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im looking for fellow aquarium nuts that live in or around arizona.

my friend had one heck of a mean arc eye hawk fish and he was gonna flush it down the drain. i couldn't have this so i took it from him. i didnt want to add it to my tank so i went and bought one of those cheapo 5 gallon bow front selfcontained acric aquariums that you see at wallmart all the...

i was cleaning the algae off my glass last night and a fly landed on top of the water. he was only there for like 5 seconds because my hawk fish got him. just thought id share.

ok i wanna get the glass drilled on my tank. it is a 125 gallon long tank (72,18,22). i hear that you can not get tempered glass drilled, so how do i find out if my tank is tempered. also will a glass shop drill it for me? how big of a hole do i want and how far do i want the hole from the top...

i hear alot about soaking food in garlic. how is this done just grocery store garlic? and what benifits does it have for the fish?

ok here goes my list of fish is just a draft of fish that i like alot if adding any of them is a bad idea for the rest let me know. im not planning on putting them all in so i already know that the load is too heavy for a 125. 1 snowflake eel 1 humu picasso trigger 1 volitan lion fish 1 purple...

first off i don't know a whole lot about glass and i really don't want to drill my tank so i was gonna go with an overflow hang on the back model. my roommates dad works for a glass company(lucky me for some things) and he has a few circle glass cutters. kind of like the ones you see in the...

im gonna have a fish only tank so i was planing on going with just some 4 foot shop lights from home depot and putting some 50/50 florescent bulbs. what im wondering is and i hope this isnt a stupid question but, i dont see any ballast with these lights. will they heat up my tank? are the...

ive been talking to this lady at the pet store about my new tank alot. she asked me what i still needed so i went down the list. i told here that sand was next on my list. she looked up live sand prices on her little computer and quoted me 30# at $65. i told here that id have to wait a few weeks...

ok i got my 125 gallon tank and im starting to figure out what i wanna keep in the tank. i know that i want an imperator angel and a achilles tang. then some of the fish im leaning towards are a humu trigger and a bicolor angel. im curious what other fish would go good with these ones? and...

wish i had a picture. a round purple coral has apeared on my live rock.it looks like a blanket on the rock and has a porus look also. i dont have proper lighting for any corals and actually i noticed this when tearing down my 55 gallon tank and the rocks are in a rubber maid container with some...

well i sold my 55 to get this new 125 i got but boy its taking for ever to get set up the way i want. got the tank last week, building the stand this week, building the canopy and light system the week after. starting to miss my old tank that was already set up. i sure hope this new tank is...

im gonna make my own canopy for my 125 gallon tank and i wanna make sure that i get the lighting correct the first time. my plan is to buy a few home depot 4 foot florecent light fixtures and im not sure on how many to get. if anyone has better ideas let me know.its gonna be a fish only tank so...

im relatively new to this sight.im 24 years of age and im from grand rapids michigan.im in the army and right now i am at fort huachuca arizona. aquarium keeping has been my hobby sense i was little. i just sold my 55 gallon set up(salt water) to fund my new 125 gallon set up. i love the hobby...

i know downsouth is ok for a fish tank,but i cant find any of that. there is a playsand at home depot that looks like white sand is this ok or is it like a synthetic product that could harm my tank?

ok im puting a new set up together. its a 125 gallon tank 72X18X22. it will have a 30 gallon sump. i will be putting 100-125 pounds of live rock in the tank/sump. what i want to know is i want to plan my tank around a niger trigger fish. what other fish will go well with this fish. also how many...