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My 4' inwall tank is under a staircase, which makes it very difficult to mount a light fixture that is as wide as the tank - unless it's literally sitting on top of the tank. Here's a quick and dirty photoshop "picture" showing what it looks like from the back of the tank: The top left...

I'm looking into getting a calcium reactor. One of the things the guy at my LFS said was that although they are great, you will still need to add calcium manually every now and then. I said, can't you just crank up the calcium reactor to output the amount you need, and he said no it can only do...

Per my LFS' recommendation (they set-up my tank) I add 2 drops of Lugol's Iodine solution 3 times a week for a total of 6 drops per week. This exactly matches the recommended dosage on the label of the bottle. However, according to my Seachem test kit the Iodine/Iodide levels are still...

My tank is about 3 months old now. Everything is going great - except for the turbo snails. They are always falling off rocks, etc. and landing upside down and then usually die. There are a few that seem to know how to flip themselves back over, but most don't. I've probably had 50 die in the...

I've had a recent outbreak of spirorbid worms. They are starting to take over the tank. At this rate they will be everywhere, and quite unsightly, within a week or two. Is it just something that comes and goes periodically? The tank is about 3 months old now. Anything I can do to cut down or...

I'm starting to notice small white spots on the sides of my tank, on some corals, on snail shells', etc. - but no spots on the fish which would indicate ich. Is this some kind of fungus or algea? Calcium deposits? Or ??

I'm new to the hobby so please bear with me if this is a dumb question ... I have a 150g tank that is set in the wall in my living room. The space it is in is basically the area under the stairs that go upstairs, and there is a door to gain access to everything. So basically it's a tiny...

We got a neat orange/red starfish last week ... I don't even remember the name of it as I was out of town and just got back. Anyway, a few hours ago I noticed he was hanging from a rock ledge, like he was just going to drop off it to the rocks below. Then I went to lunch. I just returned and...

So last week I picked up 4 Banggai Cardinalfish ... they are pretty cool. The first few days all 4 of them swam around the tank, staying pretty close together. They were all eating and everything seemed fine. Now the past few days I notice that 2 of them hide out in the caves or the back of the...

Noticed this on the front glass of the tank this morning - it wasn't there last night. This is all new to me and I have no idea what it is ... I'll guess either some type of worm, or a long snail turd. :)

Well we just got hooked up with a 150g in-wall reef tank in our living room and it is just awesome. I'm so hooked on this new hobby of mine and look forward to spending a lot of time here. The shop that did all the work and set everything up is also doing bi-weekly "servicing" of the tank...