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I would stay away from the mud. It is expensive and when you have to change it out it is very messy. I used miracle mud for a while and it worked fine, but was so expensive I switched permanentely to fine sand and that seems to work fine also. If you want to do this a little on the cheap, a...

The bottom line is that certain fish do have certain size requirements to live out their adult life. 65 gallon and 70 gallon tanks at least are big enough to raise these fish while they are younger and if you are willing to trade them in then fine. What bothers me is when people put a tang in...

+1. Yellow tangs love Emerald Entree. They do need to graze though and you should give him pieces of the seaweed on a clip at least every other day for a while.

Mine does that too once and a while. They are very finicky about the water. I do have a clown hosting mine and he is pretty hard on the thing, but I have owned mine for about 2 years now and it seems to be growing and doing fine. Mine does have days where it does not come out as much though...

My lights are not on yet so the pick is not very good, but as you can see here my green star has completely engulfed the tube but the worm is fine now. I really don't like that green star because it is spreading everywhere. I do not like the green algae either. That is a whole different battle...

I have owned mine for almost a year now and I am not sure how long my LFS had it beforehand. Recently it was dormant for about 2 weeks and I thought it was dead. I thought my green star polyps killed it because it is growing all over the tube now, but then a little worm appeared for about a...

Looks good. I like the amount of rock you have in there right now. You don't need a ton of rock if you have a powerful skimmer. What kind of skimmer do you have or are you getting one?

I have owned my maroon now for about 5 years. I bought 2 at the same time, but she ended up rejecting the male after getting them in the tank. Make sure they keep them in the same bag whant you get them from the fish store. If they get separated there is a chance of loosing the pair status...

I leave my refugium lights on 24/7 and only got cyano when the refugium light went out and I couldnt get it replaced for a few days. What kind of lighting do you have in ther fuge?

You should only have to change the filters once a year or so under normal conditions unless you are pushing major water through it so it sounds like something might be wrong with the membrane or something. I would take everything apart and put it back together.

You can boil the heck out of it. Probably for about a half an hour. It will turn white again and if you ever return to the hobby you will be ready to go with the rock.

Ever thought of doing more of a coral rock island structure with the rock instead of the stonehenge look? I think what you have looks pretty cool, but it is stressful to look at. Looks unstable.

I feel like this is for people that have a lot of money, but know nothing about saltwater aquariums. It is a 40 gallon tank with a canister filter and a hydor inline heater. For that kind of money you could get a lot more product. Don't jellyfish need colder temperatures? Do they just make...

Perfect. That means that you have 4 watts per gallon. 48total watts / 12gallons = 4 watts per gallon. You are good.

How many watts are the lights and what is the size of your aquarium? You will need 3-5 watts per gallon for ricordeas. They have moderate lighting needs. Good choice. They are really cool. I don't have any of those yet, but have been looking for sure...

Well, they shouldnt have taken live rock but it is already here so I would boil it for at least 10 minutes to get all the crud out of it. When I went to Aruba, I took a small dead dry rock from where they destruct the reefs to put in new hotels. They have huge piles of them everywhere. I...

Wow...coming along very nicely...Can't wait to see all the rock in there...

Well, my calcium is over 400 with the Kent Marine so that is good, but my dKH is still low at 6.5dKH. I am using an Elos test and an API test and getting the same results. Does anyone else have this problem with their RO/DI water? I have been using RO/DI for a while, but it seems like my dKH...

I think you did the right thing Speg...I don't much see the point in killin something just because it is diggin in your yard. That used to be his yard before they put a house there. If he was going to eat it I would be fine with it though. I have eatin armadillo before and I think it is...

Well, that chart indicates that I made the right choice as far as the calcium. I am going to test the calcium and dKH tonight so I will post my results. I did a 50% water change this time so it might take a few water changes before it makes a complete difference.