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I have had my copperband for about 2 weeks now in a 125 gal reef tank. He shares it with a couple clownfish, a velvet damsel, and a yellow tang. He seemed fine till this morning when i saw him hangin out inside my cup coral just hovering. Just now several hours later i found him laying on the...

Has anyone had any problems with peppermint shrimp attacking their frogspawn? I witnessed my new frogspawn being picked at by one of my peppermints.

I have had the tank up for 2 months now. I want to make it a Reef Tank with a few fish. I would like to have all kinds of corals and several anemones. Do any of the following fish not fit with this plan. I have read differing profiles on different websites. -1 yellow tang -1 copper banded...

Ok, i just got a used 135 gallon sw tank out of the local paper. Ive been wanting to upgrade from my 40g for a while now. Anyway, im having a bear of a time getting the water going into the sump to match the amount of water coming back into the tank. Also the sound of the water draining down...

So tomorrow I transfer a 135 gal reef aquarium from its old owners to my house. I looks like it was a beautiful tank at one point. Now it has Zoanthids spreading all over the rocks and worse it has green hair algae and some bubble algae on most of the rock. It looks like they may have had the...

I have noticed a couple of small dime sized mojano in my tank. How harmful are they? Could they eat a goby. I ask because I cant figure out what happened to my mated pair of Twin Spots. One disappeared and then the other a couple days later. No remains (not surprising with my cleanup crew)...

So I got 'Pepe' a week ago and drip acclimated him. He seemed to do just fine. He molted a day after I put him in and ate the flakes and stuff that I target fed him. Well yesterday morning I saw him and he was alive but looked a little lethargic. Within the hour he was laying on his back not...

What live stuff in the tank is considered bio load? Is it only the fish, or can you have too many snails, hermits, sea cucumbers, urchins, anemones, or coral?

What is the best brand test kit for calcium, alk, and trace?

Are the pink tip tulip anemones dangerous to have in a tank like mojanos or aptasia? There is a guy selling them on ebay and they look pretty enough.

I got my first pulsing xenia last week and have been watching it extend and wave around for a while and then tighten up into a small little ball. I was not sure why this happened, maybe just getting used to a new environment. Today I noticed that the xenia looked damaged like something was...

I have a couple algae questions. One, I have algae growing off of my hob filter I included a picture. Is this bad? Two, I have a bright green substance growing on my LR. I thought it was coraline at first but when I was moving one of my rocks I felt the green stuff and it was slimy...

I have a bunch of white debris on the top of my rockwork. I use a turkey baster every day to flush it off the rock but it returns. I know most of it probably falls back on the rock. I have a pretty good cleaner crew of hermit crabs a peppermint shrimp and 2 emerald crabs but am a bit short on...

I got my maxi jet 1200 today. I want to replace the rio 600 that came with my CPR BakPak2. Now that I see the two pumps together, I noticed they look different. Can anyone post some pictures of how they hooked up their Maxi Jet to their CPR BakPak 2? Thanks a ton!

I am not sure what these two guys are. I am hoping they are not Aptasia. Just looked at my post and no pictures....working on it.

Hey guys, I was looking at getting a Twin Spot Goby for my 30 gallon to help clean the sand. I have a live sand substrate of about 3 inches maybe four. Is there anything I should watch out for with this little guy? Also, can I get another type of Goby like a Citron and not have any...

So as the topic says, what exactly makes a tank a reef tank as opposed to a tank with live rock? Does it mean that the tank has coral and anemone's? I ask because I was just reading a classified post that asked "if the tank is pre-drilled (reef ready)".

I was wondering if you all could give me a list of cleaner crew members for a 30 gallon reef tank with live rock. I was thinking turban snails, blue leg hermits, zebra hermits, emerald crabs, and a serpent star. Any idea how many I would need of the snails and hermits? I was thinking one of...

Hey All, I was just wondering if there is a general concesus on what kind of food to use on damsels or clowns. Is there a specific brand of flake that works best? Also, what kind of additives do I need to add for live rock and the fish?

I am curious if I can use coral I find washed up on the beach in my reef aquarium (cycling) without doing anything special? The coral in question came from a beach in Hawaii. Also, are shells and sand dollars ok to add?

I'm looking at skimmers as a way to reduce my nitrate load and improve the overall cleanliness of my 30 gallon tank. I wonder if anyone has any advice about good and bad skimmers out there. I am looking a the aqua c remora, sea clone 150, and super skimmer. Any advice will be much appreciated.

I have read all that I could find about fishless cycling and I think I have a good idea how it is done. I do have a couple questions though. -Any idea where I can get some ammonia to get the spike started per Dr. Chris Cow's article? -Are there any fish store gravels that are bad for a...