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Is it safe to put a Choc Chip Star in a FOWLR

Ok well first of all I would like to say hello to everyone here. I have spent the last year and 6 mths in Iraq. Thank god I am back. Now I come home to what I expected to be a disaster but it wasnt really that bad 120gal FOWLR tank alot of algae but my wife kept it up nicely now I get orders to...

Ok can anyone tell me what this is it is like a red carpet growing on my substrate about 1/8 of an inch thick is it bad?

what is wrong with this starfish i cant imagine anything in the tank eating him? I have 1 sabae clown 1 sand sifting starfish 1 cleaner wrasse 1 yellow tang and 1 bicolor angel 4 mex turbos 5 atlantic turbos and 2 hermit crabs

my starfish seems to be losing his skin he seems healthy and very active but his skin is falling off under it i see what looks to be fresh regenerated skin but it is very thin whats up with that?

ok 55 gal tank 60lbs lr 20lbs base rock 100lbs southdown seeded with about 20 lbs ls got fish and the whole 9 yards 2 anenomes everything doing great. however do any of you have any suggestions on making my overflow quieter it is a "U" type overflow with a prefilter i take the prefilter out and...

My anenome got caught in one of my ph and lost like 10 of his tentacles he seems fine i put him in my qt and he looks to be perking right back up can someone give me some input on this should i get rid of him sorry i am not that experienced with inverts

I have this hair like stuff aLL over my lr I wish i could post a pic but i cant i am at work right now when i woke up this morning there was about 8 inches of white fiber like stuff attached to a piece of my lr i have never seen this before what is it is it good baD ugly or what?

Ok I have a 55 gal w/ about 30lbs of lr a 4" dsb and about 40 lbs of base rock 2 powersweep 600s one in each corner and one small powerhead in the middle i had an emporer 400 biowheel hob but i got rid of that and added a wet dry filter rated for tanks up to 75 gal. Is this to much filtration...

are blue legged hermits anenome friendly it seems to me i have heard of them killing an anenome

My damsel's eyeball is popping out! the tank is freshly cycled 55 gal fowlr 30 lbs lr 30 lbs base rock 4" dsb 2 powersweep powerheads one in each corner facing each other. I have a moderate case of brown or gold algae on the rocks and ph surfaces I have 1 clown 2 damsels and 1 green starfish in...

found this on the net just thought you all would like to know where to get the silica free playsand it is cheaper than sand specifically for aquariums and the same thing too. http://www.yardright.com/sand.htm#playsand

Ok I have 2 percula clowns that made friends with an anenome in my friends tank. I have the clowns in my tank now. First question, do i need special lighting for an anenome or will standard lighting suffice for the next 6 months. It has to be at least six months as i am being shipped out soon...

Ok my LS has turned a deep yellow color is there something wrong is it now dead sand? these questions and many more on the next episode of what have i gotten myself into.

Ok 55 gal tank FOWLR New setup My Ammonia is 2.5 very high i am assuming but nitrite and nitrate are 0 is this normal or am i doing something wrong?

Ok first of all i would just like to say thank you for all of your help it is greatly appreciated. Now to the buisness Can anyone tell me the prime temperature and salinity for my 55 gal SW setup FOWLR. Also what can i do to make the water more clear it seems a bit cloudy now. I have heard of...

Ok have a 55 gal DSB (playsand) RO water, Good levels of salt. What do i do now? this is already set up and running, with no rock only sand should i wait to get the rock and other stuff in the tank to cycle it or not i am going to put base rock in it no live rock. Just need to know what to do...

I set up a 55 gal last night put 100+ lbs of sand added saltwater now i have 2 different colors of sand the first 2 inches is almost pure white while the bottom 2 1/2 inches is normal tan color should i be worried or is it just the salt settling into the sand is this goign to be a problem My...

Ok what do i look for when i go to get playsand from Home depot the bag has no ingredients on it all i see is silica free cleaned playsand safe for children and animals

Ok I have a 29 gal FW setup that has been runnign for sometime now. over a year. I recently added a snail now i have thousands of snails in my tank is this a problem? I will tell you my algae problem is now nil. But what baout my other critters is this going to hurt them?

I have recently (about a month ago ) put a snal in my 29 gal FW tank w/2 live plants bubble wand and HOB filter about 6 small fish. Ok now here is the problem from that 1 snal i now have at least 1000 baby snals roaming around my tank what should I do will this adversley affect my critters?

OK so i took a trip to the keys, got my LS. By the way this is not advisable people really get upset. I was stopped by the coast guard and searched. Apparently coral smuggling is some sort of lucrative career! I claimed stupidity and was allowed to float away. Now i have my DSB in my 55 gal...

Ok a few questions can I use live sand with an undertow/undergravel filter with 2 powerheads. Also can i just go diving in the atlantic and collect my own live sand? Can I mix live sand with more colorful sands

Ok here is my situation my little girl wants a clown fish and basically every fish from the movie nemo. No problem right? Now i know nothing about any of this i have a 30 gallon freshwater all set up and running nicely. I have bought a 55 gallon tank with a filter that hangs on the back from wal...