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My 75g tanks been set up for almost a year now. I have type of argonite/crushed shell bottom now. I have noticed that the bright white color of this substrate is a major collector of algae and aiptasia. I was wondering whether or not it is safe to add any type of play sand ontop of the existing...

I have alot of algae in my 75 tank. I have a coralife 300watt power compact light that is on around 11 hours daily. Is this the cause of the algae or what? What can i do to make my tank look better? TIA

My 75g tank has a few corals 2 clowns and alot of liverock, close to 120lbs. THe liverock came with a little aptasia and i didn;t think it would escalate to this. I have aptasia bad. there is many many aptasia babys on the sand bottom and it looks awful, i had a kalk type pwder to kill it but...

today is christmas eve and my tanks sg is 1.028 none of the stores i get water from are open and i dont know what to do. I have well water and im worried if i put it into my 75 my clowns and lawnmo wer will die but i donno what to do

Recently i have noticed a number of bubbles that form on my liverock. THey look like small bubble weeds. I tried to pop one but they have a strong outer layer. ARe these hitchhikers, are they bad, if so what can i do to get rid of them.

Right now to change 20 gallons of water in my tank it takes me close to an hour. I would like to be able to finish this task in a lot shorter time, im a busy guy. The big problem i have is i cannot figure out exactly how much instant ocean salt mix to put in each 5 gal container i have to have a...

My birthday is coming up in the next couple of weeks. My dad is looking to buy me an RO/DI system for my tank. Im currently changing 20 gallons of water from my tank every 2-3 weeks by filling up tanks at marsh for 35 cents a gallon. It has turned into a big hassle finding time to do it. I am...

also in addition to the worms i have, there are hundreds of small white clumps on the sides of my tanks, when looked at closely they look like tiny spiral shells, they are also elevated off the glass making the glass pocka dotted, are these offspring snails made from mine,

Today i noticed that there is quiet a few worms looking similar to cetipedes in my tank. They are all about 1-2 inches long and hide in my rocks. Are these bristle worms, are they bad? If so what can they do to hurt my tank. How do i get rid of them!? TIA\

last night i bought a lawnmower blenny and a royal gramma for my tank. They were bagged together and seemed fine until about 1/2 hour into the acclimation to the tank. I floated the bag in my water for 15 mins then added 1 1/2 cups of my water to the bag and let it sit for another 15 mins, when...

are yellow tangs hardy fish?can they be housed with clownfish? TIA

currently i have i snail that i inherited from my friends tank, I would like a good clean up crew to control my algae problem. What do I need to buy to keep my tank nice and algae free? TIA

So far I have 2 percula clownfish in my tank. This sunday they will have been living in my tank for 2 weeks. The tank is around 6 weeks old and has completely cycled. I would like to purchase some more fish or inverts this weekend, what are good hardy fish that will do well in my aquarium with...

I have had my tank up and running for about a month now. I have had a pair of clowns for a week and there is alot of brown algae on the sides and the sand and it is really unattractive. Ive heard of a stage called the brown out period where everything in your tank is covered with this brown...

In my tank my sg is 1.025 and it is full and doesnt need any more water added. How fast will the sg raise? Is mine too high or can it wait a couple of days for a little RO water?

In my newly setup and cycled 75 gal reef I have a 260 watt pc lighting system. I have a lot of brow algae frowing on my substrate and tank walls. I usually leave the lights on for 12 hrs in the day and off for 12 hrs in the night. Is this too much lighting? is this why i have so much algae? TIA

Well yesterday i bought 2 percula clownfish. Unlike my damsels i bought 3 weeks ago these guys are doing great, they even ate last night when i introduced them to my tank. I bought some frozen brine shrimp for them to eat, and they look like they are on vacation in my 75 gal tank. They are...

I have a 75 gal reef tank that has been set up for 3 weeks. I have course and fine sand mixed together as a substrate. THis weekend i am going to perform a water change, do i need to vacuum the sand? If so will the sand get sucked up through the vacuum?

I have a 75 gal reef tank and I am shopping for powerheads. I am wondering how many gph i should have for each of the 2 powereheads for my tank to be correctly circulating. Also would this be a good product to use...

A local petstore that I have looked at sells a rock called lace rock. I asked for base rock and he said they don't sell it but he told me that lace rock can work as base rock. Could I use lace rock as baserock or not?

I have a DSB plenum in my 75 gal. I have about 2in of sand but Everyone is telling me too ditch this filter. I don't understand how this will eventually dill my tank. One of my friends has a very well setup 100 gal reef tank and it has been running with a plenum for years, he suggested the...

As of this moment I have around 30 lbs of lr in my newly setup 75 gallon tank. I have read all of your responses to my other posts which tell me to buy some baserock at hirock.com, and eventually the 30lbs of lr i have will seed the baserock. My question now is, how quickly do I stick the tank...

Is there a type of filter I could use that would save me the movney of buying 100lbs of lr?

Today I woke up turned on my lights to my 2 week old 75 gal tank and found yet another 1 of my 3 damsels laying on the bottom dead. I am very confused on wy this is happening, I thought damsels were the most hardy fish and the best starter fish. Now I only have a domino damsel left. I have 20...

In my 75 gal tank I have 2 damsels, jaubert filter, canister filter, berlin protein skimmer, 90 pounds of sand, 20 pounds of live rock, 2 kinds of leather coral and 1 baby anemone. The tank has been up and running for 2 weeks and the live rock has been in for about 4 days. The fish were just...