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Hi Everyone: What is the way to tell the gender of these cute little fish?

Hi... My LFS told me since my water is perfect...0-0-0...I should remove my bio-balls from my wet dry..and let the 75 lbs of live rock in my 55 gallon reef do it's job! I'm afraid I'll crash my tank by removing the balls... What is the truth about the "Nitrate Factory" of a wet-dry? The...

Hi Zack: The tank the clown is in is not my reef tank! It is a fowlr (except for the bubble tipped anem). Yes Scorpion fish are very ugly! The Clown is big enough that a true dwarf shouldnt be able to eat it! I have even thought of getting a baby Volitan and just keeping it for a year until it...

Thanks for the reply Picasso. I am familiar with the fu man chu dwarf lion, but in my opinion it looks more like a scorpion fish than a true lion fish. I'm hoping to find a dwarf species of a lion thet truly looks like a lion (volitan). Rick the adventure continues

Hi Guys: We are doing super with our fish hobby! Our 55 gallon reef is perfect with about 15 or so corals doing very well!...Even the Flower Pot has been very happy for about 4 months! Our first ever fish..the gold-maroon clown has grown to almost 3 inches. His bulb anomene is about 5 inches...

Always use plastic! The adventure continues! Rick

Ok, I figured it out...the smart lights are nothing different than a PC...The PC bulb has two tubes side by side...one of the "smart Lights" tubes is blue, the other is white...sounds ok..but JBJ has had that for a while! My advice is to buy your lighting if you go PC, from a reputable...

a Naso Tang is very pretty and "almost" looks like a trigger..LOL The Naso is also reef safe, which makes him a "good guy"! The adventure continues Rick

Hi..my snails love algae...but I bought a rock from my LFS with Yellow Polops all over it $29.00 ..and my Yellow Tang thinks I've invited him out to dinner! It was covered with them...now there are maybe 10 left...My Tang seems to be kinda hard of seeing...as he has a hard time chasing food...

Hi again...most things are doing well in my salt water world...I'll give a complete report soon... But when I bought the tank, 55 gallons, I was sold the "ideal" lighting....a hood by a company called JBJ..that holds 4 - 55 watt PC bulbs...two white and two blue. It looks good and is very...

I want information on Sponges..and I posted my question in the fish area...please check out my question there and give me your opinions....opinions from people other than the usual responders are very WELCOME as well! The adventure continues! Rick

So far so good with my corals...two Brains are very happy and are even bigger in my aquarium than in the LFS one! The FrogSpawn is twice the size he was when I bought him too..I guess my water is happy! I am interested in the Red or Orange Tree Sponges..but no LFS here sells any sponges! Why...

I have found that if you have a LOT of current...algae will grow!

why would a new tank need to cycle if all the stuff in it was from the old tank? It seems to me a tank is pretty stupid! Just a newbie question! Rick

I do not remember the brand of the crushed coral..but I will check out the bags at the LFS this weekend. I think 20 lbs will be plenty, since I am not doing a deep bed, and it is only an area abour 3 feet X 4 inches..total. What do you think about my shrimp vs Clown battle? I still havent seen...

Hi again: This is an update on my heavy metal problem which you were all very helpful with. Some of the possible solutions were very creative and I appreciate all of the thought that went into them. My LFS through the use of the Bio-Filter and Carbon filtration was able to remove the heavy...

Hi: I have another question..when my LFS thought the metal problem was solved (we hope!), he told me to take a condy anemone home and test it. This was this past weekend, and he as of Wednesday night is still alive...he has moved around the tank some, and has deflated both last night and...

I did a search on this website for live sand AND live rock and couldnt find any listings. Rick

The live sand I have heard about has small and large worms, bugs and even small starfish in it..thats what I'm looking for Thanks Rick

Hi: I'm real glad to have found this BB. If I become a pain, tell me, please. I have decided to get rid of my crushed coral substrate and to put live sand down around my live rock. Where can I get some quality (and attractive) live sand? I'd like to have all the crawley things in it. Thanks, Rick