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I have this thing growing on my monti cap. I wouldn't be quite so concerned about it, but I have not seen anything like it before, and its on my prized monti cap =P. Its a little hard to tell, but it is weaving a pretty nice web. It has made itself a nice little tube on the side of my monti. Any...

Hello, my monti cap is growing way too large for the cement plug it came on (I was guilty and didn't glue it to a rock at first) and it will not stay upright anymore. I was wondering if anybody had any tips or links on information on how to frag them. It has a bunch of different shelves. Should...

Hey guys, I'm having issues with bubble algae in my 30g reef. Other forms of algae not so much though. All my nitrogen cycle levels are at zero. I use RO/DI water now from the lfs - really helped my massive algae problem I had for about a year. Also have a remora hanging off the back of it...

Hello, long time no post =). Anywho, I bought a monti cap quite a while ago, and originally the frag was about the size of the cement plug it came on. Now it's grown quite a lot. I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions on how to secure this thing to a rock easily so I could keep it from...

Wanted to share my expiriences with the board for reference =). I've had my 30g reef up for 2 years now. Always have had slight algae problems, but nothing too bad. Eventually the algae just kept building up and I was having trouble keeping my hard corals happy. Lights were only on for about 6...

Hello; it's been a while =P. I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions to help me out. After looking around PSU for a while, I have found a source for RO/DI water and arranged to deal with breaks and all the such, and am planning on bringing up a standard rectangle 5g tank I've had running...

My dad called me up at PSU a couple hours ago and informed me that my wrasse and tang are dead and my clown/blenny are soon to go. After a lot of confusion, we found that my Rio600 had burnt up and was releasing junk into the water. I made sure to clean it once a month if not more. I really...

I am at PSU, and my dad has just called to inform me that my 6-line and my orange finned tang has died in about the past 2 hours. My clown and blenny are breathing hard on the sand bed. Corals still look ok. Took some levels - saltwater is at 1.025-6 - little high, but normally is at 1.025...

Hello, I was wondering if anybody had any tips to keep my kalkwasser airline drip from clogging. I have a hole drilled about an inch from the bottom of a 5g home depot bucket (think it's above the normal amount of precipitate), and somewhere between there, the 2 airline valves (dont' think it's...

Hello, I was looking into a lawnmower blenny for my 30g that has a beard algae problem. I've always wanted one, and don't persay want it as a cure for my algae issue (working on it), but as a nice fish to add to the system. Currently I have a percula clown, a 6-line wrasse, and a small orange...

I was wondering if a small mantis shrimp would be a hazard in a 5g glass tank. After it outgrows it I'll have a larger acrylic tank available. Any special care requirements or reference/reading materials anybody suggests? Thanks.

Well; I was going through my pictures when I found a picture of my half dieing rasta leather. I still have no idea why it died. My nitrogen cycle was all at zero, pH 8.2, SG 1.025, alk on the line between med/high (dont' have a test kit for Ca, but guessing it was around 425 or so cause I didn't...

Got my final attempt at an online fiji leather in two days ago. It looked fairly healthy for once (rock didn't break and rip it in half). The thing that concerned me, is it had a sorta hole along it's base which the other ones had that died within a day or two and just rotted away. The coral...

Figured I'd take some pics after feeing my tank some krill/squid. Excuse the algae problem I've been fighting and the not so great photography; figured I'd share anyways though =). The blue legger wasn't supposed to have a gourmet squid dinner, but helped himself outta my candy's mouth anyways.

I've always assumed in the past frozen food (krill, squid, ect) was horrible for the water colomn due to all the extra waste and everything. I was reading the thing of flake food the other day and I realized just how much excess protien is in the stuff. I've always fed flake cause I thought...

I set up a 5g 2 weeks ago with about an 8lb boulder of LR from the store (with a decent amount of dieoff), sound quickcrete play sand (had it around the house), and water from my 30g reef along with a MJ600 I use for water changes. I've been adding pretty heavy amounts of both flake food and...

Well; after reading some posts I'm debating taking out my 2 biowheels in my Emperor 400. I am thinking about taking one out; waiting a month or two, and then taking the other one out. That way i wouldn't hammer anything too hard. I have about 60lbs of live rock to cover. Next question... I have...

Hey; I was looking for suggestions to up my lighting in my 5g tank I just started. it's standard porportions (18" long I'm pretty sure). Currently it just has a single bulb flourescent, but I would like to keep some corals. Any low cost suggestions? I'm up for DIY if there are any ideas.

Well; the 5g is staying. Currently it has a boulder of LR (good 10lbs I'd say) on half and a MJ600 pointing at it from the other with quickcrete play sand. Going for as little money as I can with it (hard with this hobby). I'm just gonna fill up gallon jugs and swap them out once a week to keep...

Welll.... I was picking up some LR for my 30g to boost my monti up closer to the lights. I asked for a pretty decent chunk of LR... he got me 3 huge boulders and told me to keep the other 2. I was like, hey, sure, thanks lloyd. Probably close to $80 or so of good LR. I'm good friends with him...