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Is it possible that one type of coral may do better in your tank than another. I have several soft corals; Leather, Polyps and a few others that are doing great in my tank. I bought a Candy Coral and a Bubble coral thinking they would do good too. When they were at the LFS, they were opened up...

For my passive tank, my Foxface, Sailfin and Coral Beauty do a great job at keeping my tank clean. I was more interested in what kind of things I needed to do in order to keep an aggressive tank clean. I guess I can look into herbivores for the aggressive tank. Wes

I am starting to research setting up an agressive tank. When I am ready, the fish will be in my current 75 gal tank (I am going to move all the inhabitants that are in there now into a 125 gal tank). My questions are thus.. In my current tank, I have hermits, snails, shrimp and starfish...

My LFS has what they have labeled as a "Red Bali Star". They are small starfish, around the size of a half dollar. I tried to find informmation about them online but can't find anything. Any one have any advice? Wes

I have read that it can be important to move things around when introducing new fish, to help break up territories and cause the fish to make new territories. How much truth is in that Wes

I am at a point where I need to put my live rock together in ways that aren't very stable for the shape of my pieces of live rock. I don't want to wake up one morning to see that my aquascape has collapsed. I also like to change my aquascape on occassion. Now the question: Is there an...

Yeah they are all fake except one. There is a rock on the right side of the tank (kinda under the powerhead) has a real Halimeda Plant. It seems to be doing well. I added it in order to bring my Nitrates down and it has helped. When I bought the rock it had Grape Calupra but my Foxface ate...

So, I got Ich and had to move all my fish to my quarantine tank. I figured while they were there, it was prime tim to clean my filter, tubes, substrate etc. I did some aquascaping and got a new addition to my tank (the Rose Bulb Anemone). Here are a few pics:

As you can see from my signature, I have a pretty diverse bunch of life happening in my tank. I have 2 fish coming on thursday, a Maroon Clown and a Flame Angel. I am looking at adding one more to my menagerie. Any one have any advice. I wanted to get a Purple Tang, but I think my Sailfin...

I am planning on setting up a QT, but the initial outlay of money that I have gone through to get my display tank up and running is leaving me gasping. Yes, the bag was unopened during the initial floating Not sure how long the LFS had her before I bought her. I can tell you the my roommate...

I floated the bag for about 15 minutes then 1/2 cup water every 5 minutes method. The other fish weren't aggressive toward her at all. I can only assume that she couldn't get comfortable in the tank. All my levels are right. The only thing I didn't do was turn off the lights. I guess I will...

She died sometime in the middle of the night last night. RIP Coral :( And I found out the the store I bought her from doesn't offer any type of return policy.

When I "coaxed" it out, I just wanted to make sure that it wasn't dead.

I got a Coral Beauty last night at my LFS. I acclimated her in the tank like I was supposed to. When I released her, she went and hid for several hours underneath a piece of base rock. She finally came out for a while. I was watching her swim around and squatted in front of the tank. When I...

1. Is there any sure fire way to help alleviate diatoms? 2. Approx. how much wattage (lighting) is needed for a rose bulb anemone? 3. Which light is better: Current USA Orbit 48" 4 x 65 Watt Power Compact Strip Light W/4 Lunar Lights or Coralife Lunar Aqualight 48" 384 Watts # 408 4. And...

My tank has been cycling for over a month now and I have yet to get a 0 NO3 level. NH4 and NO2 has been 0 for a couple of weeks but it seems that the NO3 won't go away. I've changed about 15 gal on my 75 gal tank but still no luck. Any ideas on why this is and what I can do about it? TIA

They guy at the fish store I bought it from knew I have a SW tank. If you put your hand in the water by the Intake that came with the filter, you can feel the water being sucked into it. If you put your hand by the intake on the extractor, you don't feel anything. Open up the cabinet under my...

I have purchsased the 3535 Surface suction extractor to go with my Eheim 2215 filter. It is supposed to skim protein off the top of the water. I have assembled it per the instructions and it doesn't appear to be doing anything. I have been using it for about a week now and I don't see water...

My BCS that I have had for a week molted this morning. Do I need to remove the old exoskeleton from the tank, or just leave it in there. TIA

I googled Strong Bad until I found it. Took me a while

Ok, I have been leaving my canopy's open all day and night because I was worried that there wasn't enough oxygen in the tank. I have purchased powerheads and they are circulating the water quite well. My question is, can you purchase prefab screens to go on an aquarium opposed to glass...

They are still hiding. I guess that's just what mine will do. As long as they eat the stuff I want them to eat everything will be fine.

My 3 Mithrax Crabs should work for the CIA or FBI. They stay hidden so well that I can never see them. How do I know if they are eating?

Fishfreek, Like rdefino said, What kind of timer are you using?

Sicklid, Right now, I only have the standard hood that came with my tank. When it comes time to get the Anemone, I am going to upgrade to a PC. Probably the Aqualite by Coralife. Everyone else, Ok, so my cleaning crew came in. I got them acclimated and sat for quite a bit of time just...