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I recently did a major clean up in my tank "(hair algae long enough to braid!) When I did this, I moved all the rock work and the corals. I have had my green star polyp for about 2 months, the problem is, my green star polyps are turning brown. How much flow and light do they need? They are...

My blue hippo started rubbing herself against the rocks today. I have not added any new fish in several months so if what I understand to be true about ich...it shouldn't be ich. What could it be??? I recently purchased a new 120 gallon tank to create my new display and my old 120 gal display...

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Hey there! Been a while since I posted so here is my situation. I have a 120 reef tank and just purchased another 120g tank. The new tank is an in wall tank and the 'old' tank will become my sump for the new one. Here is my problem...I don't know how much water I need to save to avoid a cycle...

I am upgrading to a 180 gal in the very near future and will be adding a sump and a fuge. I have a 120 gallon now without a sump or fuge. The fuge will be above the tank so it will be gravity fed to the display and the sump will go under the tank ( i think ). My question is...what size fuge...

I noticed this on my torch coral last night while viewing the tank with a flashlight. It closes up when I flash the light on it. It's the round (scallop shaped) thing attached to the side of the torch. Thanks Brenda

just want to post some pics of a couple new things I got today. Ricordea I beleive but if anyone has any more detail on the type, please feel free to share

I will be moving my 120 gal to an in wall display. This will likely happen during the winter months. I am wondering if I should consider switching to southdown sand (or a similar sand depending on what I can find here in Canada) or if I should keep the aragonite sand that I have. Since I will...

Fish photography is almost as fun as having them in the first place. I don't have a great camera but every now and then I get a nice shot...here are some of my favs.

Hey anyone out there can tell me where my ricordea went to? It fell off the rock it was on and landed on the sand bed. It was very small...perhaps the size of a nickel or maybe a quarter. Looked like it was doing well there so I left it there. This morning...I can't find it. Any ideas? Thanks...

I have been reading lots but still am having a hard time understanding this lighting thing. Based on what I have read, I do know that I would like to get metal halides for my 120 reef that could possibly work with my future 200 tank. Here is my problem... When I look on the different aquarium...

Here goes another Ick question... I have a 120 gal display tank, 29 gal QT tank and 10 gal hospital tank. My hippo was in my QT and showed signs of ick. He is now in my hospital tank being treated. The LFS told me that after he is done being medicated, he should go back into the QT and not...

I just added my 6 line wrasse and bangaii cardinal to my 120gallon reef tank. My Scopas Tang seems to have issues with the 6 line so I moved the LR around to create a new environment. He seems to still have some agressions toward the 6 line. Is there anything else I can do...or should do...or...

I have discovered what I believe to be a pod population in both my 120 and my 29 gallon tanks. (pictures don't turn out) They are tiny shrimp like creatures and there are hundreds of them. They race around the live rock and on the sand bed. They swim too but are too tiny and too fast to...

I have a long green and orange device (tongs) used to reach into the tank and move or retrieve things, turn over snails etc. I have a brown scopas tang that does the strangest thing when I place my 'tongs' into the tank. The other day, I flipped a snail and then just held the tongs there as I...

I have two cleaner shrimp in a tank that was infected with ick. I no longer have fish in the infected tank and would like to know if I can safely transfer the two cleaner shrimp to my 120 or if I need to wait a month until the ick has died off in the tank. Thanks in advance Brenda:jumping:

A pic of my powder Blue Tang

I am looking at purchasing a sump...but the more I read, the more I am confused. It sounds like a sump is a filter system...but I already have a canister filter that I am very happy with. I was hoping to have a sump/refugium though so I can put my heaters and a skimmer in it and of course grow...

My mom brought me some absolutely beautiful sea shells from Mexico.....the thing is....she soaked them in bleach before transporting them to Canada so that they wouldn't smell. My question is...what (if anything) can I do to make them safe to put in my tank? I have them soaking in fresh water...

I almost hate to ask a Tang question...but here goes. I have been reading lots on this site about tangs. I have a 120 gallon reef tank with the most beautiful Brown Scopas Tang in it. I was hoping to be able to put a yellow tang in with because I have seen lots of pics of peoples tanks with more...