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I just picked up this heater from Darin at Captive Reefs, a nice place to buy supplies. I have to admit that the heater has a lousy design. Instead of having a power cord the plug is located on the back of the controller. This prevents you from hanging the controller above the tank where the...

My 200w PCH Titanium broke last week so I replaced it with (2) 100w Visitherm Stealth Heaters. The PCH kept my tank stable between 79.7 - 80.1. The Stealth heaters are much less accurate with the morning temp around 78.8 and the evening temp at 80.6. This is way too much of a swing for me. Does...

It has certainly been an eventful tank week. (Heater suddenly died, Xenia's being eaten). Then this morning I checked the tank it was extremely cloudy, I could barely see the back of the tank. I immediately ran some basic water tests and everything was fine. I noticed there was a some suds on...

Something has been eating the petals off my pumping Xenia. It started slowly about a month ago but the munching has picked up in the last week. Nothing else has been touched. It is definitely happening at night when I am not watching. They were once the highlight of my tank, but no more. Has...

Came down yesterday morning to find my reef temp had dropped from 80f to 74f overnight. I Fortunately had a 20 yr old Visitherm available so I was able to get the temp back up slowly. The fish and Corals appear fine though I was a bit shaken 8O . The heater was a 6 month old 200w Gen-X titanium...

I have finally won the month long battle I had been having with Cyano in my 6 month old 46g reef tank.:D It started as a small patch on the sand and over the course of 2 weeks spread all over the substrate and was just starting to grow on the rocks. I tried many different tactics which did not...

I only get about an 1/8 cup daily from my Bak Pak II w/maxijet from my 46g reef. Thinking about upgrading to the Aqua C.

Just wondering how long these Cleaner Shrimp live in captivity. I've had mine for almost 6 months and has grown from 1" to almost 3". He molts every 3 weeks like clockwork. I am considering trading him back to the LFS as it is almost impossible to feed the other invertibrates in the tank without...

I had no idea Star Polyps and other corals release eggs into the water to propogate. My tank has been been going through a burst of life in the last few weeks but I never expected this one. Anyone see this before? My camera never would have gotten a good shot but it looked like the picture below...

My Green Star Polyps are closed today for the first time since I got them about a month ago. There appears to be a strange red viny plant growing within them. I tried to see if it was easy to remove but is intertwined in the polyps and not easy to remove. Are these things bad or just another...

A few weeks ago I bought a Pagoda Cup Coral from the LFS. I have been noticing that the yellow color has been fading from the cup. After doing some research its clear to me that this Coral was dyed. I have to admit I am feeling a little stupid right now that I had no idea. It has already grown...

I added a Pagoda Cup Coral a few weeks ago. At the base of it I notice a cluster of 4 or 5 brownish polyps that I at first believed were Aiptasia. I did notice a very large one growing in the tank that I bought it from. I probed them with a syringe and they closed up in a very similar way that...

Both of my LFS tell me that the spaghetti algae (chaetomorpha) I want for my refugium is illegal and they can't get it. I've read about macro algae's damaging the native seagrasses but are people really dumb enough to dump it in the oceans and bays? BTW, it is available from inland aquatics and...

I picked up a Finger Leather about 5 days ago. It doesn't seem to like my lighting as it closes its polyps and scrunches up when the daylight tubes come on. It seems to be fine when only the actinic is on. Should I move it lower in the tank or will it adjust before its harmed. All other corals...

I was planning on getting a Coralife Aqualight mini with the 2 9w bulbs for my CPR Aquafuge 12". I don't think I should lay the lights directly on top of the acrylic fuge as the light may get too hot? Does anyone know if the mounting legs work on the mini? Thanks

My Maroon Clown is now hosting one of my PH's. It was cute at first but now he is wriggling there most of the day. I recently added a nice size green hairy mushroom coral. Any chance he will take to it? I never see him anymore but I don't want to add an Anemone.

I've been recommending the Coralife Aquagloves, the arm length purple and orange ones. Last night I was working in the tank and kept getting a glove full of water. I think it sprang a leak in the seam and is probably worthless now. Just a warning to anyone who was thinking about buying these...

I have a Hermit who has taken a liking to my new Yellow Polyp colony. I have removed him a half dozen times and keeps going back. Will him bumping into the Polyps and walking over them hurt them? They close when he hits them but then open back up. I thought they sting when they are disturbed. Thanks

I wanted to hear from a few folks to find out how to best place my 36" 2x96 Lunar Aqualight. Right now I have it raised using the optional legs and have my tank covered with eggcrate. I did not like the glare I was getting from the eggcrate so I placed a black plastic strip in the front which...

My 46g tank has been up for almost 3 months now. I have 45lbs LR and a 4" DSB, waterflow is about 750gph, lighting is 192w CF. I have passed the brown diatom stage and now getting some fluffs of green hair algae growing on the rocks, sand and walls. Is this another algae bloom that will fade in...

I went to the local fish guru to find a False Percula to add to my 46g bowfront which already houses 2 Blue/Green Chromis, 1 large Cleaner Shrimp and a bunch of Astrea and Bumble Bee snails. I was not impressed with the Clowns he had but could not resist asking about this cute little fish who...

Hello. My 46g bow with 45lbs LR finished cycling about 1 week ago. I plan on adding 3 Blue Green Chromis to start things off. I have a 15g QT ready but I'm concerned that if I do not put some life into my 46g that my good bacteria populations are going to dwindle and cause another cycle when I...

Hello. Last month I purchased a 45lb box of premium Fiji LR from Marine Depot. I cured it in a separate tank until the ammonia and nitrite levels were 0. I used a skimmer and water changes to keep the levels as low as possible during that time. I aquascaped the rocks in my 46g tank on a 4"...

I just got started in my fish hobby again and bought a new 46g bow front tank, 90 pounds of Argonite(for DSB) and filled with DI water. Stupidly I added some Tufa and dead corals from my old FO SW tank. After a week of just running the equipment (no life in tank yet) I realized I had once dosed...