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Special thanx to Adrian, Lord of the Reef! You make this so much easier.

Ok, got some nice liverock about a month ago through the mail. When it arrived I noticed it had a calcerious growth/Layer on some of the rock, which I thought was dead coral or possible dead sponge. After about two weeks in the tank it seemed to be growing a brown flesh, and I assumed it was a...

My yellow tangs just each chose a different side of the tank and live peacefully, until one strays into the others territory. Maroons are BAD, MEAN, EVIL fish, well, in my opinion anyhow. Mine attacks everything. If I add new LR he attacks it until he breaks off a small peice or until he is so...

Not sure about all of it, but for Corals I have "A practical guide to corals for the reef aquarium." by Ed Puterbaugh and Eric Borneman. I swear by it because it is an easy to understand guide to getting corals, tells agression, difficulty of care, and specific needs of corals.

I have the same problem right now. It is just part of the cycle, usually a brown bloom then the green slime follows. Im told it will die off in a little while and will be Ok. It is usually occuring around the third or fourth month of tank cycling.

My polyps do this when they catch food, kind of close up and lean over. Maybe this is what yours has done, watch and see if it is better later on. Wait to add more though.

I kalk now but am looking for a reactor. They are confusing to me as I have never really seen one in operation. But I understand they are unparalleled in performance and much better than Kalk. Also told they add Strontium in the process which is a bonus.

I would mix the water first, then add the sand slowly. Place the open bag in the tank, lower to the bottom, and gently pour as not to cloud the water.

Im looking at a spotted sweetlips, and curious how it will do in my tank with the others. Specs: 135 Gallon 2 Yellow Tangs (Large) 1 Domino Damzel 1 Three stripe Damzel 1 Percula 1 Lawnmower Blenny Various snails and a huge Hermit Candy Coral Several Gorgonians (all purple) Clove Polyps Red Base...

Never heard of any of those eating Gorg's. Are you sure these things are being eaten or are they dying from something else and falling apart?

I have both kinds and they get along fine. Also have a large cleaner shrimp and have seen him clean the pepermints.

I wish I had that much time on my hands.

Someone once told me that Shrooms give off a mild toxin when bothered, if yours is new that might be a bother to the crabs if in fact they do have a toxin?

I love the DT, it is costly but worth it I think!

Snails and a lawnmower blenny will assist in the cleanup. When your brown is done expect green, it almost always follows.

Only one bulb, OUCH! Anemonies need STRONG light to live long. Possibly a 50/50 with as many watts as you can get?

I frag a Purple Gorgonian pretty often, I use regular old Super Glue and have not lost a single frag as of yet. Most of the frags have grown new flesh over the glue and onto the liverock. Some say Superglue is bad, but I have dozens of purple gorgonians which are thriving that will disagree. I...

I got a Lawnmower Blennie for this very reason, he worked beautifully and I highly recomend them to anyone who has an algae problem.

What do you want to have in the tank?

I would suggest getting a clean up crew, they do a great job of processing waste products before your water does. As for the removal of the ugf, well, there is really only one way to do it. I kept my CC and just added 2" of LS over it, some say this isnt good, but my nitrates are 0 and have been...