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I just wanted to show a few shots of my tank and get some feedback from you guys. Specs: 72Bow 4x54W T-5 Wet-Dry and Turboflotor 1000 Multi Refugium and extra CPR BakPakII-RR 75 lbs LR 40lbs LS 1800 gph flow Livestock: Cherry Louti Grouper Humu humu trigger Volitan lionfish Lunare Wrasse Coral...

Has anyone ever tried to keep one of these with aggressive fish (usual shrimp munchers)? Would the symbiotic tendency override the desire for a snack?

I inherited an Aqua-Medic 4 x 54W T-5 fixture when I bought my tank. The fixture is great other than the fact that one of the bulbs doesn't fire. I replaced the bulb thinking it had burned out but that did not solve the problem. The ballast is obviously faulty. How do I go about fixing or...

Okay, so somehow my trigger decided to jump and landed in the overflow. It is a standard all-glass back wall 72bow overflow so there is not much room. It makes it especially difficult when the trigger wedges in behind the durso pipe at the bottom. I have tried using a net to get him but he is...

I don't know if any of you guys have had a strawberry hermit crab, but these are amazing. It is a little smaller than the size of my fist. Here are a few pictures.

I am not exactly a newbie but I didn't know where else to post. I got bit of live rock today with a bunch of cool hitchikers (mushrooms, xenia, brittle star) and also one that I am not sure about. As much as I can tell it appears to be a sea hare. It is about 2 inches long and an inch wide...

First of all, I have had (set up, cycled, maintained) many saltwater tanks throughout my history with saltwater from large aggressive to pico reef. That being said, I have never seen anything like this. I recently bought one of the nano rock packs (10-15 lbs) from the good Drs. I put the rock...

Check out this link ---> http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14834763/?GT1=8506?GT1=8506 Apparently they found a place off New Guinea that has at least 10 new species including several types of flasher wrasse and a new epaullette shark.

I have had a 24 gallon nanocube for about a year now. About 5 months ago I noticed a small white hairy crab. I knew that hairy crabs are generally dangerous but it was small and I rarely saw it. I forgot about him for a while then was reminded about him when I saw him grab a hermit crab and...

I helped a friend of mine set up a small reef tank about two months ago. He got a 36 bow corner tank. He got 50 lb. LS and 50 lb. LR and a BakPak II skimmer on my recommendation. He also got a 250 watt 10000K MH with 110 watts of actinic VHO supplementation. He recently got a chiller because...

I got a Turboflotor 1000 multi for Christmas to setup on the side of my sump. I set everything up like I thought is should be and plugged it in. The problem is that it seems to be pumping too much. It is filling up the collection cup with just water pretty quickly. I don't know how to adjust...

Alright I have a question. I am going home from college on Christmas break in a week. I live about 2 hours away so I will be able to come back periodically. How often will be sufficient for coming back to feed and do maintainance on the tanks when I will be gone for about three weeks? I have...

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I have been running my nano for about 4 months now and recently added my first corals other than my ricordea I have had for a while now. I added a frogspawn, two more ricordea, zooanthids, a candy cane, GSP, and xenia. I know this is a lot to add at one time but they were all really tiny frags...

So I bought this baby clown trigger from swf.com and kept him for 3+ months with no problems (alwasy ate well and swam all over the place, no disease). Earlier this week I noticed that he was not around as much and he was hiding. Today I saw him and he was floating and it had a skinny stomach...

I am currently running the Oceanic75 wet/dry trickle filter on my 75 gallon FO aggressive tank. I recently traded my UV sterilizer for a Sealife Systems NV150 skimmer hoping to fit it in the sump part of the wet dry but it was barely too large to fit. Would it be more benefitial to continue...

SWF.com has octopus for sale now. That is pretty cool. If I had a tank to keep one in I would have to try it. I know they don't live long and are extremely hard to keep but they are just too sweet. Anyone order one from here yet? Is there still a 7 day guarantee on such a hard to keep animal?

Ok, lets be honest here. How many of you guys have been working on the tank with wet hands and electrocuted yourself. I have old equipment with frazzled plugs and everytime I am messing with them with moist hands I think I just know I am gonna kill myself doing this one day. Anyone have any...

I have a person who is trying to trade me a Custom Sea Life NV 150 skimmer and I have never heard of it. I went to the CSL website and they don't even seem to have skimmers. What is the deal?

I am getting ready to start adding corals in my nano in a month or two and would like a refresher course on keeping calcium levels, pH and alkalinity in check. I posted this in the noob forum because this I am sure there are some newbies that have never heard of it. I guess what I am asking is...