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Just picked this Maxima up today for $65. Gonna name her Pearl. Never seen a brighter blue color. Really excited. Any experiences with these. I placed her on a small piece of lr rubble so when she grabs on I can still move her around. Right now I have her on the sand as she adjusts to...

So, as you may guess based on the name I teach biology in a high school. I spend a fair amount of time on this site on the saltwater side for a tank at home. I am venturing to the freshwater side of the aisle becauseI have a student that is offering me some yellow lab cichlids. I am considering...

I bought a candy cane frag a couple months back. it started with 3 heads and it has split to 4 so far. One of the original 3 heads had what looked like another mouth off the side of its head so I thought it was splitting. On closer inspection there appears to be something living in the hole. It...

Just got home from the lfs….actually a new one. For those of you in Chicago, The Living Sea is really awesome! I am somewhat of a noob (about a year) but that place blows my lfs away! Anyway, I grabbed a couple things from the frag tank and want to confirm their identity before I go learn all...

So, I have an issue of dying fish with a mystery clicking sound that has to be a pistol or mantis or something. I also have a reef lobster that is a suspect in the fish deaths and I want to get out. He is burrowed in the very bottom back corner of my 125g reef. I am considering removing all of...

Hi folks, I have a problem and I really don't know what to do. I bought and transferred a whole system with rock, fish, inverts, and corals from cl last February. The fish that I inherited are fine....I have a blonde naso tang, maroon clown, perc clown, and foxface. I have not lost any fish that...

Can anybody help Id these? Worried that they might be a pest. Right now it is only growing in a couple small spots. They are kinda cool looking....I know those are famous last words in the reef tank.

Picked up a wrasse a few days ago. He was pretty healthy looking when I got him but some freying on the tail fin. Yesterday noticed a white patch on his tail. The scale look raised in that area....almost bumpy. Take a look at pictures and please help id the disease. Don't think it is ick. Fin...

I am placing an order on BRS and I am trying to get my order from $125 up to $175 for the free shipping and I am thinking about a Two Lil Fishies kalk reactor. Wondering about how people feel this reactor. I could see some potential issue of accidental overdose with a reactor if hooked up to an...

Looking for opinions/experience here. I am thinking of adding a kalkwasser reactor to my 125g reef, but I have some concerns. I was thinking of the Two Lil Fishies reactor cause I don't want to spend $200 or more like most other reactors. Wondering if anyone has any experience with this product.

Hey folks, I just bought a small frag of candy canes. It has 3 heads but 2 seem to be dividing. I am a relatively new reefer so I am not sure if what I am seeing is normal or I'd I'm doing something wrong. I have done basic care research and I have the frag in moderate high lighting with...

I am in the market for a new skimmer and I need a pretty small footprint. My sump space is about 9.5 by 11 inches. I was looking at Skimz skimmers on aqua cave and they have a couple that would work size wise. I was just wondering if any one has any experiences either positive or negative with...

I just hooked up a JBJ ATO yesterday and I bought the aqua lifter AW-20 pump that brs recommended. Well, it isn't powerful enough to fill my sump before the JBJ computer shuts off automatically. Can anyone recommend an affordable pump like the aqua lifter that is a little more powerful? The aqua...

So, I have an order arriving from brs including their dual reactor to run carbon and gfo. I have a 125g with some corals. Mostly soft. One monti but rest are common beginner stuff. Shrooms Kenya, Zoas....not that the monti is some sort of rare difficult specimen. Anyway, I have never run carbon...

Ok, so I left my rodi spout on all night and rodi has been dripping in my tank for about 20 hours. Not sure how I don't have a bunch of water on the floor. Think that the drip rate much of matched evaporation. That does make a lot of sense to me cause my system does 90 gal/day. Some is soaked in...

Am looking for some suggestions on placement of power heads to improve flow in my tank. I have a 125 gal all glass display flat front. 2 built in overflows in back, not in corners. Currently, I have a mag-18 return pump rated for 1800 gph, but with head and loss due to plumbing I am estimating...

Just added a diamond watchman goby to my 125 reef yesterday. Drip acclimated and he was really healthy looking going in. He looked to have adjusted well last night. He was sifting the sand bed and was right out in the front of the tank. Just got home and I can't find him anywhere. Not sure if he...

Am having a dilemma. I inherited my 125 g reef in march this year. Previous owner dosed with a 2 part calcium/alkalinity supplement and recommended I continued. I didn't dose until June cause that is when I bought the kits and the kent supplements. I bought salifert kits cause I heard that cheap...

A couple days ago I switched out a trickle filter for a new sump that I had built. My bright idea was to move some of the old sand to he sump and put new sand in the dt. I just scooped some of the sand out and got a massive storm of detritus in my tank. Had an ammonia spike that my corals did...

Just out of curiosity, is this one of my snails pooping on my glass, or is it laying eggs or something?

Does anyone have information on this fish? I saw one at the lfs but didn't get much info on him.he was pretty awesome looking and different from other gobies in that he was swimming in the water column rather than sitting on the substrate. The one I saw were really busy sifters.

I will be building my own new sump for my 125g reef very soon and I wanted to document for anyone interested in following. It should be done and running relatively quickly as I have already done quite a bit of the up front research and gathering of supply. I will be replacing a wet/dry sump...

I am building a new sump and my current project is plumbing the new pump to the return lines. I spent waaaaay to long in the pvc isle at menards yesterday. I think that I have everything that I need (fingers crossed). I have a couple questions. Does it matter where I install gang valve (i...

Had two odd reef related happenings today, and as I get more and more into this hobby I realize that odd happenings occur fairly regularly. It seems like I am always finding some new inhabitant in my tank, or some new behavior by one of the tank inhabitants. It got me thinking that I am sure...

Should I be cleaning my skimmer, and if so, how often? I can't see anything inside the skimmer cup anymore and the outside is caked with salt......