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Hey Guys I have a Bubble tip and a yellow Toadstool Leather. The BTA has positioned himself to be touching the base of the leather and the leather has retracted it's tentacles and kinda slumped over a bit... Is the BTA stinging the leather??????? I can't move the leather I'ts molded itself to...

I have had a BTA for about 5 months now, for four of those months she was doing great. Lately on one side her tenticles are shrivling up.... They are getting kinda ugly, the other side is fine, Long beautiful tenticles?? Any reason this would happen??

I have had my 75gal for almost a year.. I have no hair algea but the sand gets green bubble algea, and I have a few big slimy green bummles on the rocks.. Here is what I have, I just don't understand how I could have algea!!!!!!!! Filtration: Mag 12 (Return) with Squid device Aqua clear 500...

Hi Guys I just started a refugium and was wondering what to put in it? It is under the tank and would feed back in the sump. I was wondering 1. What live animals should I start with? I want some stuff I can feed my fish. May myacin shrimp? or ghost shrimp? 2. Does anyone know where to get a...

I have a Aqua-C Urchin Pro and twice this has happened, Not changing any of the skimmer parameters, it seems that everything is fine, producing sludge in the cup for months, then every once in a while I notice the sump surface water is bubbly like the Ocean, and the bubbles are rising much more...

I have a 75gal with 250MH, I started dosing Kalk the other day, All paramaters are balanced when started. I am dosing 75ml/hr and I have it mixed 2tsp/gal in a 7gal container. It is dosing 75ml/hr 24/7 ?? Is this a good rate??? Is there anything I should watch out for...

I have a rose BTA and I just got it last week. It was beautiful!! Now it seems to have unpuffed, Is this normal??? Will it puff up again?

Hey Guys, I have a 75gal. I use RO/DI water and had a 4x65 PC and didn't have algea problems. Now I got 2x250 MH and am having Diatom and the glass is getting green fast. The tank is 8mths old I have great water conditions PH 8.2 Amm 0.0 Nitrite 0.0 Nitrate 0 or undetectable...

Hi Guys, I'm buiding a canopy for my 75gal I'm putting 2 250 MH in it and some PC. My question is, Can you paint the inside of the box with Clear paint?? Or any paint? I'm worried about the fumes it might create...

I just bought a Yellow Leather from the LFS and they told me that it is a good Beginner Coral... Now I read they need Intense lighting and all kins of supliments?? Is there just Figi Leather that's the only thing I find on the net? Maybe the one I got doesn't require all this?? I have a 75 gal...

I have a 75gal with a 4x65 PC and I want to upgrade. I also have a Jebo 4x55. I want to go MH, so I was thinking about getting 2x175 MH and also taking the 4x55 from the jebo to make a Retro canopy. Question A: Which would look better 10K with Acentic for the 4x55 or 20k with white for the...

I have a Yellow Tang that was in QT for ich, while she was in QT I added 2 Emeralds, a sally light foot for algea control. Now she is fine all day and evening but when the moonlights come on and it's time for bed she gets all upset and does that turning red in the middle with the white stripe...

Hi Guys, I have a 75gal SW I have added things to the tank, and with my battle with Hair Algea. Anyway I added up my circulation and was very surprised!!!!! Here is what I have: In Sump- Mag 7 for return 700gal w/height 4ft probably 400gal Mag 3 on Remora Pro skinmmer...

I ordered some Red Mushrooms, a White Coral Bubble and a Cluster of Green Eye polyps. And I don't know where to put these???? On the rocks?? Sand?? etc.. Any advice?

I have a 75 gal SW, I currently have a Coralife 4x65 w/lunar. I have a Rose Bubble tip that doesn't seem too happy, I ordered some polyps and mushrooms and a Bubble Coral from Saltwaterfish.com. I was told you should have about 4 watts per/gal and I currently have 3.4 watts/gal.. Do you think I...

Hi Guys.. About 4mths ago I started a 75gal tank with CC as substrate, Well, it looks nasty and holding algea. I am changing to a sand bed, but I'm hearing conflicting things about to "Deep" or not to "Deep". The LFS says to go abot 1 to 1 1/2 inch sand bed??? I have 70lbs LR wet dry filter...

Hi Guys, I have been battling Algea for months now. I origionally filled the 75gal tank with Tap water back in July, I since got a RO/DI about 3mths ago and have done tons of water changes. Anyway, I took the water to the WaterMan today Tap and R/O water. The tap water read 354 TDS and the water...

I have had my tank setup for 2 1/2 months now and have 20 Tubo snails and 2 Big ?? something snails, 15 blue leg hermets, and a Yellow tang. I've been using R/O for 2 mths and still have GREEN Hair and RED Slime everywhere... What gives?????? Oh, and my tank is 75 gal with turnover 12/hr...

Ive Been battling ICH for two weeks now, I started 2 quarantine tanks a 10gal and a 20 week and a half ago, I did't think I had time to set up the biological filter part, so I had a powerhead and a NEW Whisper type filter. Well I've been doing water changes daily!!! 50% in the 10gal and 25% in...

I have ICK!! I have read many confusing views on ICK, I have a soon to be reef tank, I have LR and Inverts including a Bubble tip aenome. I have no corals but do have several fish in the 75gal I have a powder Blue Tang that wasn't looking too good, so I Hospitalized him, and an treating him with...

Hi Guys, I have a New Saltwater tank, fresh out of cycle, and I have 2 clowns one has a TINY white spec on him. I can't really tell if it's anything??? Ya think I'm being a little paranoid??? Should I give him a Freshwater dip?? Is it a Parasite???

Hi Guys.. I've been cycling my tank for 4 weeks now, the ammonia is 0 the nitrites and nitrates are very high.. The thing is Algea, everyone says algea and all kinds of weird thing happen while the rock is cycling, I have no fish in the tank, so it doesn't matter if it's ugly, but should I just...

Hi Guys.. I am soooo Mad!! I have been cycling my rocks for 3 weeks now, AND HURRICANE FRANCES rolled though and I've been out of power for 5 days.. Am I gonna have to start the cycle all over again?? Are my rocks dying ya think????

Hi Guys.. My Rock has been cycling for 2 1/2 weeks now and the Ammonia went to 0 a couple days ago, the nitrites are still off the charts, and Brown Diatom algea and little bubbles everywhere!! How long does it usually take for the Nitrites to calm down so I can put a cleanup crew in there...

Hi Guys... I have a new 75gal and need a cleanup crew soon. I don't want a bunch of snails. I would like to get some shrimp and crabs and maybe a star. Could someone give some advice on a good combination of a cleanup crew that isn't overrun by snails???