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Thanks. We have a nice corner between to displays that we think would make a nice spot for a corner tank. I haven't looked at any tanks yet. My original thought was a 72 bowfront or a 90 gallon so at least I'm in the right ballpark! My initial looks into lions lean me towards a Russell as...

My husband just bought a retail cellular store and he's thinking that a saltwater tank would be a great addition (something to entertain customers who are waiting - kinda like a doctor's office). He'd really like an eel, but I know nothing about eels (I have a 150 reef at home with very docile...

soooo, how do I get rid of it!!!!! I've tried feeding less often, stopped feeding flake, changed water frequently, skimmed more heavily and added a phosphate sponge - all to no avail. It still hangs at 0.5 NOW WHAT?????

really?! my coralline has stopped growing, my corals aren't soo happy looking, my sand looks terrible!!!! My research says it needs to be below 0.03 to be good.

I am so at a loss as to what to do with my phosphate problems. My tank has been up and running since October and everything was looking wonderful until about 6 weeks ago when I started getting a brownish yuch on my sand. I thought it was diatomes, but now I believe it's dinoflaggetlates, so I...

This is a fantastic pump. I used it on my tank for one month and then decided to buy a bigger pump for more flow. It's in perfect condition. It's priced new at $165 plus shipping. My price: $135 plus shipping. About the pump: Pan World Magnetic Water Pumps (PX & PS) Pan World Magnetic Water...

good, bad or indifferent algae? Do I need to find something to eat it? or find a way to stop it from growing. I'm adding a few fighting conch to the tank this week to help keep my sand stirred up.

I wish I could post a picture of this, but I've tried and can't get one that shows what I'm seeing. I have a 5" DSB and along the front of the glass in at least three spots I have patches of mint green "something" growing. It's really a very pretty green, but what is it? It's below the sand and...

Thanks - I keep my sg at 1.025 and haven't had any problems with other parameters other than some excess diatomes (probably from my Oceanic salt). Now, I'll just wait until spring and then go with a red serpent again.

Wow! I wished I'd known how special my red serpent star was when I had him. He came as a substitute on an order on my last tank. He was wonderful - came out to be spot fed, took food from my hand. I loved him until the day I found him on my living room floor! Still can't figure out how/why that...

Thanks. I'll have to see if I can find true actinics in 80 watt T5s. the selection in that size isn't the greatest yet.

I purchased a rock with 13 beautiful blue mushrooms on it the other day. In my tank they look a little reddish/purple instead of the blue they were. I was looking at the tank with the lights off the other night using a flashlight and they showed up a beautiful blue. So, (on to the question) --...

Mine always looks like he's just run a two-minute mile! Don't know if it's normal or not, but I've had him for three months and he otherwise looks great. I attribute it to the hyperness of mine. He's always darting around the tank.

My hubby (also keeper of the $$$) says it's around $3000 for my 150 and we've only added 3 corals and some chromis and a flame hawk - the expensive fish are still a few months away......

no, it's washing soda - sodium carbonate versus sodium bicarbonate. It raises the pH AND the alkalinity. A good reference is this article: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/nov2002/chem.htm I recently learned that you can bake baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) at 300 degrees for an hour and...

I've been using Oceanic with great results for the corals - but the pH and alk are a little low, so I've been buffering with washing soda - which is working out well -- and it's cheaper than adding calcium.

It's not loose, seems firmly planted onto the rock. It is, however, quite slimy!:)

I can't tell if it's loose - it doesn't look like it's fully attached to the rock, though. I'm about to take the canopy off to do a water change, so I'll go check. I assume you're talking about the left, splitting stalk, being loose?

So, what should I do?? Should I try to frag it today? I've never fragged anything..... If I understand the process correctly (I"ve read fragging the monster) I should cut the stalk on the left in half and place both of those stalks on another rock? Leaving the two stalks on the right on the...

#2 p.s. in my tank I have five green chromis, 2 ocellaris, a flame hawk, a cleaner shrimp, a fire shrimp, a CBS and a peppermint and a ton of snails.