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Since upgrading my lighting to 192w PC's, my 46g sand bed is turning brownish in spots. This must be a bad sign but of what? Is it algae growth and how do I get rid of it? I try to do 5g water changes weekly up to 10 days do I need to do more?

I'm not sure in my orchid Dottyback is eating enough? How can I tell? I feed frozen mysis shrimp and formula two flakes once a day. I break off a piece of frozen mysis shrimp into a small cup, put some tank water in to melt the shrimp, stir it up and pour it into the tank. But before I do...

Hey what do you recommend for a reef tank and why? Whats the difference? Reef Crystals or Instant Ocean? Thanks.

I've got a 46 gallon LR & LS with a blue damsel, red banded shrimp, emerald crab and a cleaning crew. The tank has red algae on the glass (not bad) near the sand bed and a friend said that's OK, is it? My other question is, I'm seeing green algae growth (I think) on the LR and on the the...

Tonight I'm noticing my nemo fish is not looking too good. His fins look like they're rotting off and his orange color is fading. He seems to be loosing the battle and can't keep 'balanced' I tested the following; temp 80 PH 8.2 -> 8.4 hard to tell with the color charts Alk norm -> high...

I currently have a 46 gallon tank with LR and LS and few fish, a crab and a shrimp - nothing fancy. The tank also has a Remora protein skimmer, heater and (2) power heads in the tank (obviously) I'd like to add more water volume by adding a simple 10 or 20 gallon sump under the cabinet. I...

My current lighting is as follows;110 watt Power Compact florescent lighting with 50-50 bulbs; which isn't strong enough for anenomes, correct ? but my false Percula clown is swimming around like he wants to host one and I feel sad that I'm not providing it ....bad caretaker, bad.... Instead...

I recently bought a friends 46gallon aquarium because they were moving from NH to CA. Anyway, I bought the system which included the Remora model protein skimmer but my friend wasn't using the prefilter skimmer accessory even though he had one. He basically put the little peice of foam front...

A friend of mine has 4 Tangs among other fish in a 125 reef tank - He thinks the Tangs are creating too much phosphate because the tank isn't doing too well right now Do you thing 4 Tangs is too much for this size tank? Thanks in advance.

What's the best technique for replenshing DI water into a tank w/ out sump? I've got a 46 gallon LR/LS, a red banded shrimp, emerald crab and a blue chromis and alot of snails and hermit crabs. So far, I've been pouring the DI water into the tank, but it's probably not the best technique. Any...

I just bought from a friend an established 46gallon SW aquarium with LS/LR, snails, hermit crabs, (1) RB shrimp, (1) emerald crab and a blue/green chromis about 2 weeks ago. Needless to say, I've been doing a lot of reading lately. The aquarium came with a thermometer glass type SG but it's...

In a nutshell, a friend moved and sold ($200) me his existing bow 46 gallon SW tank which included the following, stand, LS, 40 lbs LR, Remora protein skimmer, (3) maxi jet 1200 pumps, frozen food, flake food, test kits, (1) red banded shrimp, (1) emerald crab, (1) blue/green chromis damsel fish...