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Hey all, It has been a long time since I have posted or been on AA. We had a little baby in the meantime and she has been taking up my time. However, my clownfish died after about 3.5 years and I want to start completely over. When "she" finally died the tank had become overrun by algae so I...

So I have been having a hair algae and bubble algae issue. I have been doing consistent water changes and have been manually removing both but I wasn't seeming to get anywhere. I went to my local store and they were telling me that an emerald crab would be one of the best additions to the...

Howdy all, I have been away for too long but things have finally become somewhat organized in my life. My tank has suffered a little and I am down to two snails, 2 fish and coral up the whazoo! I am off to the store this evening to get some new crabs and a couple of shrimp. Hopefully they...

Ok, because it has been summer, I haven't had my heater in my tank. I am thinking that I need to put it back in but I can't remember if I need to keep the tank higher than 80 degrees (that is what it is reading at this time) Also, is 5-7 hours of light too little or have people found that to be...

Just wondered if anyone else caught the season premiere of ABC's Extreme Home Makeover. Ty and the rest of the crew built a gorgeous house, as they always do, for a disabled veteran. Let me tell you what...15 minutes into the first hour and I was crying. What an emotional two hours. Anyway...

Hey all I am looking at eventually getting a 90 or 100 gallon tank. My guess is it will be FOWLR or possibly a reef tank. Can anyone suggest a website where tanks are of high quality and decently priced? My LFS is having a 50% off sale and I may go there, but I will need to save some $ before...

The above is from Fluff and from another Post: "Who Likes Green Hair Algae?" I believe that the temperature of my tank is what is causing this problem. It is consistently between 80 and 82-83 degrees. I have tried to keep a fan on the tank, and have the hood open but I don't want anyone...

Hey all I currently have a 12 gallon Nano, but I have the opportunity to get a 75 gal. tank for free. I need to know what else I will be needing to get this bigger tank up and running. I am aware of LR and LS and that sort of thing. And of course a stand but I need to have an idea of sumps...

Howdy, I have, what looks like Green slime on some of my LR. I am sorry, but I don't have a picture and I don't have water parameters. I am going to get them all tonight and I will post them online. I did about a 40% water change late last week and I added "new" ROWA Phos and ROWA Carbon...

The other night my wife told me to come and look at our tank. Apparantly one of my Kenya Tree Corals had reproduced. Sure enough there was a new Kenya tree growing on my LR. I was so surprised to see it. It is very small at this point in time but hopefully it will keep growing. I will try...

Hey All I have two Kenya Tree corals in my 12 gallon Nano-cube. Wednesday they were open and they looked very healthy. Last night I noticed that they were very shrunken and they were keeping their "branches" very close to them. I checked all my water parameters. Everything was fine. I...

Here is my new tank member! Her name is Rosario. I can't remember what species she is but she sure is a pretty color. Very lively too. I have had her about a month now and she is getting along great with my black clown.

Howdy All, I was wondering if these were the "pods" that everyone is talking about. They are all over in my tank but none of my levels seem to be disturbed. Thanks for the help in advance.

Hey all, I have posted a couple of questions concerning how to go about reducing algal growth in my tank. I have added some more snails and they seem to be keeping it controlled but there is still some that is present. I was wondering if the temperature of the tank can influence the growth of...

Hey all, I have had my tank up and running since December 22 and my levels have been decent. (Sorry, I am going to get numbers tonight and I can post them later). I was at my LFS the other day and noticed that they had a small clam, (I believe it was a Tridacna Maxima). By small I mean...

Hey all. I posted a question a couple of weeks ago concerning algae. It was recommended that I add RO H2O in order to get my Specific Gravity to 1.028 and to reduce the number of hours my lights were on. I have done this, (sorry, I don't have a SG # right now) My tank lights are on for 10.5...

Hey did anyone else hear/read about the Petco in Newark that exploded today? Apparantly a construction company hit a gas line and the building had its roof collapse because of an explosion! Supposedly over 200 animals and fish and 4 people were trapped inside. Here is the link...

Howdy All I was just wondering what an average price for a 120 gallon tank would be. There is one on eBay in my town that is for sale and the price is at $111.00 right now. It comes with a stand and some LS if I want it. Of course, I have to convince my wife but can anyone give me an idea of...

Hey all, I have noticed that there is quite a bit of algal growth on one of my pieces of LR. It is quite high in my tank and I am wondering if my lighting is causing it to grow so much. Should I try to rearrange. The tank has been up since Dec. 22 and is doing well. I really don't want to...

Hey all, usually I am on the SW side but I have a friend who has a Betta and it is being very lethargic. He is in a bowl but has been around for over a year. Is he nearing the end of his life expectancy? Sorry, I don't have any water parameters. I am not able to do the testing and my friend...

Hello All, I purchased some Soft corals about 2.5 weeks ago. I believe that they are called Kenya Tree Corals, but I am not 100% sure. They looked really good when I put them in there, and they were doing fine, I was adding my Ca as necessary. I just returned home from a week long business...

I was looking at my tank the other night with my wife and a friend of ours who got us interested in SW tanks. My wife was saying that she thought that we had a HH or something. Our friend then pointed out that we had a Brittle star come home with us from our LFS. It is still hiding under the...

Last night I noticed that one of my Turbo snails was laying in one spot and it looked very weird, like it was not able to retract fully into it's home. So I had to ask it, "Are you too good for your home? Go Home!" Ok, really what happened was that I picked it up and noticed that there was a...

Hey all, I was just reading on the GARF website about this guy who built a 500 gal tank using plywood and glass. He also said that he put plexiglass on the bottom so his LR wouldn't scratch. Maybe I am reading this wrong. I didn't think that you could have plywood as a surface in your tank...

Hey Everyone, I finally got out the digital camera and took some pics of my tank and its current inhabitants. I just got the two corals last night and they seem to be doing quite well. I have had the hermits for about 2 weeks and there are snails in there but I didn't get any good shots of...