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I used to play piano for a living (musi) then I learned to fly (pilot). So there :cool:

I've used RIOs, which are great, until they burn out (which they will do within a year) and Maxi-Jets, which I use exclusively now. You want your tank volume (55 gals, 90 gals, whatever) turned over about 10 times an hour in my opinion. Therefore...a 100 gallon tank would need powerheads adding...

Yes, they molt, but not as regularly as other invertebrates. An interesting thing about them...every time they molt they are 125% of their previous size. Save the old shell, it makes a great ashtray :) "Buster and The Big Guy"

...when I saw the beautiful mums my wife planted on the porch in those white planter things...and I said, "Wow, great mushrooms!"

All of our seahorses came from oceanrider. In my opinion, its the only place to get them. Their horses are tank born, and raised on frozen mysis. The biggest challenge in keeping horses is getting them to eat, oceanrider takes care of this in advance! If you're just starting out, go with...

The problem with the pleco is that its the juveniles that clean film algae, once they get older they like meat, like your oscar. I wish they were saltwater, they'de do well in agressive tanks!

Agreed, these are something you NEED to have. The ocean is always moving, and moving FAST. You want to simulate the environment as best you can. In our 92 gallon reef tank, we have 4 powerheads, they total 1200 gallons per hour of movement, which is a lot. We have two who's flow meet at the...

length x width of tank x desired height of bed (in inches) x .0579 will equal the amount of pounds you need.

Good question. Is letting the fish run into a possible mini-cycle worse or better then the disease? You CAN use water from your tank to start it, you'll be going into hyposalinity by removing tank water and replacing it with fresh water (over the course of 48 hours) so there really is no harm...

Ah Beth, always on patrol :) Actually, we started using a q tank for all new arrivals, this tank predates that. We'll get it right!

Bring your own white pen, and when the after school earring wearing teenager is behind the counter, make everything $2.99! Seriously folks, they aren't bad, and I agree, the stock looks good.

The problem with housing seahorses with corals is simply this: If the coral will be adversely affected by the horse grabbing onto it, you're in trouble. We tried a colt in our seahorse tank, forget it, after 3 days it was shriveled up so bad it looked like a mitt left out in the rain. Two MONTHS...

I my humble opinion, you want a hospital tank to mimic the show tank as much as possible as far as filtration. I know this is tough to do, but it helps. Don't bother with live rock and live sand in the hospital, since hyposalinity will destroy most of the creatures that make it "live". The...

Thanks for replying Beth, I had a feeling you were going to say that. The problem is, I can't starve them out, I have a pair of skunk cleaners and a pair of blood shrimp in there that mate and hatch so regularly the chromisis get a treat of live larvae on a regular basis. I have a feeling I'm...

If its fish only so far, I would suggest you do two things -- First...hyposalinate your show tank, and rid yourself of ich forever. Second-- get a hospital/quarantine tank for future purchases, so you will not reintroduce ich to your show tank. PLEASE take this advice to heart...it will save you...

Ok...ich experts, here's one for you. We use hyposalinity for new arrivals in a quarantine tank, and we haven't had an ich outbreak since. BUT -- in our large reef tank, there is still some ich present, demonstrated by a purple tang we put in there that became a spotted purple tang in a week...

I love the shape of the anchor! Real cool. Lets see if you can train him as he grows...and get him to spell really nasty things in the tank :)

I want to hear it too! How do you add tangs so they won't fight? We have 4 tangs, and 5 tanks, thats the only way it works for us.

If anyone is interested, one of the LFS near me still has their "show" dragon for sale, he's beautiful. He's about 2 1/2 feet long, in perfect shape, and they're asking 500 for him, which is a deal. Wish I had a tank for him!

If you get the lion, don't worry about your damsels, or your peppermint, they'll be gone in minutes. READ carefully about lions before you take the plunge...you're limiting your future choices by centerpiecing with a lionfish. Be sure thats what you want to do!