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Do you use RO water? What are your water parameters and your phosphate levels?? Do you run filter carbon??

yellow tangs just have that stripe, its more pronounced at night when the fish typically lose some of its color. Its normal, just keep feeding the veggies

how big is your tank? How did you add the sand? sand then water or water then sand?? just sit it out I'd say, typically it could take a while, up to a day or two to get the sand to completely settle...

I'd feel safe saying soft corals would be ok, but venturing into LED's for reef tank lighting is still a very new and debated subject....

Careful with U-tube style overflows too though, If your sump return pump isn't pushing up enough water air bubbles can form at the top of your u-tubes and cause the same siphon breakage issue...

nice avatar lol... If you don't mind me asking why don't you like your overflow?? A lot of people tend to forget you need to run an aqualifter pump if you want a nice solid CPR overflow setup. the inlet on the pump sucks water from the [hr] on top of the overflow and the pump's outlet is...

As long as you have your liverock submerged in saltwater, it will stay live, although if you plan on keeping some a very long time in a non-aquarium tub of some sort i'd recommend at least putting some sort of powerhead to keep the water moving/aerated.... It never needs to be replaced. Once its...

2 Pomacanthus angels will definitely NOT mix in a 90.. even with the dwarf angel (flame) your kind of lucky you didn't get some sort of aggression there too. With that size system and the bioload you've described getting a protein skimmer will be a miracle worker that will save you tons of $$$$...

+1 phils29bcinwa LOL

how long has your tank been cycled? Anemones require pretty established systems, at least in the 4-5 month range... what are your water parameters? What type of lighting do you have? How big is your tank?

From my experience, unless run by true hobbyists,all LFS think about is in this equation LFS=$$$... I usually gather the reputability of certain fish stores by asking them questions about the hobby they should know ( usually good husbandry practices, acclimation etc..) For example, I asked my...

I'd go with 20 or so turbo's (glass/rock cleaners) and 15 or so nassarius snails (sand sifters). Some may say thats a little high but the rule of thumb is 1 per gallon. I think trouble93 misunderstood you when you said "cuc." Don't worry, a clean up crew (cuc) like your speaking of is not toxic...

run an aqualifter pump with that overflow, i have the same one. fill up overflow part with water and fill up back portion (not section with bulkhead, the one where the water falls into the bulkhead portion) suck up airhose until you get flow going, PINCH air tube closed as much as you can...

How long has the tank been set up? what are your parameters ie nitrite/ammonia/nitrate? How big is the tank? What livestock do you have in there? Do you have some sort of filter running carbon? how long do you leave your lights on each day?

looking for a cheap powerhead to power a chaeto tumbler. looking for a maxijet1200 or an equivalent (no rio's please). Looking to pay $15 shipped if you have an extra...

Niiice, but shouldn't be in a 29 LOL. j/k I had to do it phil!! lol

dividers could be done, but i'd recommend using glass/acrylic to make the dividers from the bottom to a few inches above the water line... However, you'd have to treat the tank like 3 individual tanks or have each one overflow into a common sump where your filters/skimmer can be placed...

ahhh those are called copepods, they are beneficial, and most critters will eat em' lol. Unfortunately, especially with the waste produced by most marine fish your numbers are limited if you want to have a healthy tank. Although large numbers are possible, be prepared to do large water changes...

Could've been stress of transporting and acclimation to a new system with traces of ammonia and nitrite present. Thats what I'm betting on. I wouldn't blame yourself though, it happens.... Little changes in these tanks throw them way off, its rediculous.

your cycle just started, now just leave it alone. The reason its so slow is the fact you have no LS/LR in the QT (ie less natural organism die off and lack of beneficial bacterial growth room to speed the cycle up). Are you using a hang on back filter? If so, you're relying on the mere...