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My LFS told me to feed my cb butterfly frozen bloodworms. He didnt mention anything else. I know they are picky feeders. Does anyone have any tips about feeding them? Thanks.

Sfoister....Your wife must know my wife....she would do the same.

I'm not worried about the fumes. All that is is vapor, and that's heavier than air so it would drop down to the floor. In the past, the vapor was iflammable, one used to have to shut off any pilot lights. But now it's fine. Why not use plastic? Would it enclose too much heat from the lights?

Don't know if any of you have experienced this with a tank around. I'm planning on having my floors professionally sanded and then polyuretaned. I've had this done previously but didnt have my marine tank at the time. It's very messy when they sand. I'm thinking of covering the entire tank...

High phosphates will also cause I high algae build up. I had that same problem. Even though I use RO/DI water, I was overfeeding, plus I purchased new VHO compacts back in December. My eel was also getting big, eating more putting out more waste. I also needed more cleaning crews. All this...

Looks Nice! I was wondering as to your MH lights. Are they completely encased by the canopy? Or are they Suspended from the ceiling? And, can this be done for a bow front tank?

I just installed this skimmer over the weekend. The instructions say that there is a break in period of about 1-2 weeks. meanwhile, it's putting out slightly tinted green water. It's very powerful. Does anyone know if there's a switch to lower the pump volume. I know on other pumps, there's...

With me, it was a combination of things. I was overfeeding, I had bought VHO compacts, High phophates as well. Then I bought some mexican turbos, 5 emeralds, two sea slugs (although I think my eel has recently snacked on them) and an Atlantic Blue juvenile tang. I must say, in about two weeks...

Say bye bye to hair algae. Finally, my tank is looking fine. As it was before my LR turned into Chia pets. Thanks to all who offered advice on how to get rid of it.

Because of my hair algae problem...I decided to get more emerald crabs, more mexican turbos and these weird (cant pull myself away from weird) creatures. I bought two of them. As soon as I through (oops..placed) them in my tank, my dwarf angel went right for one of them....took a taste and...

I've always dripped my corals, I think you're right, cant hurt.

What trace elements do Brain coral require?

Originally Posted by backcountr i got a turbo 1000 and love it so easy to use and set Hang on or in sump version?

I have a 72 g tank. I've had it for over 4 years. My Ps is the basic Prizm. It doesnt work well. I constantly set it every day. I was thinking of getting either the Turboflotor multi 100 (hang on) or the Coral life super skimmer. the first one is good up to 250gallons, the second upto...

Well, I did find that my phosphates were over 2.5mg/L (is that the correct volume designation?) I did a 20% water change then. I cut down on my daylights to 4 hours. My Actinics are on for 11 hours. I do have some turbos, not enough though. I will give my powerheads and filters a good...