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I moved recently and in my last house, we had a hose bib in the back of the garage. So it could run all winter. My new house only has outside hose bibs which need to be shut down during the winter months. Any suggestions about where and how to hook up RO/DI filter? A good 3/4 stage unit with...

Hi all, I haven't been on here for several years. Have kept a 72 gallon bowfront reef for 7 years, even surviving a move to a new home. This past weekend, i transfered from the 72 gallon non-drilled bowfront to a 55 gallon drilled show tank with a refugium/sump. I have some lessons learned...

Short story, one of my shrimp attacked/ate a new coral i just put in yesterday. (Stylophora) It is now completely white... there are some small specs of color left but barely any. Is this coral a goner? or can it possibly heal and survive?

Sorry to post this in 2 places (also posted in coral forum)... but it's killing me to know why that just happened. I just put a new ORA Stylophora coral in my tank after acclimating for about 2 hours. And immediately one of my peppermint shrimp jumped on it. I didn't pay much attention because...

i ordered an ORA stylophora coral (which I believe is a form of birds nest coral). I acclimated it tonight for about 2 hours and then placed it in a hole in one of the rocks. Immediately one of my peppermint shrimp jumped on it and started going to town. Normally, they do that to anything new...

I have a tank over 2 years old.. Can I directly add base rock straight to the tank and let it seed itself? Do I need to do anything to it first? Rinse in vinegar and RO water first or something?

Can anyone ID these. They both came on my rock from the carribean.

I got a small rock with 4 little polyps on it. I've had it for about 2 months now. They look very healthy and are fully opened up and look good, but they have not split/multiplied at all. How long will it take for 4 polyps to start growing into a colony?

Hi all, I have a Coralife Pro with 2x 150 Watt MH's and 2 90 watt Ac's. I was only running the MH's about 5 hours a day. I recently turned them off because I was having some extra algae growth and the summer storms were causing power outages and the turn off and back on was concerning me with...

I just recieved several animals I had ordered. 2 questions... 1) I have a 72 gallon, I have a 6 inch serpent star, so when I saw 3-7 inches for a blue linckia, I figured it was fine.. but I recieved what is probably a 7-8 inch star.. he is very large. Will he be o.k. in my 72? I don't know how...

When my tank had a mini-meltdown.. i lost most of my amphipods.. anyone know where you can order live ones?

I know a lot of people have algae problems, especially if you have a closed system, so i thought I'd post some things I've learned in 2.5 years trying to master this hobby. 1) Always maintain proper Alk/Calcium levels. A low Alk level crashed my tank about a year in, killed all my coralline and...

Has anyone set up a sump/fuge for a non-drilled tank? Is this possible? could an large canister filter w/ some LR in it serve that purpose? I've been trying my best to keep an algae free tank without a sump/fuge set up for 2 years now. Have only kept the tank free of it for a total of 3-4...

I have a recurring problem of green hair algae in my tank that I can't find the source for. Tank; 75 gallon bow (closed system no sump or fuge) nitrate 0 nitrite 0 ammonia 0 phosphate less than .02 Calcium 385 Alk 4 History; I had a clean tank with lots of coraline growing all over the tank...

First the problem.. (may not be one)... I got my first coral.. a zoo rock with about 40 polyps or so on it. It's been in the tank for about 3 days... they are not opening up much at all, even in the daylight. I don't know if that's normal for a new coral. My tank is almost 2 years old, so...

Sorry for the bad picture, but if anyone can identify this I really appreciate it. Description.. red fanned leafs, about 5-6 "leaves" per polyp, with a bright center. I ordered a Zoo frag, which they didn't make it, but these began growing and spreading on the rock the Zoo's came on. If it is...

I've had an Alk problem for a long time, the tank can go from high to very low Alk in a matter of a week. Is this normal? Do you all buffer mixed water for water changes? or buffer water for top offs? I recently started buffering the water i use for top offs and that seems to help keep it in a...

In perfect condition, a little over a year old. All new bulbs put in just 2 months ago, should have another 6-8 months of life in them. Includes the mounting legs. No cracks, dents or scratches. Will take 130$. Sells for 250$ new. Prefer pick up in Northern VA, but I will ship if you are...

Hi there, I've got a 72 gallon bow, it's 1.5 years old. I've had healthy fish with no deaths for at least a year. Good coraline growth, overall very healthy tank. I just purchased new lights because I didn't believe my 260 Watt PC's were enough for coral because the 72 bow is a fairly deep...

I'm getting levels of phosphate that are too high for comfort even through my RO/DI. I live in Northern VA, so i'm getting city water that is very high in treated chemicals and minerals. Everything seems to be good except the phosphates won't drop below .05 or so. It's not terrible, but would...