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34 more snails and hermits, should be 1 per gallon, as for scavengers you can add a cleaner shirmp or what ever is handy, check out SWF

place your base for your live rock on about a 1/2 to a 1" of ls then fill in around the base with the rest.. placing the LR is a challenge also everyone has diff ways of doing it . IMO you should start about 2" from the front of the tank building a shelf type reef upward and slanted back...

your tank is overstocked tootoo much at 1 time

if i heard you correctly this is a new tank just cycled, if so your fine this is normal and the algae will soon abate you may also start to see red slime growing this is also normal, you do need to cut back on the lighting, and be very careful with your feeding habits. Clean off the glass on...

to address your CC question.... Some would say not to use CC because the diameter of the grains is to large for the bacteria needed, the sand bed is very important to the eco system of your tank, [you may find a post or 2 about substrates, ]this does somtime cause some problems with the...

MIL the 120 is your best deal, IMO, for 75$ more as long as you have room for it. the 65 is really not that good of a tank because it has less surface space for gass transfer, you can still use it but the 120 is a better deal. If it comes with a wet/dry you will need a skimmer like dane...

mil i would like to see the deal your getting, also have you picked 1 yet, Well done DANE some ppl on this site give really good info i like that.... keep up the good work

reefdude i just read your post, since your tank is only 3 months old its still new and the problems you have are normal for a new tank BUT i would need to know what you have in it in order to help.

If it is possible I would like to help you on your way to starting your own saltwater ecosystem. I help lots of people in my area get started, first thing is getting a tank, there are quite a few places you can get 1. STarting with want ads, walmart even has a 55 setup for 150 or so and a...

This is normal for a new tank started within 2 to 3 months but since you already have inhabitants in the tank reduce your lighting (mod light ) and reduce the freq of your feeding. this is a good place to start..... my next question,, i think you said you had purple coralline growing if so it...

I have to say thats a lot of light, the 4 250's is all u need and that is great for corals but to get your live rock to florish you will need to dim those lights abit maybe using 1 or 2 on for daylight hours 6 hr a day on a timer i think you will do just fine..

you both have forms of macro algae

i would use a wet/dry system

I hope this post is not to long but I detect some problems here... First lets hit the water problem, as it was posted pre to this one, RO water is best or better than tap water, distilled should be used if that is not aval. for saltwater systems tap water should be avoided, im not going to go...

It seems your tank ready for cleaners, since you have a fifty gallon tank you will need 50 of them a assortment of them, including a sea cucumber the alge will take care of it self .what you have is normalsince it is still kinda new for what you have in the tank. i would ask how much live rock...

Hi guys and Gals i,m new to this site, i have been away from the hobby for awhile, i'm just getting my sealegs back over the past few months so bear with me. As a rule of thumb cleaners for a saltwater tank should equal 1 per gallon. also i want to say that you should try feeding everyother...