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I currently have a 55 gallon reef tank with 1 cardinal fish and 2 clowns. I really want another really colorful fish for my tank (especially yellow, blue, or purple). I want a fish that brings color, but also does not spend all day hiding. First I thought about getting a yellow tang. My LFS...

Well thanks guys for your input. I will answer a couple of your questions. My skimmer is the coralife super skimmer and I already have it in the sump. It is actually doing great and does not produce any air bubbles. However I am still confused with the baffles. I think you may be right that...

I have seen other diagrams on this site, and mine is actually set up the same as many of the diagrams. But mine just has these low baffles. I don't understand why the first baffle is only 3 inches tall.

I gave my local fish store a 20 gallon tank to make into a sump with a refugium. They said no problem. I have attached a diagram of what it looks like, but now I am really confused. I have it running now, and it does not seem quite right to me. The water enters the sump into a small...

Thanks for all of the replys.. Why are they investigating miracle mud?

Does live sand or mud do best in a refugium. Also what other things do people put in their refugium and how powerful should the lights be? My sump is actually split into three compartments, but the water level is actually above all the baffles. The baffles should still hold the sand/mud in...

I finally got my sump running. it is a 20 gallon with three baffles. I have a hang-on overflow box on my 55. Now that it is going, I am worried about flooding the house. If the U-tube in the overflow looses its siphon and the pump continues to run then I guess I am screwed?? Is there...

Well the tank is actually on a lanolium (sp?) floor. I guess there is the possibility of sliding the entire tank. Has anyone removed the middle piece of wood? The back of the stand does not even have that piece, so is it really adding much support?

I have recently purchased a 20 gallon tank to serve as my sump. However, while the 20 gallon should fit just fine, I am actually in a dellimma. My 55 gallon tank is full of fish and rock and corals, and the stand/tank is set up so that it is against a wall. Therefore I cannot put the 20...

Thanks everyone! Yeah the razor blade sure beats the sponge!

SO I was trying to clean the front glass of my tank today and wow; the workout was more than running a mile. The coraline algae is really starting to take hold on the glass so I was cleaning it off with a hand aquarium glass cleaner (the thing with the blue spongey stuff). What do you guys use...

Well whatever the stuff he expelled was, it was white and not brown. I really thought he was expelling his inards! He even deflated his tentatcles when the stuff was coming out and looked kinda bad. But now he looks all happy again so i guess he really did just have to go poo-poo. Anyone...

I have a 55 gallon with 260 watt orbit pc. I definately need a heater! Of course I keep my thermostat down to around 65 degrees at night and the heater is working full blast. The heater is also working fully in the winter when the thermostat is set to 72. My pc lights are about 6 inches...

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My LTP coral looks pretty good. But he is not as expanded as he normally is and this is this white looking gunk caught in the rocks beside him. The white stuff almost looks like thick pieces of spider web. it is close to 6 inches long. Anyone know if this is just waste or is he sick?

is the toxin only released if they are cut or wounded? or are they constantly releasing toxin into the saltwater?

Everyone on this board seems to think that the long tentacle plate is going to die within a year. Has anyone had a LTP last longer than a year? I have had one for close to a month with 260 watt pc in a 55 gallon and it is beautiful and seems to do fine. From research I have done outside of...

thanks for the info guys. so you say yours eat cylop-eeze. Is there any difference in this stuff when it is frozen or in waffers. I don't think mine LFS has this stuff. I see the wafers online in several places. You said frozen is available too? The cardinal's like frozen the best?

I just got a new Bangaii Cardinal. The only other fish I have are two clowns. I have been alternating feeding Formula-1 frozen, Mysis Shrimp frozen, and spectra flakes. My two clowns will eat anything, anytime. They are always hungry. My Cardinal seems to always be hungry too. However, he...

I have had my 55 gallon set up with 55 lb LR and 75 carib sea sand for about 1 week. Both the sand and rock came from an established tank, complete with critters and coraline algae. I also got about 20 snails and 15 hermits in the tank also. I have been testing the water everyday and I think...