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I sent an email to liverocks.com the other week when I was looking to make a purchase and received this response from them: I am afraid we are out of the rock business for a while, at least a year. Four hurricanes passed near our keys reefs this year and Rita really hit them hard. The damage...

Looking to get some advice on great live rock online since liverocks.com is not currently available due to Hurricane Wilma. What is the 2nd best online solution behind liverocks.com if u are looking for live rock with good life and critters? My lfs's around here don't cut it really. :(

Quick background.... 6 month old tank 40 gallon tank with aragonite and dead base rock. Everything was going fine until the last fish was added (3 fish total). Experienced a total tank wipeout from Velvet...yes I know...now have a QT. I emptied the tank (minus the sand), let it dry for a...

Does anyone have recommendations for sleep/quiet time for fish? Meaning, no powerheads, lights off for a certain amount of time. Got some auto-timers and am trying to figure out if I should cut powerheads, lights at certain time of night and for a certain number of hours? Anyone?

Do toby puffers (sharpnoses) puff up like true puffers do (porcs, dogfaces) I've seen conflicted posts that say: 1-They dont puff at all 2-They do puff, but not as much as true puffers (see above) 3-They do puff to twice their size. I've got a sharpnose hawaiian spotted puffer that I...

Just got 2 choc chip starfish and they are getting stringy and also look like a fungus on the top. I'm also seeing a foam substance from where they have moved. Is this the beginning of disintegration? Right now the only parameter that I see that could be an issue is the salinity which is...

Is there a starfish species that would work with a dog-faced puffer? I was thinking a chocolate chip star...but then quickly realized how yummy that would appear to the puffer. Anything else that I can use besides starfish with a dog-faced puffer to clean up after this pig of a fish?

Just got an RO/DI unit on Ebay from Aqua-Safe Solutions. The problem is that I'm making more pure water than waste water. Is this possible? How does the membrane channel the waste water vs. the pure water. Did I install the membrane incorrectly? Scratching my head here.

Check out these pics of contemporary setups http://mocoloco.com/archives/000512.php I'm assuming they are acrylic? Running out of places to put tanks....not anymore. I wonder if they sell them yet or how out of reach price-wise these will be? Either way thought I would pass it along for...

In a FO saltwater aquarium for startup, does it make sense to start with the bioballs in the tank or is it better to start without them? Won't the nitrogen cycle complete faster if the bioballs are not in the tank? Won't 0 ppm Nitrates be achieved faster? What really is the purpose of the...

Does anyone have experience with this purification method vs. using RO/DI water? LiveAquaria recommends them: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=4484&Ne=2025&R=4003&ref=3055&subref=AO&N=2004+22789+113585 and the price is right. Does anyone know if this will remove...

I'm starting a new saltwater tank...very excited! and I've been looking through the forums for powerhead recommendations (10x tank size) but notice some postings about substrate being blown around. I'm setting up a 40 gallon seaclear rectangle and am confused on whether I should buy 2 of...