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My urchin liked to snack on my cleaners, in particular the snails and hermit crabs. Kinda defeats the purpose, if you ask me.

Originally posted by bigarn If it stays between 82 and 84 it's OK. You don't want big temp. swings because the important thing is maintaining a consistant range. If you want to cool it down, you can try blowing a small fan across the surface of the water. Is your heater working properly? :D...

How do I lower and keep lower my tank temp? My tank seems to sit at a constant 82, sometimes rising to 84ish. Generally the tank temp range is 80-84. Sometimes I'll dip my hand in the tank, and the top layer of the water is piss warm . . . I have a MaxiJet900 powerhead to complement the...

Originally posted by RobChuck I have no doubt that the casters you mention are capable of holding the tank. My concern with this setup lies in fluid dynamics. Small spills that occur from moving the tank wouldn't be too much of a concern. But the pressure of the water moving around at the...

Originally posted by Jag3365 What they mean by it is those casters are not designed to hold the weight of your tank. Your 75 gallon tank can weigh over 600 lbs in water alone. People have thought of it before, but rationale took over and realized it's not safe. Trust me...it may look fine...

Originally posted by oyam1 You will see You're an idiot

Originally posted by oyam1 You will see!:scared: SPLASH>>>>>>>>> What does that mean?

So on my new 75 gallon tank, I went to home depot and bought a few three-prong moving casters. Installed them on the bottom of the stand evenly to distribute weight. Now I have the option to move my tank over (slowly!) when I need to get behind it! How come no one's ever thought of that?

Seriously, how long will they be? All of their competition is up and shipping . . .

If you can find it, a speckled sandperch is awesome! They don't seem aggressive, but don't let them fool you! This guy has a smaller mouth, but he uses it! He's also got a ton of personality and will burrow tunnels under your live rock . . . He won't bother your other aggressives, and they...

Thanks for your input. With all of these hurricanes, it's been difficult getting ghost shrimp. This sharp seems to smell live food the minute it hits the water, and just won't go for anything dead (I've trued frozen foods, fresh scallops, fresh shrimp, etc). I keep a feeder tank, so i've just...

Try live shrimp (the kind you eat). I know someone who put a few in her tank, and they eliminated the bristle worms very quickly.

Conogre - That's a very interesting method. How do you feed the cat food? On a stick, or just drop it in the water and hope the shark goes after it? Part of my problem is that the shark is a timid eater right now (still kinda young), and I have some agressive eaters in the tank (porc puffer...

Maybe someone could help me out here - My baby bamboo doesn't seem to want to eat any frozen foods whatsoever. But, as soon as I put a live feeder fish in the tank (Rosie Reds), he goes crazy. I feed him with a tong, and he grabs the fish right away, but he can't seem to get the whole thing in...

Maybe someone could help me out here - My baby bamboo doesn't seem to want to eat any frozen foods whatsoever. But, as soon as I put a live feeder fish in the tank (Rosie Reds), he goes crazy. I feed him with a tong, and he grabs the fish right away, but he can't seem to get the whole thing...