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I live in the Seattle area and i'm having an extremely hard time finding a Sea Hare to clean up my hair algae in my 125 gallon reef. Can anyone direct me to where I would be able to purchace a Sea Hare in the Seattle area or anywhere in the country? Any and all help is greatly appreciated...

I have a 125 gal. reef with 2 megaflow overflows from all-glass aquarium. My question is, can anyone email me a pic or draft of how they hooked up, or would hook up a dual megaflow overflow system plumbing on a 125? I already have the kit put together, I just want to know how all the plumbing...

I have had my quarantine tank set up for a few years now and have never had any problems with it. My question is, I have never had anything at all on the bottom, just the glass bottom. Now I want to dress up the tank. I want to know how I would go about putting a substrate on the bottom? What...

I have a 100 gal. reef setup. I just purchaced a Wolf Eel. He eates like a pig. I do know now that I can't have any small fish with him. Can anyone please tell me more about this eel? I can't seem to find any info. on him.If at all possible, please tell me all you can about him? thank you, Leo

I have all compacts on my 100 gal reef with a canopy.My lights are constantly getting salt creek on them and it's taking away from the lighting. If I use the glass covers over my talk to protect my lights, will it take away a lot of light and will it take a lot away from my corals.My only hard...

I have a large yellow toadstool that folds up and looks like a cabbage. On it were a number of black spots that looked as if it were being burnt by lights or something.I even noticed that there were a few chuncks eaten away from my toadstool. So what I did was pick off all the black spots and...

I am currently using Instant Ocean salt but, sometimes Coralife is on sale pretty cheap. Would it be o.k. if I sometimes mixed my salts? If not, can you please tell me why so I will know for educational purposes?Also, what salt is better, Instant Ocean or Coralife? Thank you, Leo :rolleyes...

I have about an inch of crushed coral on my 100 gal. reef tank. My tank has been up and running for about 2 yrs now. I am thinking about adding more crushed coral to thicken up the substrate. How would I go about doing this w/o disrupting the chemistry of my tank. Would I just keep adding it...

I have a 100 gal saltwater reef. I just got a product from Seachem called " Renew ". It's a carbon replacement. I also have some Seachem Sea Gel Carbon that I also would like to use. Am I able to use these products together and how well does the Renew product work? Would they work well together...

I have many different types of hard nd soft corals. They are doing beautifully in my tank.The question is, how do I get these corals to grow at a faster rate? What additives do I use in order to make them grow at a faster rate? I see other pics from others and how fast their corals grow and want...

I put a question in here a few days ago and it hasn't been answered yet. Scroll down a few messages where the questinons are and you will see it. It's the one about the Sea Storm Fluidized-Bed Filter.Please read it and if you can, please answer it?I'm waiting for answers so I know what to do...

I have a 100 Gal. reef with about 1" crushed coral substrate on the bottom.I also have a 350 and 250 magnum canister filters running. A wet-dry trickle filter and a very good Red Devil protein skimmer.My question is: I do have a Sea Storm Fluidized-Bed Filter in the closet. My tank is running...

I keep hearing about this thing called South Sand. Can someone tell me exactly what it is and use for? Is it used for the substrate?How good is it and what's it's purpose? thanks, Leo :rolleyes:

I just purchaseda Sun Coral. The question I have is, I know Sun Corals like the shade but, is it also o.k. for them to be in some light also? If they are in the light, will they be o.k. or will the light hurt them.Also,do the flowers also come out in the daytime sometimes and is it o.k. to feed...

I have a 100 gal.reef with compact lighting that include, 2 atinics and 2 daylight all at 64 watts a piece. Plus I have a atinic and 10,000k daylight florecents at 40 watts a piece.I want to exchange my florecents for 2 metal halide bulbs on each side of the aquarium.The problem is, what watts...

I have a 100 gallon reef. I also have a soft toad stool coral with long tenticals w/ star shaped tips on each tentical.It's a light pink color.Periodically it just curls up and shrivels up for a few days.Can anyone please tell me exactly what is going on with coral? thank you, Leo :confused:

I have 2 products that I would like to know more about.The first one is a Kent Marine product called, "PhytoPlex concentrated aquacultured marine phytoplankton".The second one is,"The Reef Life Energizer"made by Coral-Vital.Can someone please explain to me exactly what each one of these...

I have a 100 gallon reef with compact lighting. Am I able to keep clams with this type of lighting? If so, what type can I keep and what type should I stay away from?Also, I just bought a bubble type of coral that the store says eats meat. Can anyone please tell me exactly what type of meat this...

I have this product called " Black Powder." I have a 100 gallon reef. Can anyone tell me exactly what this powder does and how good is it? Also, what is the best way to use it?Please tell me everything you know about this product and if it is o.k. to use. thank you, thelion

Can anyone please please let me know how to keep the water level down in my tank? Do I need to raise or lower my skimmer box? How do I continueously keep it down once the water level is lowered? The water level gets so high in my tank that it goes right up against my glass that I have on top of...