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I have a 226 gallon tank and my SLF Crab is getting big and aggressive. It has eaten all my peppermint shrimp and two smaller cleaner shrimp. I see it trying to grab my pygmy angel and my watchman goby all the time. I have tried a bottle with the top cut off and ziptied back on upside down...

I bought some from Ducky and it is growing so well it is time to prune it. I will sell a quart freezer bag full for $15 shipped. Should have some pods in it. Let me know if you need some. Thanks.

I am on my 5th 200 gallon bucket of Oceanic and I am now getting the low ph problem that allot of people have complained about. I bought my first 4 buckets from a lfs that was going out of business and all 4 were the same batch #. The newest bucket I got was a different batch and when mixed I...

I have a thin brown film that gets on the front of my tank. When I use my mag float it seems to be powdery. I have tested for phosphates and I have 0 I use RO/DI water comes out less than 5 on my tds. My lighting is 4 165 watt VHO. Blue actinic on 9:00am Whites come on at 10:00 am. Whites go...

I am losing my peppermint shrimps and both of my cleaner shrimps are gone. Is it my regal tang eating them. I can see it eating the peps but the cleaners were fairly large. I have 2 fire and a cbs that are fine, but I used to have at least 10 peps and now at feeding time I only see one or...

I am not sure if they do but I found what I thought was my SLC upside down on a rock last night. I removed it and this morning I saw the crab cruising around on the rocks.

The stuff used to wrap up California Rolls. It is seaweed and I was wondering if it is the same as seaweed selects. Way Cheaper but I am not sure if it is safe to use. I can buy a bag at the market for like 1.99 that is 10 times the amount of a seaweed selects green algae pack that costs...

Can someone tell me how to use the Salifert Phosphate test. I lost the directions. I have the color card but can't find the directions. Thanks

I would like to get a ph monitor for my 225 but don't know what to get any suggestions/recommendations?

Anybody know what this is? I got it from a friend who didn't know what it was either.

I have a peppermint shrimp that has a big lump on his side right behind its head. The thing acts just like the other peps in my tank. Always scavenging and is the first one out at feedings. Any ideas?

Got my rock done today. What do you think? There is about 200lbs live rock and 180lbs hirocks base rock. I just added a 40 gallon refugium with 50 + lbs of live rock. Going to add some cheato in it soon.

I was just checking out my tank and noticed one of the mexican turbos I added on Monday was smoking. What is that all about? They sure do a number on the algae though. Less than a week and the sides of my tank are almost spotless.

I have had it in my 25 gallon qt for a week now and was wondering if it is too soon to introduce to my 225. It will be my first fish (besides my mandarin that did not make it). I normally would not rush this but I am picking up a 50 gallon tank this weekend from a friend and there are 2...

Any pros or cons for using either of these in a refugium. Want a place to grow pods in my 40 gallon refugium so I can try another mandarin and keep up the pod population. I have about 25-30lbs live rock rubble going into my refugium this weekend(it is from a friends established tank) and I was...

Hello, I just added a Mandarin Goby to my 225 gallon tank after a 4 week QT. For the first couple of days I would see it swimming along the bottom and hanging out in the caves/crevices of the live rock. For the last 4 days I have not seen him and this morning I noticed my peppermint shrimp...

I want to get a pair of ocelleris clowns for my 225 gallon and I have access to a bubble tip anemone from a friend. I ran across an ad today for a 50 gallon tank and a 26 gallon hex tank with live rock in both for $100. I need about 50 more lbs of rock for my refugium so I figured I would...

Hello, I just set up a 40 gallon fuge for my 225 and had a question about flow. I am running it at about 75-100 gph. Any more than that it does not seem to drain into the sump quick enough. I have a 1" bulkhead as the drain and if I open the flow the water level gets way too high. Is 2 to...

I have a 30" deep tank and want to restack my live rock to create more caves. I have a picture of a tnak at my lfs and it looks awesome so I am going to try to make it similiar. My tank is built into the wall so and has access from the back so it is hard to see. I will make sure I do not put...

I have a 225 FOWLR that I want to make a reef. 72x24x30" high I have 4 VHO 160 watt bulbs (two blue two white) I want to add MH's and was wondering if I should go with 3 250 watt or 4 400 watt bulbs. (10k bulbs) Also when I add the mh's should I make all my vho's blue or leave them the way...

I am going to put live rock rubble and sand in it. THe rock has nice purple coralline algae on it which I would like to keep. How much light will I need. I plan on having the refugium lights on the 12 hours that my main lights are off.

225 Gallon. I have URI bulbs 2 72" 160 watt blue VHO 2 72" 160 watt white actinic VHO 2 more VHO bulbs ( not sure if I should use white, blue or aquasun ) Right now I have only 2 of the whites but was thinking of adding the additional 2 to give me 4.26 watts per gallon. I don't really...

I was wondering if a 20 gallon QT is large enough for a 225. I have a 40 gallon QT now that I want to drill and turn into a refugium. WIll a 20 gallon be ok to house a larger fish such as a tang or similiar. I do not mind doing daily water changes if necessary but I do not want to have it be...

I have 4 URI 72" 160 wattVHO and want to add 2 more. Right now I have 2 actinic03 and 2 actinic whites. Should I add one more of each or should I consider the aquasun. . I want to start adding soft corals and do not have room for MH's so I hope 6 160 watt vho would be enough. 225 gallon...

I lost a fish in my Qt this morning so I tested the water. The qt has been cycling for 5 weeks and nitrites and ammonia are 0 and nitrates <5. I added 7 green chromis two days ago and have lost 2 already (they are in a container being acclimated to my main right now) I tested phosphate and...