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Ive had a green nem for a while, its not a bubble tip so i guess it is a green long tenticle? Well i've had an aiptasia break out and I have found out about a great way to kill them, almost too great. It is pickling lime and some of it had dropped on my green anemone now it has bleached and has...

Ive been in the saltwater game for some time now. I had the chance to set up a 65 gallon reef tank and loved it. unfortunately i needed some cash and had to down grade. Now i have gotten some things straightened out i want to SWITCH out my current take...Not really an upgrade. anyways my current...

arent these the really cheap anemones? why is that? i have a reef tank and was wondering if its okay to have these. do they eat the fish? I have another anemone, not sure what kind, i was TOLD that it was a green bubble tip...the bubble part was a straight up lie, but not the green. anyways...

I have a excalibur skimmer i just bought and it wont stop running wet i guess you could say. all it does is fill the collection cup up with water. Ive tried adjusting it and what not. nothing. one thing i did find that worked was putting it in another tank i had that had a much lower water...

i have an excalibur skimmer, i dont know if anyone is familiar with these skimmers but its what i got. I can seem to get it running right. Problem is it has a rio 800 pump. It has TWO spots for air hoses but i cant seem to get it to stop running wet. It just feels the cup up with water. Isnt one...

I bought a retro fit kit from a local guy and the wireing diagram was not the easiest to follow. Ive wired up ballast before but this one was wierd. Anyways i wired it as the directions said and i grounded it. It sparked. Before that i took it up to a GOOD LFS because it wouldnt do anything...

First off Im not doing a 175 Mh. not enough bulb choices. Anyways i have a 25 gallon tank and many of you are saying a 150 would support anything in that small of a tank. Wll the tank is 36inches long. so with that being said I have a clam and a couple different species of SPS to keep in this...

Im having to downgrade :( anyways im downgrading to a 25 gallon long tank. its pretty cool. reef ready and everything. I like it. anyways it will have a 20 gallon sump. will the red sea prizm skimmer be a good skimmer for this? Im looking for this best bang for my buck. remember im downgrading...

I just bought a 25 gallon acrylic tank, Im having to downgrade due to some unfortunate finacial events. Its a pretty cool tank, it has a built in overflow on the left and all sides are black except the front. the dims are pretty cool too. its actually 36inches long. anyways this is my first...

i have a 65 gallon full reef tank right now and I am downgrading to a 20 gal Long. My 65 is full of rock and of course water and sand. If i use all of the rock from the tank and the sand and water, will I cycle in the 20 gal tank? also I have a problem. I think i might have a pistol shrimp. If...

I live in an apartment and the windows and such arent the best and we also live on the top floor and heat doesnt seem to travel very well up here. MY tank normally stays at a good temperature... around 72ish but we had a cold front hit and this morning it was like 16 degrees or something and my...

i have a 36 inch sun pod. It has two 150W MH bulbs and the right bulb kept cutting of multiple times during the day and would come back on. Guys were telling it was the ballast. I switch the bulbs around, the right bulb is now in the left socket and the left bulb is now in the right socket. I...

after probably a week my copperband has took a turn for the worst. He has brown spots kind of on him. like a brown form of ick. I have him in my sump for easy removal if he passes. is there anything i could do? if it helps it is a reef tank. I have seen my clown pick on him a little when i...

Ive talked about this topic before and rulled out the lion fish. I am now thinking of one again. i have a 65 gal reef tank. my two smallest fish are a chromis and a royal gramma....should I be nervous about their well being? also i would like some comments on some people who have kept them...

i would like to set up a 20 gal long QT and was wondering if I got some water from water changes and put some cured LR....would I get a cycle?

does anyone have any experience with them? Is it like a 50/50 chance he will be reef safe?

site says it will be fine in a 55... but I want to check with everyone here. I have a 65 gal tank and was wondering if my tank is big enough?

Do you just get a bag of carbon and drop it in your sump? I used to have a 29 gallon and I would just drop it in the HOB filter... im after that "crystal" clear look in my new tank..haha

trying to get an idea on what people are running out there... Ive heard that you cant have too much flow...i think Im pushing aroun 40X in my 65...it will be SPS dominant when it matures...i dont know if thats too much...

I got the trigger as a gift...he is tiny..probably 1 inch or 1.5... He should be alright in the 65 for a while right? Im hoping to keep him till he gets more comfortable in the tank to where I can catch him..everytime I walk near the tank he goes in the rock work...