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I bought a porcupine puffer a week ago today. When I first put him in the tank after acclimation he was swimming all over the place but a few hours later he wedged himself under a rock and pretty much stays there. I tried offering some raw shrimp but he takes it in and spits it out. My nitrate...

My Maroon Clown picks up pieces of my crushed coral and drops them all over the place. On top of coral and my live rock. He looks like he is having a good time. Also he seems to rub on the CC with his tail in a fast manner. Does anyone else have a clown that does this? And if so, Do you know why?

I have a medium size BTA and a few days ago I fed a cube of brine shrimp not intentionaly but the clown grabbed it and shove it in the anemones mouth. Since then the BTA has been deflated and is floating at the top of the tank. It has not lost any tentacles but it just looks plain awful. It's...

I have this Aquapod 24 that I bought 2 months ago. I have been stocking it with all types of coral. I am addicted. Does this tank look overstocked with coral or is there no such thing? I only have 2 snails, coral banded shrimp, 2 damsels. Ammonia 0 Trites 0 Trates 15 Salinity 1.026 PH 8.2...

I have had this bubble coral for 2 months and it looked great. It fell over the other day and the left side of it now doesn't open up. Is this normal and do you think eventually the coral will be in full bllom again? It's my centerpiece and it doesn't look great right now.

I have 3 Anemones in my 36g tank a 2 BTA's and a Florida Anemone. The BTA'a look outstanding and I have had them for 2 months. The White Florida Anemone looked great when I bought it a month ago but now is is looking all shriveled up and the white tentacles seem to be getting darker like their...

I bought a maroon last week. A week today. He went right for the anemone the moment I put him in the tank and never left it for the past week. Is it possible the BTA killed my fish? I found him on the intake to my filter this morning. Last I saw him was last night nestled and sleeping in my BTA...

My BTA is floating all over my tank. I am afraid it is going to crash into something. I know they move around but this guy is all over the tank. It's like he's swimming arond moving its tips and going down to the bottom and then scooting to the sides of the tank. I thought it might be the flow...

My BTA was planted on a piece of LR 2 weeks ago when I got him from a LFS. Today he has detached himself from the rock and is swimming around like a fish. It's one of the most pleasurable moments so far in this hobby. My Question is ..... Is my BTA ok? I have been feeding frozen plankton for...

I only have 2 Clowns in my 36g tank. This morning I couldn't find one of them. I have a cover on the tank so I know he didn't jump out. I looked everywhere in the tank including under my LR and Corals. Somebody said maybe there is a crab in the tank that ate him. I have 5 Turbo Snails, Coral...

I have had a build up of brown algae on my CC so I decided to clean it and bought a cleaning siphon today. It seemed to work pretty good but now I am missing about 5 gallons of water from the 36g tank. I mixed up a 6 gallon bucket with 2 1/2 cups of Instant Ocean and a half a teaspoon of...

Where does the skimmer go? Does it go where the ceramic and bio balls go? Do I remove the bio balls and ceramic and blue filter sponges and place it there? What about that skiiny pipe that sticks out of the skimmer. Where does that go? I RTFM but I still don't get it. I am setting up a reef tank.

My new (bought yesterday) True Percula Clown is swimming sideways at the top of the tank. Is this normal? He also swims around and it looks like he is bucking like a bronco. I took a sample of my water to the LFS and they double checked all my levels and they said it was text book. I only have 2...

What would get along with my Percula Clowns? I have 2 now and want to know what my next fish should be so they all get along.

I have had my tank cycling with LR and CC for 12 days. The levels of Ammonia and Nitrite took a jump and now on day 12 they are at 0. My nitrate level is slightly elevated. My question is I am starting to see some brown build up on my LR and was wondering if I could add something live to my tank...

I setup my 36g tank a week ago and threw some things to look at in the tank like sea glass and some spiny oysters I got diving over 25 years ago. The LR has been in the tank a week and I was wondering if the white stuff that looks like icing will come off the FIJI Branch? My Ammonia Level has...

I live very close to the ocean near Atlantic City NJ. Today I went down to the beach and got a cup of sea water. I came back and tested it and all the levels were perfect. The Nitrate was slightly elevated but not bad. My question is can I use Ocean Water to top off my tank and for water...

How long will it take for the shrimp I just droppped in my tank to start the cycle?

I noticed after 4 days after I put 24lbs of FIJI Branch and 16lbs of LR in my 36g tank it looks loke there is small white particles in the water. Is this normal to see this? It almost looks like dust. Also, there are little pieces of white skin floating around as well. It's not really skin but...

My 36g tank is a week old today. I started up the tank with 40lbs of CC and 36lbs of LFS cured LR that I was told 24 of those pounds they had just recieved and they put it in a holding tank. My current readings have not changed very much from when I first added the LR. Here are my current...