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While I love my 65g, I just may be outgrowing it. We have everything living in it including toadstool, corals, etc. but only have a few fish. I am looking into having a 240g aquarium designed for an in-wall installation for viewing on bith sides. I am looking for thoughts and suggestions of...

So, it appears that I am growing some lawn on my rocks. My tank is monitored and serviced by my local LFS. When I (actually my wife) asked him about it this week, he said it was green coraline algae and its supposed to be there. My tank has been up for about 4-5 years and this doesn't seem...

We found a small starfish at the beach in Hilton Head today. We have a saltwater reef tank that already has a starfish. Would the beach guy survive in our tank if we brought him home with us? Is there any issue about him bringing anything into the tank (disease-wise) that could harm others...

I have a 65 gal salt tank that I have serviced every two weeks by an aquarium service company. They have been working on my tank for about 6 months. My thermometer, before they started on my tank appears to have not been working correctly. We now have a digital thermometer so we can monitor...

I've got two clowns, a yellow tang, a blue tang, an anemone and some crabs and snails in my 65 gal? Any thoughts for good tankmates?

My anemone is looking a little sickly this week. I have no fish right now due to a homocidal yellow tang/ich episode and am letting the tank go fallow. I have been watching my water and all and it is ok. My BTA is looking a little pale and his tentacles are looking a little stringy. I'm...

I sure hope you meant it when you said there are no dumb questions.....I feel a little thickheaded here.. I started my 10 gal QT on 4/12 and added a raw uncooked unprocessed shrimp (whole thing) on 4/13. The ammonia went up to 3.0mg/l by the 17th and then up to 3.0-5.0 on the 19th. It is...

I am going to be out of town for five days and am wondering how to handle my tank situation. I really don't have anyone that I trust to do anything...so what do I do? How can you feed frozen food with a feeder? I add Tech CB every day...how am I going to do that from 500 miles away??

I am cycling a 10 gallon QT. I put in the shrimp 4 days ago. My levels are now pH 8.0, nitrites <.3-.3 mg/l and ammonia is about 3.0 mg/l. Is there a time that I am supposed to take out the shrimp? And, just to make sure, I can put fish in when the nitrites and ammonia go to 0, correct...

Anyone know anything about these? Or this brand in particular. They seem rather economical. About $80 for 85 gallons per day. Am I better off getting one of these or just getting water from my lfs? Will one of these systems require any type of ongoing maintenance or are they rather self...

I have already lost my first school of fish to a combination of ich, stress and a homocidal yellow tang. I am letting my tank go fallow for 4 weeks before I get any new fish. I went by one of the 2 LFS that I frequent and told him of my plans to set up a QT now, so I make sure to have healthy...

My yellow tang killed everyone else and was promptly returned to the lfs. Before the die-off, my blue regal tang had a little ich, everyone got stressed out because the yellow tang was picking on everyone, etc. I had no QT and was treating in the tank. All I have in the tank now is my bubble...

I went out of town for 5 days and all hell broke loose. My wife was feeding and putting in the tech cb, so their routine had not changed. My water checks out fine by my testing and the lfs. However, here's what happened. First, just before I left, we saw the the yellow tang kill the goby...

I just got home and found that my gold headed goby was't looking too good. He looked a little tattered and was swimming (if you can call it that) like he was drunk. Then I saw my yellow tang attack him. He's totally terrorizing him and its not looking too good. I don't have a qt, but I put...

I brought home a blue tang this week and he seemed OK. He was hanging out behind the reef, so when I saw him the next morning, he looked like he had little bubbles on him. I happened to be by the lfs a couple of days later to look for more fish and I mentioned what was going on. I was...

I have a 65 gal SW tank. I have a bubble tip anemone that has been in the tank about three weeks. The first few days, he spent looking for a home. He has been in the same place since. He was shrinking and opening pretty regularly at first, but in the last week, he has been shrinking and not...