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i have a pair of mated clownfish. my tank is 4 20 gallons connected to a sump. with live rock and heavey skimming. have cheato in the refuge. my clownfish have spawn 2 times. first time took the eggs out after 8 days to a rearing tank with same temp and salinty< Never touched air>. only two...

im setting up a new bio cube hqi 29 with 150 halides and bell & whistles. I wanted opnion on dsb or crushed coral. Also how deep the DSB. i understand the pros and cons.....but would like opnions. thanks.....look to house max two percula clowns mostly reef inverts when done. i have done many...

I have a question. Are corallife skimmer with the spinning needle and good? Is the berlin airlift skimmer good if properly maintain water level?

I have a a trigger fish humu humu. He spits his food out and won't sallow. Tried krill, shrimp, mysis shrimp, and blood worms. Whats his problem? Do i need garlic guard?

I have a 55 gallon. With three peppermint shrimp, one scooter blenny(was skinny but now plump and has been in my tank for 3 months). I have 60 pounds of live rock and base. I have Zero phosphates and zero nitrates. but i have a HUGE grow of red slime. I put 3 pieces of lacy rock in my tank. I...

I just put my Cpak skimmer into a different tank and it will only produce big bubbles(rio 800 pump double venturi). I clean the impeller and air tubes, cleaned the venturi, and adapter tubes. its getting plenty of air but only big bubbles and pumping to fast i got the lines hook up right in the...

Hello I have had my lion for two years now coming the 18th of january. He's a red violitian, (russel). I have him in a 100 gallon tank. Good parameters, been doing very well. I have soft coral, and mushrooms in with him. The hardest corals. They all been together for about year and half. They...

I got a ton of bristle worms and they are spawning cause my tank to turn milky. I'm reading on how to make bristle worm traps. Does anybody have any suggestion on how to make the traps better or more effective. Any tricks?

0 ammonia 0 nitrite 5 nitrate 1.026 SG Ok i now that's out of the way. I'm sure this isn't an over feeding problem. I was starting to have an hairy algae out break a month ago. So i cut way back on my coral feeding. But they are doing great. Last week i hardly had any hairy algae, victory...

Wow they really should out law hydrometers. I hand a swing arm. I thought it was reading low. Cause all my coral start acting bad until i put lot of water in my tank. Little more than usual. They came to life only then. So i decided my salinity was too high and time to purchase a refractometer...

Maybe in should put this in equipment section but since the reefers like us use these for our tanks i have got to tell you what happened to me. I use to use MH. I had the generic big metal ballast. The same kind they use to hang lights in shop. The Tractor shop i work at has the same ballast for...

I have this coral on a piece of live rock. Close i could find of an id is cup coral. Any have any of this? Anyone success? Course it's a calcium skeleton and i don't think it has zooleathanae algae. How should i care for it. Where to place it and stuff. Any info would be helpful. Thank you.

How long under normal condition will a pair of cinniminon clowns will become an adult mated pair? How fast do they grow in a tank alone? Just a educated guess .

I was on my lfs website on there form. They were talking about stray voltage in fish tanks coming from powerhead, filters, etc. Negative affects on coral and fish. They use grounding wires to the wall or floor. I've never heard of this. I read books and internet and never came across this...

I have pythons zoos. They been in my tank for about 9 nine months. The last 3 months they have just spreading away from there rock. Breaking up and moving away from there rock in several directions. They aren't even covering the center of the original rock. The ones that break off and move to...

I have a 55gallon with bulleye mushrooms. I have 260 pc lights on them. THey have been in the tank for 3 weeks. How high would you place them? What's the highest...Curious too, how fast has someone have mushrooms grow? THanks for you info.

What's a good rule of thumb for having lights on. I have a 55 gallon with 260 pc lights. How many hours is good. 50/50 10,000k and true actinics side by side. I have mushrooms leather, bullseye, zoo, and kenya coral. Opinions please

I have purchase a kenya tree coral. I have a 55 gallon reef system. 260 compact with true actinc 2x 65 watts and 10,000 2x 65 watts. I just wanted to know more about them. Tips and feeding. It's standing up and swaying some times. But none of the polpys are out at all. It's been the second day...

I bought lighting system new with 4 compact 65watt florescent. Two are 10,000k and the other say true actinic. What do they mean true actinic? I've only seen 420 actinic. Only paid $120 and it has 8 led moon lights. I love it. Looks very professional.

I've had this coral on live rock for about 4 months. 20 or so polys. Stoney. What kind is it? Is it photosythentic? It about always has it sweepers arms out. Hope you can see good enough in the picture. Thanks