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Hey guys, my tank is only about 2 months old and a thin green algae is starting to cover some parts of the tank. It doesn't seem to scrape off when I scratch it with my fingernail and almost seems to be dying the live rock. It has a slimy feeling to it and it's not coralline or anything good...

WOW... he looks great. I got mine from SWF too... sweet, can't wait for it to arrive!

Is the Deep Sea Yellow Gorgonian (Diodogorgia) a type of sponge that can't make contact with air? I'm going to purchase one and I want to make sure I take all the necessary precautions. Thanks a million,

Hey DaveB, what are you useing as an alarm to warn you of the high and low temp? That sounds like a good idea. Thanks,

Here's mine, I couldn't resist this one at the LFS between the coral and the barnacles growing in it.

ahhh... one more thing, is it ok if human fingers touch this type of coral? The LFS guy did not seem to be concerned but you know how they are. Oh, and you say the white things are hitchhikers so they are independent of the coral? that's good to know. Thank you,

Can anyone identify this coral for me? I just bought it because it was the freakiest thing I've ever seen. He just said it was an Xenia hard coral but I wanted to find out the specifics. The little white whisker looking things pop out and wave around for a second and then retract back in...

Hey, I just noticed I have a bunch of little white things swimming around in my tank. They seem to cling to the glass and I'm not sure what they are. They are the size of a small pin (lice) and under a magnifying glass I have they appear to have two little tails hanging off the back of them in...

Does anyone know of a good reef safe epoxy or bondo? Preferably one that can be purchased from Ace Hardware or Lowe's because those are really the only stores close. I need to glue some live rock and fix a small leak I have on one of my pumps. Thanks in advance!

Man O' man... looks like I need to reconsider the triggers once again. I think I'll shift away from the predatory type species and go back to my original plan and focus on the "tranquil" reef. Think I’ll X the eel too. Here little tangie’…

That's a great idea about the artificial rock in case I need to add medicine.

I'm planning my tank setup and I really really would love to get a Picasso Trigger, Snowflake Eel, Flame Angel, Regal Tang and a few other cool fish that may be a little aggressive and I was wondering about my cleanup crew. Do you think my cleanup crew of about 100 Blueleg hermits and 50 snails...

Sorry, I guess I plan to move my 12 gallon quarantine system up under my sink where it can be out of the way once my regular system is up and running. However, I want it to become a feeder tank when it's not being used to quarantine new fish and I don't really want to be battling high nitrates...

Hey, I purchased a denitrator from Denitrators.com a few weeks ago and it's really helped my 12 gallon quarantine system. I couldn't get my nitrate values to drop no matter how hard I tried and I'm sure a lot had to do with overfeeding and such because I'm still not clear about how much is too...

I'm planning my 70 gallon tank and getting ready to add about 100 lbs of live rock and was wondering if a large hermit crab would cause any problems in my setup. I'm thinking about getting a Picasso Trigger, Flame Angel, Powder Blue Tang, brittle stars, 100ish mini blue leg hermits, eel of some...

I have two powersweeps on either side of my aquarium creating a current and their power swaps and runs in 30 minute intervals. However, sometimes they make a terrible grinding sound for a second to two when they start (1 out of 2 starts). It sounds like the motor or impeller. Has anyone else...

Yea, there are a pretty fair amount of marine stores locally. The main racket is Aquazoo which has two locations and they're pretty good... kind of expensive. A great little store just opened off SR 210 called The Fish Bowl that's great. The Owner is easy to talk to and had a lot of good info...

I had a sneaky suspicion... I defiantly won't add it... Thank you

Does brass has a negative effect on aquariums? To be more specific, does brass kill micro algae and/or bacteria? I have a plumbing fitting that I'm a little nervous to use and I didn't know if it was basically inert like plastic... Thanks

I can't remember exactly how much I paid for the tank, somewhere between 350 and 400 after shipping. I wouldn't settle for a tank that you don't really love IMO just because the shipping's cheaper... you'll only save 20 or 30 bucks for something that's a pain in the butt. The edges aren’t...