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I doubt the emerald is eating the leather. Most likely just eating algae or something on the surface of the leather, my emerald and my yellow tang do this. Leathers shed from time to time and may remain closed up and looking bad for up to two weeks or more though it usually does not last this...

your fish will have no problem to adjusting to the new current. I don't shut off my pumps during feeding, some people do but it's not a necessary thing. The vent tube on the CPR is critical to it's use and to keeping your floor dry. You need to attach this to a PH in your tank so that the PH...

it's a very good product but it is only Bio-Active in that it has the beneficial bacteria but none of the critters that true live sand has. If you buy it use it all at once as it will have a shelf life. If you have LR in the tank you do not really need any live sand as the dry sand you use will...

the Lifereef comes with a prefilter pad which would keep snails or anything else from getting into the plumbing. did you leave this prefilter sponge on when you set up the overflow. With a mag 9.5 on the return and the design of the lifereef I can think of no other reason for the syphon to stop...

better to wait until your nitrites come down and then add the clean up crew. adding them too early and you end up with lot's of dead clean up crew members.

it's not sold as "Egg Crate" that is why the guy didn't know what you were talking about. go to the lighting department at HD and look for diffusers. This stuff is made to be used as a light diffuser on large flourecsent fixtures

If you already have a canopy then a good cheap DIY set up is a workhorse 7 ballast. they cost anywhere from $45 - $60 at a local electrical supply house. end caps are about $5 from numerous online sources and the wiring is very simple (do a search here and you'll find the instructions. this set...

definitely scrape it and remove it from the tank as this exports the nutrients that it has fed off of. It's real common for a new tank to have an outbreak even if your using RO water. just to be on the safe side though you might want to check your RO water for nitrates and phosphates just to...

Sand Bed Calculator: (all in inches) Tank Length X Tank width X Desired depth of sand Bed X .0579 = LBS of sand necessary

the excess algae is due to too many nutrients in the water (nitrates, phosphates, ect). Adding clean up crew to feed off it is not the whole answer to the problem. Test for both Nitrates and Phosphates. There are several things you can do to reduce the nitrates and phosphates in your tank...

CPR sells a flawed product. You will need to attach a PH to the little hose that is attached to the CPR overflow. What this does is provide constant suction to pull out the air bubbles that are breaking your syphon. all CPR overflows have this flaw and their website fully explains the use of the...

I run my seaclone in a sump and have found that you want the PH 2" - 3" deep. when I originally put mine in the sump I had it sititing in about 4.5" of water and it really reduced the flow of air and the skimmer was very ineffective. I put the skimmer on a plastic shelf which raised it up 2" and...

if your talking about blowing off the detrius and loose matter from LR with either a turkey baster or a PH or some other way then that is fine. When you first receive LR I would remove any loose dead looking things as these will cause an amonia spike once they are placed into the tank and...

over time your blue legs will attack your turbos for their shells. You could help slow this from happening by placing some emplty larger shells in the tank for them to move into as they grow and this way they may leave most of your turbos alone. Unfortunatly blue legs are pretty agressive little...

not uncommon for them to hide for up to a few days in the rockwork and even in the sand bed. Once it feels comfortable it will venture out.

Those two will probably fight to the death unless you have a huge tank, I would not do it.

actually the molt is mostly made of calcium, not skin so you can leave it in and it will be consumed by various things in the tank over time releasing the calcium back in the tank. Or if you don't like seeing it you can feel free to remove it. either way it won't cause an amonia spike.

I ran the 12k sunburst for a while and switched to the Ushio 10k. The 12k are pretty blue (for the first month), and the coral growth was non existant over an 6 month period. One month after switching to my 10k I noticed new growth on all my SPS frags. Overall I hated the 12k, both the color and...

How close or far should you have your VHO from your MH bulb. I have a 37g tank with a 175w MH and a 75w VHO side by side. snmall tank, small hood so they are pretty close together, will this cause me to lose VHO bulb life?

they get a bad rap as a "Nitrate Factory" when the fact is all filters produce nitrates, it's their funtion. You just need to then have something to consume the nitrates. IMO Bio-wheels are very efficient filters and there is no reason not to use one if you need additional filtration. I ran one...