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The light theory is certainly pertinent. When the problem started, must admit I had been lax about changing the bulbs. I have power compacts, 300 watts total. As we know, just because the tank looks bright, the bulbs may not still be good. So I did go and change them all out. I am not always...

The tank is 8 years old and has been care-free until recently. Been struggling with hair algae for about 6 months. I've read several good posts on the subject but not getting anywhere. All levels are low but obviously there are nutrients for the algae still there. I have turned off the lights...

My purple tang as minor erosion at the back of the doral fin. I doubt he is being picked at as he is the dominant fish in my reef tank. There are no parasites, rash, slime, etc to indicate infection. He otherwise is eating and acting fine. Water parameters are perfect across the board...

If you plan ahead, anything is possible. The drains are drilled in the bottom of the tank on each side within the "mountain" formations. The outflows enter the tank from above on each side into the moutains and then each divide into 4(total) 8 outflows drilled into the sides of the coral...

I guess that means the sting is passive, on contact. Thanks.

here are some others. I plan to take some more from the other side. The coral formations are completely different from the other side

Although it takes some advanced planning when building a house or a little demolition of an existing wall, I love my 360 gallon tank in the wall viewed from both my library and living room

Love my lionfish. He(she)'s awesome. I get nervous when I'm feeding the other fish because he's pretty fast and thinks everything is for him. I quish various frozen food cubes between my fingers to thaw and distribute in front of one of the outflow tubes, which nicely disperses it for all the...

Thanks for all the great ideas. He seems healthy and is interested in the food, just hasn't gone for it yet. I'm hoping he will when he gets hungry enough.

What are ghost shrimp? Are they live or frozen or what? The clown and picasso trigger ignore the lion. The tank is 360 gal. so plenty of room for everyone. thanks for the help. I'll stop the goldfish.

I added a voltarin lionfish to my fish only tank- beautiful. Having trouble getting him to eat. The other fish-triggers, angels, tangs, etc do great with spectrum pellets, algae sheets and Formula variety pack frozen squares. He's not interested I got some live shrimp(not brine, not sure of...

Yeah, the tank was custom. It sits in the wall dividing my living room and library with builtin units surrounding on both sides The 48" height was our ******** designer's idea because the living room ceiling is 24 ft. She thought(and I eventually agreed) that we needed the extra height for...

Got a 360 gal fish only with artificial reef and the following: Emperor angel Regal angel Asfur angel Clown trigger Picasso trigger Cuban Hog Maroon clown Fox face tang Regal tang (3) Yellow tangs Hawaiian puffer Tank is up for six months, everyone doing well, getting along Question: Any...

One thing I didn't mention which is obviously important- I have a denitrifier on the tank, fed with nitrogone. As a result, my ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels are minimal and I don't perform water changes(I know, heresy). I have an automatic top off with R/O water. Although my water...

Thanks, I feel better. The tank is fish only with an artificial(fiberglass) reef so I don't add calcium per se. That's why I thought the sea chem buffer was a good idea to help raise and maintain the pH. I was just nervous about the KH rise way above what the Hagen manual recommended.

I used seachem marine buffer because I thought my pH was a bit low, around 8.0(I use the Hagen tests and it is a bit difficult to read the colors) I followed the directions and indeed the pH did come up to around 8.3, but the KH went way up to around 160 mg/l, from a pre-buffering value of 120...

I'm willing to try it again but need some assurance others will show up. I want to trade next time, not just sell. How are the hammers doing?

Still planning to come today with some pieces of Torch or Hammer- I'm still unsure what they are. Probably make it a little after 2 pm Hope people are still there with some stuff to trade. Scott

How big a tank are those going in. I hope over 500 gal

Thanks for the info. It is an interesting fish with unusual colors but probably best left in the ocean