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So my tank was in need of some serious mantiance. Been working on it. But have this on my LR and it's a pain. I'm thinking about just pulling a rock out and rinsing it off with water in sink then putting right back in. I'm sure that's a bad idea tho so someone tell me it is before I do it...

Is this green algae? And what's a good way to get rid of it?

So been in the process of fixing my aquarium (amonnia spike and green hair algae) but today my sump return started blowing air bubbles like its low. Tank description. 55g tank with sump under it. Box hanging over back to draw water down to sump with a water return hanging over it also. Tank...

So all my fish died awhile back. And had one lone cleaner shrimp that just died today. Been tryin to bring nitrates down but guess I wasn't fast enough. I have a lot of brown diatoms on my sand bed. My question is where do I go from here. I have LR so I don't think it's feasible to drain water...

So I had my 55g fowler with a sump goin for awhile. Added a goby and a wrasse and a flame angel (forget what order) but bout 3 weeks after last fish was added (maybe more) all my fish died. Well that was about 2 months ago. Due to other circumstances I was like yea ill wait till after my...

So my power head I have inside my tank to circulate water tends too come off. Usually I catch it before it comes all the way off. It's held on the side by 3 suction cups. Is there a better way?

So had a dead fish today and checking parameters. Here's what I got. Ph- 7.8 (needs to be higher i know.) Ammonia-0 Nitrite-0 Nitrate-I'm gonna go with 40ppm on this one. And I'm sure this is what has caused the fish to die. Gonna do water change in like a hr after I go get some What would...

So while watching my tank before cutting off the light I seem my cleaner shrimp like hanging onto my flame angel. Is this him cleaning him or are they fighting?

Gotta go away for a few days and wondering if I do a hardy feeding tonigt if fish will be ok till fri with not being feed and prob natural sunlight only

So yesterday when I got home my water temp on tank was at 88. Was trying to lower electric bill by not running AC all day. Well that didnt work out to we'll so ran AC today and its at 82. Any tips on keeping temp down? I've had a fan running on it facing the tank for awhile now but that didn't...

55g tank with sump. Have live rock in it. Protein skimmer has been running for awhile with nothing collecting. Bought it on a budget so it's not good quality one

So when I originally put my cleaner shrimp in my tank he immediately went to my power head and one of its tentacles got sucked in requiring me to turn it off for him to get away from it. So tonight when I went to turn off the light first thing I saw was what appeared to be the cleaner shrimps...

Just curious if my base rock is seeding off my live rock. I'm pretty sure second one has diatoms on It tho

So couple questions. 1 had mine for 10 days now. Stays in one of my cave rocks when lights on comes out in the dark. Is this normal. 2. Has these little green areas on the bottom near the tail. What is that?

So I have this skimmer and its been going for a month and nothing in the top at all. I'm pretty sure it's set up wrong. How do I properly set it?

Finally got to see my goby I've had for a week tonight at feeding time. But now my wrasse has been hiding. My wife sees them during the day tho. I need a good center piece fish still. 55g with LR. Suggestions.

Seen this at the local Lfs. Apparently they don't get them too often. http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+34+199&pcatid=199 Anyone had one.

So as of right now I have the following in my tank 2 clownfish Christmas wrasse Firefish goby Cleaner shrimp And snails And a elusive crab So I been feeding brine shrimp and tropical flakes. I mix it up between flakes and brine shrimp. Is there anything else I should be adding to their diet.

So I am going on a 2 week vacation here in a few months and looking at auto fish feeders for my time away. Any suggestions? I was looking at petco.com cause I got about 25 bucks in rewards expiring next week.

Think it's diatoms. Not sure tho.

As title says how do you keep your temp on your tank down? In rocking T5HO Lights Andy temp gets up near 83. Wanna get it a little lower

Bought a Christmas wrasse yesterday and acclimated it. Haven't seen It today an my wife hasn't in about 4 hrs. Is this normal?

So here's the crab I been trying to catch. Real hard to see cause he same color as coralline algae.

Well today I got me a firefish goby and a christmas wrasse. Also picked me up a cleaner shrimp. Can't wait to watch the tank tonight lol

So had 5 yellowtail damsels in my tank to cycle it. Decided this is the weekend that they need to be removed. Set a trap this morning in the only bottle I had which was a Mountain Dew bottle and it hasn't caught nothing yet. As I've been breaking down my other tank I would make attempt at...