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Well, I sort of let the hobby slip for a while. I went to siphon the substrate a couple days ago and wondered why it was so clean. No clouds came up like they used to. When I was done, the bottom was crawling with nassarius snails. They were probing around all confused by being sucked out of...

When I got into this hobby I heard how high-maintenance it was. Constant water changes. Water tests. Sumps. Specialized foods. I basically got the idea that you had to keep up with this daily as if it was so delicate that if you sneezed on the tank, it would die. I've had marine fish for...

Well, I used to order from here from time to time and was always more than satisfied. The fish were healthy, the inverts a good size, and no sign of disease. Back then if you ordered I think $79 worth of stuff shipping was always free. The good old days... So, I get an email saying they have...

I've got little white worms all over the glass in my tank. Bristle worms? Sometimes they swim around, but I mainly see them on the glass. I hear arrow crabs like worms, but I also hear they're not safe with snails. What about some type of wrasse? Like a lunare wrasse? Or would they eat...

When I plug the filter in, it makes no noise at all so the pump must have gone bad. I saw it at a couple online places for around 150 bucks, but it said "discontinued" beside the item. Does anyone online carry them, or does this mean I have to sell or throw out the rest of my 2227?

My spotted boxfish disappeared about a week ago. I assume it's dead since it's always out. I've looked everywhere in the tank, and I see no trace of it. I'm concerned because it's poisonous. Does anyone know if they can still release poison once they're dead, killing the entire taink? The...

My CBS disappeared for about a week. I just saw it today when I added some food. It's claws are gone, and its dragging itself around on two legs. Right now I have two perculas, a cleaner shrimp, a fire shrimp, emerald crabs, and a small spotted box fish (I've never seen the box fish go after...

Last week I thought my mushrooms were dead. They shriveled up and two of them fell off their rock. They're currently lying on the bottom. So I did a waterchange and added Chemi-pure to my filter, and they began to open back up. The two on the bottom actually look better than the ones on the...

I've had a fish only tank for years. Now I have a couple corals and smaller fish and inverts. I used to have a queen angel and she was great. Would getting another queen be a threat to a reef tank? I know this site says they're not reef safe, but I'd rather hear from personal experience.

One of my live rocks has recently sprouted some sort of fungus. It looks like a round fungus that you might see on trees. It has two purple ones and three red ones with tiny yellowish spots...unless that's sand on them. They're about the size of dimes right now or smaller. I guess you can...

I bought 9 emerald crabs from this site a while back. They were all smaller than dimes, legs and all. I watched them float to the bottom and pick at some algae for a while, and that's the last I saw of them. So about 2 months later I see one of them, and it's HUGE! I'm talking at least 50 cent...

What's low, medium, and high flow? I was told today that I need 1500 gpm in a 75 gallon tank. What level of flow would that be?

Ok, my tank is covered in algae as you can see. I haven't had a cleanup crew for over a hear because of copper in the water and I've been using cuprisorb and carbon to get it all out. A couple months ago I bought some turbos, hermits, emeralds, and a conch and things look better, but I probably...

Right now I have a protein skimmer, a fluval canister, and a maxijet 1200 all contributing to the water flow. The maxijet is focused on the live rock. I also have an Eheim wet/dry that's not working at the moment. The fish don't seem to mind although they get blown around from time to time...

Does it mean anything that's not fish only? Does it have to include live corals? Your thoughts.

I've been out of the loop for a while. I'm not sure what new technology we have out there. Right now I have four 65 watt CF's on a 75 gallon tank. I have all kinds of plants sprouting up on the tops of the live rock, but I doubt this would be enough to sustain most corals or scallops. I'm...

The ones from this site are around 1" long, and it suggests one per 20 gallons. From the research I've done, Queen Conchs grow up to a foot long and get up to five pounds. Isn't this a little big to have one per 20 gallons, or do they stay small in the aquarium? I guess I could always eat one...

When I was a marine newb, I used coppersafe to cure my fish of ich. I used it very liberally. I also had a fish-only aquarium. When I came here to ask when it would be safe to convert my tank to reef and add inverts, I was told that it would be impossible. A few people told me I'd have to...

Well, I woke up this morning and the end of my 48" (CF x 4) Aqualight was broken. I'm not sure if it was a factory defect or if salt water ate through the plastic, but it now sits lopsided on my tank. The specific part that's broken is the black, plastic end piece that has the slot for the...

To be more specific, is there a timer available that can control multiple devices (sort of like a power strip where each outlet can be programmed separately)? I see that Aqualight 'sort of' makes one, but it's strictly night/day (when the day outlets are on, the night ones are off, and vice...