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I am an experienced reef keeper. I am interested in branching out into seahorses. My LFS has Kellogis in and I am looking into getting a pair. What size aquariums would be good for these horses. What other parameters are needed. I know all about hitching posts, currents, compatable...

I have the opportunity to buy the glass to build a 140 cube tank. This would be around three feet square and 2 feet high. The glass is all starfire glass. The glass has already been cut to length and the top is ground so no sharp edges. Glass is 1/2 thick. All for $50.00. Is this a good...

Here is my question. How do you know if your rotifer culture has crashed?

I purchased a mated pair of CBS that I had been watching in my LFS for months. They were true mated pair as evidenced by the very regular show of eggs on the female. After buying the pair, they ceased to produce eggs for over three months. Yesterday, I noticed the female carrying eggs. I have...

I know that this might not be teh best route to go, but I have the opportunity to buy some bangai Cardinalfish for an incredible price. The problem is that they are in a system that has had a pufferfish that had ick bad. I have not really seen ick on the cardinalfish, but I am going to assume...

I have a 29g reef that has been set up for three years. I have always since the beginning had a gorgeous stand of GSP. They were lush and full and I have been able to frag huge rocks of them (Larger than a softball and almost as big as a volleyball. However, Lately I have noticed them to be...

I hope this is okay to post. If not I am very sorry. A catalog from the Drs has on one of its first pages a blue hippo tang with a vibrant yellow belly and head? has anybody ever seen one like that. is it a different species or a hybrid?

I was on a website devoted to the sell of bergia nudis for aiptasia control. This is a response from them to my questioning why bergia nudis and peppermints are supposed to be together. Hi Brandon, Yes most of the shrimp in the Peppermint and Camel relatives are predators. They will pick on...

I just got a new test kit from Seacheam for my alk. I tested it twice and my alk is around 10meg/l. I have yet to test it against the sample regent to make sure I am doing it right, but it is a pretty straightford test. This is in my 40g coral prop tank and everything is growing great. I...

I have a mated pair of CBS. I had watched them at my LFS for ever (Months) and they were always together and many times the female was loaded with eggs. When I bought them three or so months ago, she was loaded with eggs. I put them in my coral prop tank (40g breeder) and while they are doing...

I have been in the hobby for about three years now and I consider my self to be well versed on many things. However I am at a loss as to what to do. here is the set up. 29g with a canister fluval 305 (no media in it) just as a water mover, 3 powerheads and a HOB filter just for water movement...

I am just wondering what the general concensus is about these small stars. I have heard that they eat coral and I have even seen pics in Coral Magazine showing them in action. What do others say?

I know that there is a method of using brown sugar or honey to rid a tank of Cyno. Can anybody give me some clear directions. I searched on this site, but could not find clear instructions. I also tried to google it and still nothing. How can I get rid of cyno?

There are countless posts and conversations about damsels and how aggessive they are, and yet they seem to be the first fish that everyone buys. The incredible coral magazine has an issue that is devoted to the keeping of damsels and it brought home some interesting facts that I would like to...

So I finally got my 90g that I have been talking so much about. There is still a lot to do, but I am taking it slow, because I want a great tank. This tank is going to be stoney tank with many SPS. I have some questions: 1. I want my turnover to be around 40x which will be around 3600gph...

If you have recieved the newest issue of Coral Magazine, there is a reef tank featured in there that is absolutely beautiful. The author of the article and owner of the tank makes reference to using the Zeovite method. What is this. Does anybody who has awesome SPS tanks on this board use this?

I have a simple question that I would like for people to weigh in on. What is the difference between: Live Rock ( I already know this one) Base Rock Live rock that is dry (I already know this one) tufa rock lace rock can all of these be used in a reef aqarium? for example. If I am wanting to...

Well, I am at the hospital awaiting the birth of my second child. It should be a girl. Probaly later on today, I will be the proud papa.

So here is the scoop. Last night around 11pm I did a water change on my 29g and forgot to turn my pumps back on. Luckily I did have a maxijet 600 running. So I get to my tank and my coral are all doing good, but my yellow tang (I know my tank is too small, but he is a little tank and I am...

I have a blue/green ric. I have had it for a over a year. I just have the one polyp. I can never get it to fully expand or split. I have a 29g tank that is doing awesome. I have kenya trees, xenia, zoos, polyps, acros, montis, GSP, frogspawn, hammers, blushing corals. All do wonderful. I...