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yes, another lighting question.... How often should you replace MH bulbs and Blue atinic bulbs? we have a 135 gallon reef tank, it is 3 years old we added 2 175 w 10000K MH bulbs, and 2 Coral life 48" Atinic 03 blue lamps 7100K last January (2005). Since we added the new lights the light...

This may sound like an odd question but I am sure we are not the first to come into contact with this problem. We are having new flooring put in our home. What do people do with their tanks? Take it down completely, put it in temporary containers, or set up a temp tank in another room. Is...

Okay.... Serious Problem. Our 135 gl. reef tank is out of control with green hair algae, it has taken over EVERYTHING. It even grew so bad that it grew in our overflow boxes and clogged them up. Now we need some suggestions. We have decreased our MH lighting time from 8 hrs to 6 hrs a day...

I got a mushroom rock with over 40 mushrooms on it from my LFS. On this rock there is all types of mushrooms, striped spotted, blue, purple, green and watermelon. But 2 of the mushrooms are orange in color. I have never seen this before. Has anyone else? I broke the rock up and am waiting...

I posted a thread like this yesterday and nobody responded:sleepy: So hopefully today I will get some responses. I wanted to get some opinions on the pros and cons of setting up a refugium???? Any input would be helpful, thanks :)

okay, I have a new royal gramma, it is about 4 days old. yesterday it was swimming around fine, today... I can see it laying in a ledge in my live rock (very difficult to get to). I cant see all of him, just part of him and I can see he is still alive, but he is laying there. Any suggestions...

Does anyone know if you can frag an elegance coral? Mine is HUGE and growing out of control. Fully open its about 14 inches. It is so pretty but I dont want it to get too much bigger, I would like to be able to control its size, SAFELY!!! does anyone know how? Thanks :jumping: k

okay, we are trying to make our tank more efficent. If any of you have been reading my posts for the past 2 weeks, you know that we have a nitrate level of around 25 to 40 ppm, depending on the test kit. We have tried several and the salifert reads about 25 ppm. The tank is 135 gallons, we...

Just wanted to see if you guys thought that use of Amquel + was a good idea to lower the nitrates quickly in a reef tank. I have heard mixed opinions.:notsure:

:confused: I have been wanting to add some "zoo" colonies to my tank, but I read that Copperband butterfly fish sometimes will eat zoo's. He has already eaten one of feather dusters, and is tormenting the otherone. Has anyone had any experience with this? I would like some info before I...

Well I woke up this morning to find that my little sebae had moved out of his little crevice he had been living in for quite some time, but the path he has chosen to take is right over a little clan of mushrooms. Can he harm the mushrooms? Should I move him some place else? Any suggestions...

If I am trying to lower the calcium level, (over 500) and lower the nitrates lever (80 ppm) How much of a water change should I do? and how often should I do it? and how often is too much? :notsure:

okay, something is wrong. As you can tell, I am new to this stuff. Most of my corals are doing okay, I have 2 that are not doing so hot, my elegance, and my frogspawn. I just did a test and these are my results. Please help me fix them. Alk: med to low PH : 8.0 Nitrites:0 Nitrates: 80 ppm...

:notsure: can anyone help me identify this coral? Ive had it awhile and the lfs didnt have a name for it. Thanks

I know this may sound like a dumb question but..... are blue mushrooms blue or purple when they are closed up? :confused:

They say that copperband butterflies are reef safe, but do they bother the featherdusters?????? I walked in yesterday and saw him with his nose inside the tube, and now both of my featherdusters havent been out since then? Anybody have this problem? :notsure:

Looking for people in So. Cal that would be interested in trading or selling. Also does anyone know any good LFS in So. Cal? :happyfish

Okay, is there any "Hitchhikers" that I should be checking for? I put a new piece in yesterday and it had a couple of hitchikers. One looked kind of like a little tiny anenome about the size of a nickle. It was tan and its tentacles were rigid. When I put it in the tank, it quickly attached to...

Hey guys maybe you can help me out. Im new to the reef tank so I am still learning what things are. I bought this new coral at my lfs. He said it was a frogspawn. But the only info I can find on frogspawn is branching frogspawn, and this one is definately not branching. It wont fully open...

hello, we have a new dwarf stingray. He adds so much to the tank... BUT what the heck to we feed him. Ive been feeding him squid, but he doesnt seem to like it too much. Anyone know. ALSO, this guy swims right through my anemone, is this normal? :notsure: