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I am wanting to know what would be some good, easy to take care of plants for a pond and how's the best way to plant them. Some obstacles to overcome are.... It's not my pond so I don't have a lot of details. gets approximately about 10-12hrs of direct sunlight a day. Perimeter is lined with...

My in-laws are currently running a CPR overflow. The fitting in the top of the overflow that you hook the airline to, that draws the air out of the overflow keeps getting clogged. So the overflow slowly accumulates air bubbles in the top and slows the siphon almost to a complete stop. I've tried...

I am interested in what wattage MH's people would recommend over a 160 gallon tank. The tank is 28 inches tall, 20 wide, 68 inches long and the lights are going to be installed into the canopy. I am wanting to keep some sps and softies in the tank. I also would like to know what size of fans I...

I came home last night to find one of my hermit crabs stuck in my crocea clam. Somehow he had crawled on top of the clam and in doing so irritated the clam so that it closed up. It didn't close all the way but far enough so that the hermit cannot get out. And since the crab just keeps irritating...

I have a 180 gallon fish only tank. (no live rock) I have a picasso trigger, dogface puffer, volitan lionfish, yellow tang, and a koran angel. My mother in law has a yellow brittle starfish that she would like to get rid of. It's disk is about 1 1/2 inches across and its legs are about 10 inches...

I thought it would be interesting to see how many people have been injured (ex. bit, stung, scratched, etc.) while working or playing in their aquariums. I have been stung by an anemone half way up my arm (nice red patch for most the day and it stung like h3ll), bit by damsels, picasso trigger...

I have a 75 gallon reef that I am setting up. I've got everything else up and going but the lighting. In the past I have used VHO's and powercompacts. I am wanting to use metal halides on this one. Coralife has some really nice setups. (two MH's complimented with 2 flourescents and fans. It also...

I am wanting to get rid of some unsightly scratches on both the inside and outside of a 180 gallon acrylic tank. What is the best way to go about it. TIA.

I need to know what the best way is, to go about drilling a one inch hole in the side of my tank. I want to put the hole as close to the top as possible. The sides are not tempered so I know it can be done I am just wondering if its something i can do myself. TIA

I was just wondering if a ballast gets too hot will it cause the lights not to work. I have the ballast out in the open (so its not enclosed) but I don't have a fan on it. Could it still get too hot to function. I know ballasts get really hot, which this one is, but to me it's not getting any...

I am wondering if there is a coral that can act as a substitute for a host anemone. I do not want to put host anemones in my tank, as for the wandering (floating around the tank), stinging everything in the process tendencies they sometimes have. I have a flower pot coral that the clown seems to...

I have been wondering about the use of reptile lights with corals. I have not dared try reptile lights in the case that it would either not work or grow stuff that would be completely unwanted. The reason I ask, is that there are full spectrum reptile lights that claim to imitate natural...

I am wondering if anybody has heard or seen a bubble tip brittle starfish. I have seen bubble tip anemones and brittle starfish fish but I have not seen a bubble tip brittle starfish. I would like some enlightening on this matter.

i need some help with 'how to take a portion of some xenias and transplant them into another tank. Any ideas would be great.

I need some help with eliminating red algae. It is starting to cover the bottom of my tank with a red mat and will end up covering everything else up. Scrapping it off the glass and bottom does absolutely nothing to solve it, as it just comes back by the end of the day. I would love to get some...

I currently have two 55 gallon drums hooked together to store my RO water, but now I am looking for a reservoir system that I can store and mix large amounts of salt water. I looking for a capacity of about 200-300 gallons. Wether it is a do-it-yourself project or commercially bought systems...