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I haven't been on for a long time - and now I have an important question. My tank is now in it's sixth year, healthy and happy. I finally broke down and got an LTA - I tried to place it in the most open space with the most sand for it to dig into. It however, hunkered down in a small area...

I was doing my regular tank cleaning today, and my four year old tank raised perculas began attacking my arm. This is a first - is this a normal behavior for my usually docile clowns? I haven't noticed any eggs anywhere or else I would have chalked it up to that. Confusion abounds. Terry

So, I came home from a wonderful night out with my daughters, and the lights in my kitchen are out. That means the everything in the tank is out also. So, I switch the breaker in the box (husband taught me how to do this since he travels) and I get everything back online. Ten minutes later - no...

I got a small black spiny urchin on my live rock a few months ago. It seems to have gotten much bigger and has decided to attach itself to my xenia frag. Is this thing eating it? I tried to remove it, but its tight on the rock the xenia is on. What do I do, or should I just leave it?

At Petco getting dogfood, I ventured into their fish area. They have a condy for $5.00. I'm tempted to go back and save the little guy, but my tank is only 8 months old, and I know nothing about anemone's since I didn't think I was ready. Should I go back and get him, and if so, help me know...

Since adding my first coral (xenia) on Monday, I have upgraded my test kits. The LFS tried to explain why I needed to test for ALK instead of PH. This morning I tested my ALK and it was at 4.7. The upper limit is supposed to be 4.0. My PH was 8.0. I like to keep it at 8.2, but I'm not really...

While the fishies are in qt for black spot on yellow tang, I took advantage and removed the cc from the tank and added 3"DSB. Since the cc is gone, does that mean that I can reduce the fallow period? All the fish are doing great - eating well and no more spots. I know they have 3 more weeks at...

When doing my water change yesterday - I also cleaned my fluval. It is filled with pods. Any advice on how I get these into my main tank? (had one crawl on my arm - CREEPY)

I'm ready to add some color to my tank - I can't decide on whether I should get a couple of clowns or pajama cardinals. I only have my yellow tang and yellow tail blue damsel in now with 65lbs. of live rock, lots of clean-ups and some hitchhickers I haven't identified yet. Any opinions? 55 gal...

Did my yearly changing of the bulbs - even though I put a new bulb on the sw tank 4 months ago (I remember better if it's at the beginning of the year. So my question is, what is the difference in a 40W 10,000K bulb and a 40W 18,000K bulb? I put the 18,000K on the tank, but don't know the...

My brittle star is now down to 1 ray. My peppermint shrimp are picking at her and broken into her central disc. I have isolated her in a plastic tank that I have left in the main tank. Is there any chance that her central disc will heal, or is she a lost cause? I don't have my qt set up yet, and...

Three weeks ago my snotty sixteen year old daughter bought a brittle star for MY tank. Without asking - or telling me, she puts the starfish in, minimal aclimation. Didn't see the star for the last three weeks, she shows up yesterday without 4 of her 5 rays. The remaining ray is quite ragged...

:?: Hi, I'm new here - and to the sw addiction. I just changed my 55 gal fw to fowlr. I'm using a fluval 404 and powerhead. I'm getting conflicting information on what to leave in the fluval. Someone told me to take all my media out and leave only the filter sponges. Another lfs told me to fill...