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After many years out of the hobby I have returned and am starting with fresh equipment. I am running a 27G cube (20x18x20), drilling the back for a custom overflow and building a custom sump to fit in the stand. The sump isn't your typical layout so I am looking for some feedback on the design...

I have a 26 Bowfront tank (21" tall) with 4x24w T5-HO Nova Sundial Lighting on it. I have been having problems with my LPS corals. I have softies and leathers that are doing fine as well as a clam with no signs of problems. I have candycanes, hammers, frogspawns, a plate, open brain, galaxia...

I have a Sixline wrasse that I purchased on August 22nd. I put him straight into a 10g quarantine tank at 1.025 SG and with a 20g filter and a pump for circulation and 2 pvc elbows. A few days in I noticed he had fish lice and did a FW dip and after the shock went away he was fine. On September...

Just set this tank up a little over a week ago when I downsized from my 75g and lost all my coral and most of my fish to a heat wave while I was out of town. Now that I have cut my losses it feels like I am starting all over again with the help of my single surviving Clown Full Tank Shot...

I am looking to downsize my tank from a 75g to a 26 or 28 bow (guy doesn't know, said its a 29g bow) and I am trying to figure out how much light I need. I currently have 8x54w T5-HO's on my 75g but I had a temp spike while out of town and lost all corals but my paly's. I know the tank is 24"...

I recently came home from vacation to a 96 degree tank and had to relocate it and lost all but a few Palythoas, my maroon clownfish pair and a yellow watchman goby named Bananafish. (Plus some inverts but thats not the important part). It is now 2-3 weeks later and things that were going to...

I have a Pseudoanthias pleurotaenia in my QT right now currently undergoing Hypo for the past week and 1/2 because I found 2 white spots on his head above the eyes. They are only on one side and there are only 2 of them. The hypo isn't working and with further inspection today I have come to the...

I unfortunately got myself into so poison ivy this weekend and I was wondering how smart it would be to reach into my tank with it all over my arms. Will this have any negative effects on my arm or more importantly the tank?

after dealing with adding 2gal every 3 days to my tank for the past month I have come to the conclusion that I need and ATO system but I don't know where to start. I know the obvious things like I need a float switch, hanger, and pump. Where can I find an electric float switch though? I already...

I am looking for some interesting corals in southern (janesville, milwaukee, madison) wisconsin that are either for sale or for trade. I don't know of many hobbyists in the area so I am hoping this at least puts me in touch with someone close by.

Just got this set up about 2-3 weeks ago. Transferred my 29g and the inhabitants of my 5.5g as well. Custom built Stand and Sump by me. Specs: 75g AGA Megaflow tank 29g Sump Octopus NW150 Skimmer Mag 9.5 Pump T5HO 8x54w w/ individual reflectors and moonlights Stealth 250w heater 60#LS 55#Dry...

So I just jumped up from my 30g with 2x18w T5NO and 3x27w T8s to my brand new 75g with 8X54w T5HO and my corals looked fine for the first few days and now they are starting to bleach out. Is this because of the higher light output? The worst case is my Florida Ric which I have the rock as far...

I have a 75G Megaflow AGA tank and the water coming into the sump sends a crazy amount of bubbles with it. I have a Octopus NW150 skimmer in the chamber and then the water goes through a bubble trap and then to the pump chamber and into the Mag 9.5. The problem I am having is that the bubbles...

I am trying to figure out how I can hard wire an external hard drive into my car so that it will turn on when I turn the key. I am going to have it hooked into my stereo system with all of my music stored on it. Maybe I am wrong but from my understanding the hard drive is a DC powered device...

When I move my 29g reef to the 75g that is waiting for the move I am thinking of possibly putting a Fu Manchu Lion fish (Dendrochirus biocellatus) in it. I have no experience with aggressive saltwater fish or lion fish and I am wondering if somebody can fill me in as to whether this will work or...

I am starting to see this brown cyano looking stuff on one side of my sand bed and a rock. It looks just like cyano but brown instead of red and it is hard. Normally when I run my magfloat past cyano or use a turkey baster it just blows away. This stuff actually forms like a sheet and I have to...

I have been trying to figure out how you frag a colony of zoas on a rock that cannot be broken. How do you successfully "peel" them off the rock without destroying them. I have read alot of threads that make it sound like you can either shake or peel them off the rock but none of these methods...

I recently acquired a Frogspawn for my tank and I am curious whether it will hurt my clam. I know that the Euphyllia Genus tends to have a pretty nasty effect on other corals near it but I am wondering if it could have the same effect on my clam. It is currently about 1-2 inches from the mantle...

My roommates left the window by my QT open last night (its 9Degrees out right now) and I woke up to a dead Goby but my Maroon Clown was just fine. So I reached in with a net and grabbed him. To my suprise it was icy cold. So I grabbed my thermometer and checked it....59. What should I do here...