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My boyfriend and I are doing research with the biology department at school trying to mate a pair of clownfish. Here lately, we cannot seem to keep our nitrates down. We check levels every Tuesday and Thursday and every time we check, everything is normal except nitrates (which stay anywhere...

I just transferred my 14 gallon biocube to a 26 gallon bowfront aquarium. The LFS let me borrow some lights until I get new ones, but I need to know how much I need. I have a clownfish, a sixline wrasse, a cleaner shrimp, a flame scallop, hermit crabs and snails in there. I have cabbage coral...

My 14 gallon biocube has a leak at the top where the acrylic meets the black plastic. It's not that bad but I don't want it to get any worse. And I would really like to get it fixed. What can I do? Is there a type if sealant that's safe for my fish and inverts? Suggestions? Please and thank you :)

My watchman goby is attacking my clownfish. They've been in the same tank together for about 3 weeks in my 14 gallon biocube with no problems. But the past few days, the watchman is sneaking up behind/under my clown and nipping at him. The clown will twitch like crazy and then swim away. Will...

My 4 year old neice decided she would feed my fish while I was at the doctor. She dumped over half a cup of fish flakes into my 14 gallon biocube. I got all out that I could with a tea strainer (the tea strainer couldn't get the really small pieces so there's still quite a bit at the bottom.) I...

Can someone tell me what might be going on with my Xenia? It looks like its wilting... I moved my tank from school back home yesterday and this morning when I woke up it looked like this. What do I need to do?

Can y'all tell us what causes these bubbles? And if they're good or bad? We rearranged our tanks, sweeping the bubbles off everything and a week later, they're back. Is this "bubble algae"? It's in our 8 and 14 gallon biocubes. We also have red slimy stuff everywhere. We cleaned it...

What is the best way to get a clownfish to host a torch or anything? My clown is about 1 inch long and I really want him to host my torch or maybe even my xinea. Anybody know a good method to do this?

We have 2 biocubes and now we have a 55 gallon tank with about 75lbs of rock in it and about 1 to 2 inches of gravel. We have 2 clowns, a tribal blenny (about 4 or 5 inches long), a 6 line, and a royal gramma. The last night we found the royal gramma had died and the small clown is no where to...

Hey there. We purchased 2 goniopora corals this past wednesday for our 8 gallon tank at school to transfer later to our 55 gallon. We live at school and went home this weekend and made sure parameters were normal before we left. We just got back to school a few hours ago and one of the...

What light is the important light in a 14 gallon biocube, is it the white or blue light? The blue light just went out but want to put some goniopora in it. Would it be ok to put it in there for only about a week or so? Thanks for the help.

We just got a Xenia in our 8 gallon biocube. What are some tips to help it grow and how long will it take for it to start spreading? Does it need to be in high or low water flow? Thanks for the help

What can we use in our saltwater tank either than base rock or live rock? I would like some rock cheap at like lowes or home depot. Has anyone thought or did this before? Pictures would be great! Thanks for the help.

I have an 8 gallon biocube with a zooathad in there along with someother things. Anyways all my levels are perfect but the zoo has been closed for about 5 days now. I have had it for about a month or so. Have done a freshwater dip for the past 3 day (one min a day). The first time about 3 or 4...

We are strating to breed our clown fish and we have about 15 hermit crabs in the tank with the clowns. We wanted to know if it would be best to take them out before they start to lay. Thanks for the help.

We have a 14 gallon biocube. We have had it up and running good for about 3 months now. I have about 15 hermit crabs and a blue damsel in it and today we added some Liquid Reef because we are eventually going to turn it into a reef tank. Anyways, we put some of that in there and left for dinner...

I just got a new clown fish on sunday and I put him in my 8 gallon biocube. All the water is perfect and I dripped him for a good 30 mins. The only thing is, is that he is acting crazy. Like swimming really fast everywhere. I dont know if something is wrong or what because he looks fine but he...

Where do you get this kit from and also are they any good? I want the T5HO lights on our new 55 gallon but I have a 48inch fluorescent fixture and dont really have a lot of money to get a entire new fixture. Thanks for the help :)

Hi we have an 8 gallon biocube with damsel in it. Our nitrite levels were about 1 last night so we did a 2 gallon water change. Then this morning we checked it and it was about 3! So then we did a 3 gallon water change. What is going on? Also nitrate levels have always been high. We do have...

How do you lower your hardness? In our tank it is about 23..... we use the API reef test kit. Also is hardness the same thing as alkalinity?

Ok. We are trying to set up our biocubes (8 and 14 gallon) as reef tanks. We have just gotten an API reef test kit. What does everything need to be at and what else do we need to test for to make sure that anything we put in either of them will die. We are mostly going to put an anemone, some...

Ok we got a yellow striped maroon clown on tuesday around 7pm. I put him in our 8 gallon biocube. Well before we went to bed last night (weds night) he was swiming at the top of the tank. I thought he was just sleeping but I checked everything just in case. pH 8.2, nitrite 0, ammonia 0, and...

I have an 8 gallon biocube and I just got a 1200 series pump for it (about 296gph) and I was just wondering if that was too much for that small of a tank. I have a very small (.75 inches) maroon clown and it seems like he is struggling.

Ok. I just set my brother you a 10 gallon tank and he wants a small snowflake eel and a his wife wants a chocolate chip starfish. Would this be ok if they both were small? I know the eel with grow to big for the tank but the LFS told me he could bring it back and swap when it got to big for his...