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This dead poly in the pic going to effect the rest of the colony? :rolleyes: I think there was 1 at first, now a week later, there is like 3 dead polyps. or are these dead polyps at all?

Is this ich on the fish??

just got a royal gramma yesterday through maill. Even during acclimating, the poor fish wasn't doing good. lying motionless sideways. After droping him into the tank, he floated at the corner quite motionlessly too. This morning after I woke up, he is missing!! Could he have recovered and went...

Just got a hitch hiker, he is a very colored bristle worm looking thing. I wanted to get rid of it and it would not come out of its hole that my mushrooms were attached to. So in frustration, I dipped the whole rock with mushroom on it in RO DI freshwater. Did I make a big mistake???? =((

after acclimating this guy, should I turn on the metal halide light right away? cuz I am thinking that it has already spent 1 day+ under no light (shipped to me), if I let him stay in dark tonight again, wouldn't that stress him? On the other hand, I have two 150 w MH double ended light, do I...

I have had my RO unit for 3 months now. with it providing water for my 90 gallon. I have never done any maintenance on the RO unit. Do I have to do any maintenance on RO units? Now the water coming out of the RO unit smells bad! and I am having a diatom outbreak in my tank. Any suggestions?

My 90 Gallon tank has been up for 3 months. Today room temperature is 75. But my tank water temperature is 83.3 degrees!!! so what should I do? My heater is off. I have a sump and water surface is very well disturbed. I don't know what is causing this high temperature. I have put my hand and...

my mh bulb only been used for about 2 months! 10k 150 w double ended. it turned dark and stopped working. Had to go to the LFS in a hurry to get another, costed $80 USD. Did I do or not do something to cause the bulb to blow this fast? my ballast is SO hot it can burn my hand. is this normal...

How do people handle anemone? or anything poisonous? Just wondering how I would get the anemone into the tank when I get him.

Do I have to use the same salt brand/formula or can I change to a different brand/formula this time when I need to buy more?

What should I feed my 2 clowns and lawn mower blennie? I am currently feeding my clown flakes. What else should I supplement their diet with and how often? I am currently not feeding my lawn mower blennie at all,. Hes just grazing around on my 60 pounds of LR. Should I occasionaly give him...

can someone post their lighting hours? I am wondering if I am keeping my lights on for too long. I have; 12 noon actinics on 1pm - 8pm actinics + 150W MH 8pm-11pm actinics rest = moon light. I have no corals. I know I will up the MH time by a few hours once I have corals.

my bigger clown that I had for about a month has recently started to bite the smaller clown. Also this clown keeps swimming against the aquirium glass at one spot all day. Any ideas?

I got an red carpet outbreak. Gonna try the 3 days without light approach. I have no corals I have: 30 red hermit 100 small snails 2 turbo 1 sally light foot 2 clown 1 lawn mower blennie. Question is will these things survive 3 days without light? especially the lawnmower blennie cuz he doesn't...

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I have had an cyano bacteria outbreak since my tank was first established 2 month ago. This red carpet has grown everywhere, lr, sand, power head. yuck amonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 0.5 sg .024 temp 80-82 ph 8.2 90 gallon, with about 30 hermit, 2 turbo snail, 1 sally and 1 lawnmower blennie...

my new lawnmower blennie went into my 2 month old tank. amonia 0 nitrite 0 and nitrate .5 temp 80-82 sg .024 acclimated according to instruction to left for 1 hour. The lawnmower blennie is breathing real hard with mouth wide open. I do see him eating the algae so at least that is a good sign...

I have been washing the carbon in a sock for the past 15 min now, but water is still black tainted. Is it okay n ow to put it in my wet/dry canister filter? how are you suppose to wash it and until how clean?

on a young 2 month old tank with only 2 clown inside. How much junk am I suppose to see in the collection cup of the skimmer each day? Just wondering, cuz I don't see much bad water in there at all. and even when I turn the skimmer to max it still doesn't help much.

I have these white moving dots on glass. What are they? They are certainly alive. They are the size of about 2 sugar grains. There are hundreds of them on my glass near the sand. They move like slugs. No real noticable body parts. Thanks