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A few years back, I had a 36g bow front set up in my living room. When I moved, I tore the whole thing down, moved the fish and live rock to a 75g at work, and never got around to setting it back up. I've decided recently to get it back up and running. Except this time, I'd like to do it...

I asked this question probably a year or two ago here, and was going to bump up that thread, but the search won't let you search for "LED" -- too small of a word. As I posted on another board, I'm going to have a spare aquarium available, a ~34 gallon bowfront. I'm interested in LED technology...

I'm in the middle of moving everything from my bowfront ~34gal tank to the 75gal at work. I've moved a good amount of my live rock but the tank at work has a small aiptasia problem. Not really a "problem" because there's no coral in there and the boss "likes having a few of them in the tank"...

Once we get the tank at work settled I'll be moving all my fish into it (36g to a 75g). At that point I've got an empty tank with a ton of live rock and more aiptasia than you could shake a needle full of boiling water at. I bought one of those "aiptasia killer" things that comes with a syringe...

Hey guys... didn't know where to post this, so I figured this was my best bet. We've had a 75-gallon tank set up here at work for almost four years now. Before that, it was up and running for probably ten years. Nice tank, drilled, we're running another tank with filtration under it (bio-balls...

Probably a stupid question, but if I'm looking for a small amount of sand (figure less than 30 pounds), could I use sand at the beach? I live right off the Atlantic Ocean and scooping up a bucket of it would be easy enough. A bucket of wet sand should be more than enough, and I'd think it'd be...

Has anyone really tried using an LED system to light a reef tank yet? I've been doing a little searching around online and haven't seen anything -- mostly reports that nothing was really available yet, from 2000 or so -- so I'm curious to know if anyone has given it a shot. LEDs at this point...

I've recently gotten a huge Aiptasia outbreak. Never had this problem before, ever, and now within the past 2-3 weeks I've spotted at least two dozen of the things in my tank. This tank has been up for probably close to three years now. I don't have many corals, but would like to get rid of...

I purchased a 10g for use as a sump/refugium for my main 36g bowfront tank. Bought about fifteen pounds of live rock for it locally. Left the live rock in my main tank for about two weeks. During that time I used the water from my main tank to fill up the 10g, and dumped a few inches of live...

I tried to get good pictures of things but I don't have a tripod, only a crappy little $99 digital camera, so I had to hold *really* still while it took the picture! First, a shot of the tank as of about two weeks ago: ...with closeup: And now, we have some new additions: ...and some...

Hey guys, quick question. I'm in the middle of setting up a 10g refugium. Right now, it's basically going to be a "second tank" until I get the money to get the pump, materials, etc. I'm going to move some of my live sand from my established tank (about three years) to the 10g, and use the...

I've got two engineer gobies in a tank that are too big. They wreak havoc with the rocks with the tunnels they dig. About once every week or two it seems like I'm having to redo the rocks or rescue a coral that's pressed against the side of the tank. They bury rocks completely under sand and...

Quick nano question -- I've got a 10g tank, I've got plenty of live rock from my main tank, and plenty of live sand as well. Once I get my refugium going in my main tank, I won't need a filter there (just powerheads and the skimmer), so I'll have a spare Emperor 280 filter. Overkill for a 10g...

I've done a lot of searches and read a lot of stuff here, but I want to make sure I'm not forgetting anything. I've got a 36g bowfront on a stand. The inside of the stand can hold a 10g tank. I've got a 10g. I've seen plenty of pictures to know that I'm going to need an overflow box for the...

I've got a blue-spotted Hawaiian toby/puffer and a Porc. They both love frozen krill; I'll thaw some out and put some in frozen so that the toby can wear its teeth down. However, ever since I added the Porc, it doesn't matter, because the little [hr] eats everything! He doesn't eat flakes...

While moving my LR around yesterday I noticed a little tiny (less than a quarter inch including the legs, I'd guess) white starfish moving around on a piece of rock. The rock had been moved from my display tank into a bucket of saltwater, with no filtration and no heater. The little guy...

I have (had) a ~3" fuzzy dwarf lion. Had it for a few months. My tank is a 36g corner bowfront with about 70lbs live rock and a 3" sandbed. On my way home from work my girlfriend called to let me know that it looked like the lion was having a seizure or something... completely freaking out...

Went to the LFS with my girlfriend last night; "Porcupine Puffers" were on sale. A whole tank of them. Tiny (all about 1" - 2" at the most). I've got a few corals but I'll be moving them to another tank, and they're all ones that have survived the Hawaiian Puffer test (a few leathers and...

Hey, haven't posted in awhile... I've run into a problem with some mushroom (?) coral. Basically, there's two right next to each other, and they've gotten huge. They've outgrown the rock they were on and are literally pushing against each other for space. Usually one is at least halfway over...

Greetings -- Decided to see if my tank is ready for some corals. The difficulty is that I've got a Hawaiian Blue-Spotted Puffer who likes to nip things. I'd tried a single polyp before and it didn't make it, so I decided to try mushrooms. Went to the LFS who sold me two small frags for a...