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I tried searching for help but the search engine is not working right or something, so forgive me in advance. My problem is with banghii cardinals in general, but today my newest one was lying sideways on the sand when I turned on the lights. An attempt to net him got him right side up and...

Ok everyone, my cinnamon clown has developed a wierd habit. Every so often he swims to the bottom of the tank, sorta smells? the bottom and then turns around and stirs the sand up with his tail sending sand everywhere! Then he swims away? I have been home for a week and noticed him doing this...

Just wondering if there are any Houston area reef clubs out there. If not, is anyone interested in starting one? I do not have much experience in this sort of thing, but I would love to get to know other area reefers and get together to talk. Any takers? Ideas? cyn

I have seen alot of pictures posted and have never seen a tank with macro alge. Any particular reason why? Just sorta dawned on me while I was at a LFS today. They have several types of Macro in some of their tanks and it looks nice. It has me wondering if there is a reason not to put it in...

Who has used Marine snow and how did you all like it? I got a bottle when I was looking for DT's and am wondering what everyone thinks of the stuff. cyn

I am looking for ideas on corals to put towards the bottom of my tank. The rock is nicely stocked now but the lower 1/3 looks sorta barren. Any suggestions? cyn

I hope this works! Let me know what you all think!!

Ok, I managed to catch the rogue bi color angel and return it. But not before it shredded about 2/3 of my elegance coral. Now, the parts that the fish attacked are dying and an am afraid I will loose the whole coral! Does anyone have any suggestions on how to save this coral? The 1/3 that...

I was at my LFS looking for a colorful fish to add to my reef 3 days ago. My tank is primarily corals with a few fish for color and movement. I ended up choosing a bicolor angel. My problem is that I have seen this fish nipping at several of the corals in my tank. He started on the brain...

Help me out here, I have a mysterious death. I added 4 bengaii cardinals to my tank on monday. Everything was great when I went to bed last night around midnight. I got up at 5am and one of the little guys was very dead. No torn fins, spots or anything except a huge gob of slime all around...

Ok guys, I took the plunge now that my water has tested perfect for 3 weeks. I bought my first coral, a candy coral. It opened the day after I put it in the tank. Every night, it sends out its tennicles and looks awesome! I fed it brine shrimp last night and noticed that it produced tons of...

Just a thought, I am concidering a small school or pair of these fish and had read alot of info on them. Does anyone know where to get captive bread specimines? I definatly do not want to buy ones that have been removed from the wild and understand that they are breeding well in captivity...

Since I have changed my tank to a DSB, I have discovered a problem. I realize that the 'silt' will eventually all settle, but I am having trouble with the prefilters on my powerheads. When I try to remove the power heads to clean the prefilters, I get a terrible cloud of gunk no matter how...

When I was cleaning out my tank and changing from CC to DSB, I discovered a mushroom. The little guy is about 1.5 inches across but it is on the underside of a piece of LR. By underside, I mean the side that is not covered by coraline. I never knew untill now that it was there. Is there a...

Ok, I finally changed to a DSB from CC. As I refilled the tank it clouded up really badly. It has been just about 24 hours now and the water is clearing. My problem is I am really worried about my blenny. He/she is just sitting in the hole he hides in and breathing very hard. Is he going to...

What are the light requirements for keeping anenomies? I thought that between 4-5 watts per gallon was sufficient? I currently have 220 wats of compact flourecent lights, half are 10000k daylight and the other half is actintic blue. I am hoping to house both corals and anenomies with very few...

I have been reading alot and I am a little confused. I set up my tank before I found this board and my substrate is a mix of little broken shells and I belive coral mixed with sand. Looking at the stuff up close, it looks like it is primarily shells. Do I need to get rid of the stuff?? I have...

I am new to this hobby, my tank has been up for over 2 months and all of the parameters are great and very stable. (the only one I have not tested is Phos.) I plan on getting a test kit for that this weekend. I am curious to know if I can begin adding a clean er crew and anenomies yet. The...

Prior to finding this web page, I bought a cute little fish that is supposed to be an easy keeper. I have since determined that it is a midas goby. Pro's and Con's? Diet? I wish now that I had read more before I bought anything... Live and learn. BTW, it is the only fish in my 55 reef...

Is it ok to feed my mandarin goby blood worms? Or are they only for FW fish? He eats brine shrimp and I am not sure he is getting enough nurtrion now.