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Hi, Glass is harder to scratch. It can be cleaned of algae easier. Most important for me is that it does not absorb, so if the tank was used or misused before it can be cleaned up and your good to go. IMO Plastic (acrylic) holds chemicals, and the remains of past mistakes, like copper. It might...

Originally Posted by ttran last night i notice my feather dust was out of the tube. is this normal? should i be worried about it? it looks fine, should i try to put him back in? Hi, You can't help your worm. This is something he has to take care of himself. It is live or die, but you can't do...

Originally Posted by slider101 How would I know it stunk underwater? Should I try to remove it and smell it? Hi, Do not remove your critter for a smell test! A dead anemone looks like somebody hocked a luggie, streams of icky goo floating about. Like somebody did something really disgusting...

Originally Posted by alix2.0 I GOT THE JOB! congrats Alix ! My first job was Taco Bell. I loved working there. Hope yo do as well.

Hi, First you have to figure out why you have the algae. Mine was overfeeding my coral. If you don't address the why, it will keep growing back. Here is what I did... I took out my hairy rock a piece at a time, and using a new brush I scrubbed it and then rinsed it with saltwater. I used an...

Hi, If it is already over more than one rock, my method probably won't work. It already is growing in abundance. You definitely can't endanger your corals. You need a better helper. Hang in there, I am sure the more experienced will chime in. I will keep an eye on the post to see what solutions...

Hi, I never heard of aphasia eating a shrimp, stinging a coral to death yes, but gobbling a shrimp???

Hi, It looks like cyano to me as well. If it is only on that one spot maybe it is a dead area that hasn't enough water flow. To test water flow. I attach a ribbon to the end of a long plastic stick and place it around areas in my tank. The ribbon tells me which way the water flows and how hard...

Hi, Looks awful Is it just on the one rock, and spreading on it? I would take it out and place it in salt water and scrub it off and see if that won't get rid of it. That's what I did for hair algea. It has been a month and so far so good

Hi, I have a few questions, I ask because it looks like a good idea, and I would like to try it. 1. How did you attach the mesh? 2. If you used staples can it create rust? I used to tie my powerheads by fishing line to a small screw I had attached to the conopy..rust became an issue. 3.Your...

Originally Posted by AquaKnight Isn't this a bit of an oxymoron? This is one trend I really don't like, with some 'moonlights' rivaling actnics for their brightness. If you want to run actnics for a bit for a dawn/dusk effect, by all means, but some of these ridiculously bright 'moonlights' all...

Hi, I don't understand... Are you Jewish? I ask because Torah teaches not to mark your body. I am just asking, I know not everyone Jewish is an observant Jew. It is just that a tattoo is so permanent. Did you get your picture off the mirror? I noticed the letters are backward. I fixed the...

I am going to go right now to my tank and get my power strips off the floor. Hang them up with a loop. Then I am going to the Home Depot store for a GFIC I have them in the bathrooms, and I am going to put them on my fish equipment. Thank you everyone! I am so glad tito3054 that you and yours...

Hi, Some people advise egg crate but that doesn't work if the fishy (firefish 4 example) can slip through. So larger fish would be just fine. I have a glass top. It doesn't seem to matter much to the corals so enough light is getting in. However, when I am home I open the top so air can...

Hi, My Xenia melted away once too. Nothing was left but a little puddle of goo. It took about a month but from the goo appeared baby Xenia I had a lettuce coral do the same thing. It was nothing but a tiny little stub now it is gorgeous. I have learned not to toss out what appears to be dead or...

Originally Posted by zoie2 lol!! that is so funny! I NEVER know when to make words one word or two!! I also use small words to avoid spelling things wrong. Pretty sad, hugh? Hi, Works for me! sometimes I spell words so bad even the spell checker can't figure out what I am trying to say.

Hi, My worst oops... I had a cold, a bad one and I saw a very bad type of worm in my tank. I reached in and got out the rock to get it out of there. That night fish started dying... I had not washed my hands and I had used puff plus with lotion.

Originally Posted by meowzer Grandmother of 12!!!! GEEZ I though I had a lot...7...LOL Anyway..exactly what she said....HIDE EVERYTHING!...The rule in my house is no grandkids allowed in my fishroom w/o an adult...although I have fish in more than one room, but my sw fish is the offlimits...

Hi, As a grandmother of 12, I also suggest watching the little person very closely. Once the tikes figure out stuff can go into the tank, it won't be just food they toss, but anything else they can find. I speak from experience... toys, their hotdogs, the baby powder, you name it. Your tank is...

Hi and welcome, Critters like different things that make them grow. Your tank has certain things in it that lets some corals do fine, but polyps don't. The problem I have found is that if I tweak the water to satisfy one type of critter, the ones that were doing good take a nose dive. There are...