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If your tank is brand new then yes you will probably want to wait on the anemone. Also make sure that when you get one that you are providing it with enough light. Most have mid to high light requirements as well as pristine water conditions. (They will not tolerate the presence of ammonia etc.)...

You want to move about 4 or 5 times the total water volume per hour. Sounds like your tank is about 600 gallons so you're going to need a very large pump. Something rated for 2,400 to 3,000 gallons per hour. As far as filtration is concerned the bigger the better. And when it comes to filtration...

Pegasus's light schedule is good advice. Especially if you have the equipment and the ability to ramp up and down providing the strongest lighting simulating mid day sun. It's up to you when you start and stop this you just want to make sure that if you have corals they are getting enough light...

Yeah there's not much information on it online. And good to know that they're not as toxic as I thought. I already use activated carbon in my filtration. I actually just replaced it so that's good to know. Thanks for the info.

If you don't have your own RO unit I see the need to obtain the water elsewhere but if you're going to have even one saltwater tank you are absolutely going to want to buy one. The most important thing in any tank is water. If it's a matter of cost you can get the "RO Buddie" for like $60 and it...

Lighting schedule is best to be kept as close to natural as possible (in my opinion) I've always followed the sun on the one... typically my lights are on from sun up to sundown. And then have some moonlight led's for lighting at night. The brown algae above certainly looks like diatoms from...

I used to have algae problems back when I used tap water for my tanks or if I ever allowed my parameters to get too far out of line. High nitrates etc. Are you using RO water? Are your water parameters good? Do you have a clean up crew? Hermits, snails, etc? What color is the algae growing on...

I recently got some Zoanthids and they did great for about 2 weeks then they started closing up and and have white spots on them. From what I've found it is what's called "zoa pox". It certainly doesn't look good for them and they are starting to die. I asked the lfs where I bought them about it...

Yeah I got lucky and was able to catch him when he came out during a feeding, Much better way to get rid of him rather than putting the corals through anything stressful.

I have a Green Goniopora coral and just noticed that a fireworm has made itself at home inside of it's skeleton. Not sure if it will irritate the coral or not as it appears to be healthy. I have not heard of fireworms really harming any corals other than Gargonians. Not that I am a fan of these...