the process here, online. what do you guys think, would anybody be interested? i thought it might be nice for other aquarists to be able to learn from my...

hey all, im planning on starting a 10g nano for some soft corals in the near future (havent decided which ones yet, suggestions welcome). so far this is the equpment list i have compiled: EQUIPMENT -Supreme Skilter 250 (assuming 400 would be overkill for a 10g) for filtration and skimming...

one of my feather dusters died recently. first he threw his crown, and then his tube became transparent and began shriveling up. ive had him for almost a year, its a very sad occasion. everything in my tank checks out fine. nitrates, nitrites, and ammonia are all reading zero. nothing in my...

which salt do you guys think is the most stable for a nano tank, IO, Red Sea, or Oceanic? i usually use red sea in my tanks, but i want something really stable for this little tank, but i dont have the room for premixed or NSW. thanks!

i bought LS this morning for my new nano, and ended up not using all of it. i dont want to waste it, it is ok to add it to my established 46G?