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What company has the best bang for your buck with clean up crews? And what does a person need to watch out for with the critters....are there some that are often included in the packages that you later will wish you didn't get? I know some crabs are bad in the long run.....Input please!!

Ok. One thing that I have learned in this hobby is that there are ways around the expensive manufacturers if you search. I want to know what is the best route to buy garlic to add to fish food to help prevent ick? It is not terribly expensive thorugh Kent/etc... but there has to be a cheaper...

I have recently converted my HOB wet/dry to merely a large overflow that leads to my fuge under the tank. In doing this, I have created a fuge of type out of the HOB. Being a wet/dry it has the bio-balls section. I extended my plumbing high enough for the drain down to my fuge so that the...

I am building a refugium and in the process I decided that I would add a good skimmer (probably EV-120) to the setup. I have a 75 gal. main tank and my refugium will be a 35 gal. I had laying around. My problem is I don't want to stick the skimmer in the fuge where it will take up lots of fuge...

What does everyone think is the best substrate to use in a refugium and why? I am in the process of establishing a homemade refugium (30 gal) and have plenty of crushed coral that I recently removed from the main tank (75gal). Would this be recommended to use? It would save me $$$ if I could get...

I have a yellow tang that I have had for 2 years. I noticed yesterday that he was staying hidden and not out and active as usual. Today he is still the same but out where I can see him. He looks as though he is starving to death. Skin and bones. He has always ate extremely well and was doing so...

Okay, built my refugium and now will be needing a pump. My questions are: 1) What flow rate do I need to look at for this 30 gallon refugium, I know it is not supposed to be too high and 2) I have read that you don't want one that has an impeller due to the chopping up of critters that might be...

Okay, I got good advice on lights, now let me milk you for a little more info and opinions. When all is said and done I will have a 75g, 70lbs(+-) LR, Dual 175 mh, 2 110 03 vho, and only a yellow tang and mandarin for company. I want to get corals that are fun to see and colorful (neon-like) if...

Just want some advice on bulbs. I have purchased a CSL dual 175mh and 2 48" vho set-up. It is used and needs new bulbs soon. What is the best combination of lights for a general reef system? I am fixing to really get this tank (75g) of mine going. Right now it is FOWLR(only 3 fish). But those...