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Hey everyone! So recently my friends have been really interested in mantis shrimp after seeing some footage of them on some of the Animal Planet/ Discovery Channel shows. It makes me feel good that they are so interested in aquariums and sea life, so I decided to get a mantis shrimp tank! Its...

Hey guys! So I broke down a tank a little while ago and wanted to kill the rock and make it dry rock. I put in a bucket of bleach and water, about 75% water, 25% bleach, and let it sit in there for about 24 hours. Took it out, let it dry in the sun for a few days, soaked it in water for a day...

Hey guys! So I have an empty 20 gallon and some extra dry rock and was thinking about doing a little aquascape video on different ways to aquascape the tank... Would anyone be interested in this?! Or is it a dumb idea?

Hey guys! I just cleaned out my 40 gallon tank that used to be freshwater and now I'm going to convert it into a reef tank. It's going to be a slow start, so bear with me. I don't have all the details planned for now, and any help would be greatly appreciated. I pretty sure I'm going to go with...

I picked up a toadstool about 4 days ago. For a while I was nervous because it wasnt looking to hot in my tank. But after 24 hours it was all opened and seemed okay except for the fact that its not standing up straight. Its like its stalk cant hold it up. It looks like the base of the coral isnt...

Hey everyone! So in my 20 gallon nano reef I have 2 clownfish, and they surprised me last night! Usually my lights come on at 11am and shut off about 715pm. They love to swim around and all during the day and at night they have very distinct spots where they sleep. My ocellaris sleeps on my...

I'm buying new bulbs for my light soon. Right now I have 2 white and 2 blue bulbs, but they offer a purple one as well and was wondering if I should do 2 white, 1 blue and 1 purple. Anyone have any input on what would look better and all? Thanks

I guess it wasn't a big buy, but I picked up a zoa/paly rock at my lfs yesterday for 30$. This is a big buy for me when it comes to livestock. Anyways, I saw about 10-15 nice heads of a paly on there and the rest was covered in zoas, about 100. I thought it was gonna be a great deal and was...

Hey everyone, I think I finally completed my 40 gallon tank! It has been up for about 7 months now, and I think I finally completed my stocking, and aquascape. I would love to hear some feedback on the tank, and any suggestions on ways of improving! I am going for the very natural feel, and I...

Hello, I'm working on a 30 gallon, low light tank, and need some more plants! I live in chula vista near San Diego California! I'm still fairly new to this hobby, but I've already grown to dislike buying plants/ corals from my lfs. So if anyone in the area has some plants for sale, let me know...

Is this normal? I've had this coral for about a month and never seen this before!

So all of my platys have columnaris and one of my guppies. So 5 fish in total. I have a 40 gallon tank, with a variety of different fish. I noticed the disease about 2 weeks ago, and it hasn't really gotten worse, and I've been doing water changes pretty often! So my question is, should I...

My tanks been cycling for a week now with 3 raw shrimp! It's a 30 gallon tank! I put a big piece of driftwood from my established tank in there, along with gravel that I put in the new filter! I have been checking ammonia everyday and it's been going up little by little each day! Yesterday it...

I Picked up a 30 gallon tank with everything needed for it for 50$ yesterday! Did some work on it and got it looking pretty nice! Spray painted it black, and did all that fun stuff! The plan for this tank, is to house some guppy fry for a bit, and Possibly it may be made into a livebearer...

I got my girlfriend into the fish keeping hobby recently, and gave her my old 10 gallon and some decorations that I used to have. I set it up, and the next day I come back to see it, she did an awesome job aquascaping. The decorations are all fake, but man, she made it look great compared to the...

My local petco had a book full of corals and fish they could order. I was just wondering if anyone else has done this and if they were pleased with what they got.

I just took out my zoas for a 3rd time and went through with tweezers trying to get this worm thats been under my zoas for a while now! Think I finally got all of it! Anyone know what it is? It's the orange thing

I'm on my way to get a peppermint shrimp and cleaner. Could I get 2 peppermint shrimp? Or do they do best alone? I have a 12 gallon nano reef

He guy told me the name, but I didnt remember it. Tried to look up on liveaquaria and the closest thing I can relate it to is a blastomussa red coral. Anyone have any ideas? And conditions it prefers?

I Have 2 java ferns attached to dw in my tank and ,another one randomly started growing in my gravel. It's still pretty small, but I am stoked that its there! Should I take it out and attach it to some dw or leave it as is?

Hello everyone! I have a 40 gallon community. Stock: 1 kribensis 2 platy 4 zebra Danio 2 guppies 1 dwarf gourami 2 albino catfish 5neon tetras 2rummynose Tetras 2 bumblebee goby My question is, could I add a few shrimp? Or would it be smart to? Or would some of my other fish attack them...

This is kind of random, but would this fish ... Adapt to a reef environment? I know they can be complete marine fish, and I was just wondering if they would compliment a nano reef? I dont plan on doing this, I was just wondering! Thank you

Hello everyone, I am new to the fish keeping hobby! Right now I have a 40 gallon freshwater tank, but I've really been wanting to get a nano reef. I have an extra 10 gallon tank that I started with. I got It at petsmart as a kit so everything is all stock. I was wondering if I would eventually...