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oh, i also had a hose pop off a pump (to the chiller) AS I was walking out the door to visit my grandparents out of town. Giant fountain of water shooting up through my light fixture spilling everywhere, not to mention the chiller turned into a siphon draining everything from the return end. if...

not quite in the tank, but... I was taking apart my powerheads, those ones that have a spinning nozzle to change flow direction constantly. trying to pry it apart and suddenly it springs open and all the pieces go flying across my bathroom into the toilet. I was debating if i wanted to buy a...

damn, i was hoping it was the opposite. not looking forward to draining it and trying to lift it. thanks for the replies

I remember reading somewhere (but I cant remember where) that it was a good idea to keep an aquarium level. It suggested putting cardboard under the stand so it can kind of adjust itself to be flat. Since I cant remember where I read this to look it up does anyone have any opinions on this...

you win starfishery then. thanks for the replies =)

lol, I suppose that bit of information helps a tad. I think the pic was taken on the eastern coast of Australia.

This isnt in my tank I just found the pic and I'm curious what kind of star it is. Its about the size of a silver dollar I think.

I fought my cyano for about 3 weeks siphoning about a gallon or 2 per day, dimming the light only slowed its growth down and it kept poping back up just not as fast. Ended up caving and buying 'Blue Life Red Slime Control' and turned my skimmer off (directions tell you too) for a day and I...

Originally Posted by mcbdz Also you don't want to forget and touch your eyes or mouth or SOMETHING, without washing. Your skin gives you so much prtection, but you could have reactions or infections if passed into your body by mucous membrane or open wounds. I made the mistake of feeding my...

Hmm, I cant really give a concrete answer since I'm not sure what I want in the tank, kinda adding stuff as I go. A lot of stuff out there iv never heard of before =D From the sound of it though I should just save enough for the outer orbit, better investment, can put most anything under it...

I got about the same for my 46g. If I did it again though, I would get less snails, about 1/3rd of them died, im assuming they starved becuse I got too many Ill let the experts give you a more detailed answer though.

My tank is 46g and 21 inches deep, 3 inch sand bed. I have a pc light fixture atm with a few corals but I was wanting to upgrade to either MH, T5, or a combination of them. Mainly just curious if the t5s are worth the price difference of the outer orbit t5 vs the sunpod from current. I read the...

Im trying to decide on a light system to upgrade too. I understand that the T5 bulbs are 'new and fancy' and thus cost a lot. But aside from being new whats so 'fancy' about them? The whole light discussion goes way over my head, anyone know of a dumbed down explanation they could link?

it looks hard in that pic but thankfully that ricordea is the one i bought and its not actually on the rock, its on a frag of LR wedged into the rock. the bubble algae was growing on the frag =o

Blah, got them out before it spread at least. Thanks for the quick reply!

Just want to be sure what this is before I rip it off the rock. haven't seen bubble algae in person yet!

Other than just waiting for your tank to cycle, I waited until I had an algae bloom before i added my clean up crew. If you put them in before the algae starts growing they wont have anything to eat and most of them (especially if you get a lot at once) will starve. I added Phytoplex a few...

Iv had this leather coral in my tank for a few months now and ever since I put it in my clown has been living in it instead of the anenome. Thats not really a problem except recently the base has started turning green (looks like algae?) and it has started wilting, iv heard of large clowns...

hmm, I have a K2 in 1 corner and a K1 in the opposite. I do have a 2nd K1 I keep as a back up I could put in. Ill try and find a good spot for it In the morning (my morning being like noon hehe) also, would it have any detrimental effects on corals/fish to cut the lights from 11 hours to say 7...

pics .... of the cyano? im sure thats what it is, my boss (avid aquarist) ID it for me but all he had were tips on how to avoid getting it. Iv cleaned most of the visible spots but im sure itl grow back in a day or 2 then I can take a pic.