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When i feed my tank with frozen foods, Emerald Marine cusine or somthing like that i noticed that it makes my water cloudy because of all the water in the food. Because I dont have to many filter feeders in my tank this is what i do, I defrost the whole package put it in a strainer and run RO...

Will the use of macroalgae in my tank to prevent the growth of coraline algae along with the nuance algae or will it be safe???

Hey everybody I just thought that i would share some info about feed your fish real quick. I have been using Sallys Emerald Sea Cusine or something like that for a while know and all my fish seem to love it so much that its all i fed for a while. Usally when i fed I would fill the dropper...

When i first set up my tank I got a seaclone 150 from a friend for 20 bucks, there was a reason why its 20 bucks lol. Some times it works great!!! sometimes it does nothing for days on end. Now that i have save up some cash i want to upgrade to a skimmer that does its job 24hours a day!!!! no...

Hey i got this star polyp on Sunday, and he still hasnt opened up all the way yet?? Is there a set amount of time i should wait till i get worried about the placement or flow for him?? He is up on the top 3rd of the tank with what id say is moderate flow.

I havent seem one like this before, it has florecent blue and green in the mid section of the body, its about 4 inches long and i spotted it about 2 hours after lights went out for the night, i flipped the switch, saw him and ran for the camera. Fireworm, bristle worm?? i dunno.

I picked this up at the lfs he sold it as lr rubble, anyways does anyone know what type of coral he is, at the store he had whiteish "polyp" sorta things with florecent green on him, any idea's on what he is and how to feed or place him in the tank would be great, so i can provide a good home...

I am getting a backround for my 100gall and i dont know if i should use the black side or the blue side, I think it will help to make my tank brighter because it wont let light out the back anymore, but what have you guys used? blue black neither why and why not?? Thanks

I may be moving in the next 6months, would it be wise for me to wash out some of the sand before i get the tank set up again, just to get rid of all the junk that could of built up in the time it was running?? Or would that hurt the stability of the system??

Hey guys i just set up a 4bulb DIY moonlight deal on my tank, The bulbs are 470nm and everything seems to be running fine. My question is.... Will only the areas that are in the direct spot light of the light benifit from it or will the overall tank benifit from the lights even though the...

Got this guy from a friend, I know he's part of the damsel family just dont know exactly what type he is. He's cool cause when he gets scared he gets 3 vertical black lines on his body.

I have seen these pods in alot of places, mostly in the bottom and in the back of the tank, they are about 1/2 an inch long and seem to have 2 main openings, i hope this pic is good enough.

This guy is a strange fellow, when i first was him i though he was a fossil inbedded in my live rock, like a trilobite, until one day he was moving around on his rock, I havent seen him since but if anyone has an idea on what he is would help, thanks

Hey guys, Im having a little bit of a hair algae problem, well not really a problem but i just want to keep the growth down to a minimum. I really dont know if it is even hair algae, it looks like turf grass to me, cool looking but i just wanna keep the growth down. I have a 100 gallon FOWLR...

hey i had a question about kalkwasser, I have a 100 gallon tank, how often and how much kalwasser mixture do i have 2 add, i mixed 10 gallons and im slowly adding it in, after the 10 gallons do i need to continue to add it or what. I have lots of snails and some leather corals, but im mostly...

I just got a used CSL 9w double helix UV steralizer, its on a 100 gallon tank. Does anyone know the specs of the steralizer as far as flow rate and whats the max tank its recomended for??

Should I be worried about this guy?? Ive been hand feeding him brine shrimp and seems to like it he's about half dollar size now, when i first saw him he was dimesize, anywho lemme know what ya think

Well you guys all remeber when my all my fish bit the dust in that freak incident with the activated carbon and what not, my question is, with one fish in there right now, ("lenny" the blenny) and about 13 crabs, will my tank remain cycled or will all the bacteria die off in the tank because the...

hey yall just got a quicky should i be worried that my new bristle worm that i found in my tank last night will eat my anenome????

What are the best ways to promote coralline algae growth in my tank. Anybody knows like water temp, saltinity, calcium, you know that kinda stuff. By the way for anyone following my tank crash, someone from kent marine is supposed to be calling me so we can talk about some thinks but ill let...

lemme get stait to the point.....100 gallon salt, one lawnmower blenny, 2 domino damsels, 2 clowns, one pink damsel, and one green chromis. 10 tiny hermits (blue legged) 3 larger ones. Had some kent activated carbon in there, I added about half a cup more in my media bags and left for 2...

hey guys im starting to get scared about all this alage that is growing all over the place, i beleive that what originally started the outbreak was when i left the blinds open for about a day next to my tank, the because its a new tank and plus because i have been using tap water in there intill...

im happy to let everyone know that my tank is coming along just fine, so far i have 2 dominos, 2 green chromis, one pink damsel, and 3 blue leggeeedeed crabs, and a nice layer of brown algae on some of my coral. well usally i know that brown algae is nothing 2 celebrate about but im just happy...

hey, well then lets take it from the top, i have 2 domino damsel and a pink damsel the guy at the lfs said that the dominos might be to rough with each other and that i should consider another one, for the first day the were picking on each other and after the first night they seemed all butt...

hey i finally got my pics all together, some are from last week when i was still building and staining the stand and some are from this week with everything put together, i might of acted to fast to put the fish in there but so far so good. Its still a new tank so nothing to fun in there yet but...