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Hi, I just saw that swf is selling ORA aquacultured mandarins and that they should eat frozen food without a problem. Any comments on this from someone who has one. I've wanted a mandarin for a long time and would love to get one that didn't rely solely on copepods. Thanks!

I just bought a 46g bowfront tank and I was hoping to use 36" Metal Halide Aquarium Reef Light Lunar HQI 442W (see picture). The problem is the bowfront has a supportive strip running across the top (see picture) that will block out the best light from the metal halide. Can I just wrap foil...

Okay, I posted this in the lighting section but haven't gotten any responses in the past 24 hours, I thought it might get better exposure here... I'm trying to set up my aquarium with lighting for growing corals. I don't want to grow anything too difficult, but want to make sure I have adequate...

Hi, I'm trying to set up my aquarium with lighting for growing corals. I don't want to grow anything too difficult, but want to make sure I have adequate lighting so the corals I do grow will thrive. Problem is: it appears that the tank I have (28g Via Aqua AR620) has housing for 13" fluorescent...

I just bought a ViaAqua AR 620 tank off craiglist and I'm not exactly sure how to set up the powerhead in the hood. It looks like it should pop in from underneath, but I can figure out how I would do this. Any quick help from someone who has experience putting one of these together would be...

I'm thinking of buying a 29 gallon used aquarium with a clownfish (not sure what kind yet, which is why I'm not sure if I want it yet) and a sixline wrasse. How long do you think it takes a single clownfish to become a female? Does it depend on what kind? Also, if it is now a female then will a...

I'm about to start reading up on how to breed clownfish, when I master that I'll probably widen my range and start trying some harder breeds. Is it to make a profit breeding saltwater fish and what kind of profit could I expect to get once I've smoothed out all the bumps? Or should I go into it...

I woke up this morning to discover that my anemone is bleached...My best guess is that it didn't take well to the heat wave we had over the weekend...I'm not sure what the exact temperature of the water was, but it felt particularly warm. So I'll definitely be looking into a cooling system for...

I just moved and am having trouble starting the siphon on my overflow box for the sump now that I have it all set up. My ex-boyfriend originally set it up at the old house so if there's a trick I don't know about it. I set it up, turned on the pump and the water started rising above the overflow...

Sorry, the title is wrong and I don't know how to fix it... I just moved and am having trouble starting the siphon on my overflow box for the sump. My boyfriend originally set it up at the old house so if there's a trick I don't know about it. I set it up, turned on the pump and the water...

I'm starting a blog about saltwater aquariums. Kind of a "how to" and I want it to have lots of pictures, but I don't want to use any w/o specific permission. My computer recently died and I lost all the decent pictures of LR I had. Could I get a few pictures from someone who doesn't mind that I...

Would some of you be willing to do me a favor and take this quick survey for a class project? It's literally 3 multiple choice questions. It probably won't even take a whole minute. I don't want to give away what the class is because I don't want it to affect the outcome of the survey. After the...

Would some of you be willing to do me a favor and take this quick survey for a class project? It's literally 3 multiple choice questions. It probably won't even take a whole minute. I don't want to give away what the class is because I don't want it to affect the outcome of the survey. After the...

I've seen a lot of pictures of people's sumps and they seem to be filled about 2/3rds of the way or less many times. Is there any reason to leave the sump that low, or is it okay to fill it almost to the top, leaving just enough room for the extra water to drain if the pump is unplugged. Thanks.

So I've been dating my boyfriend for a little less than 3 months and I'm not quite sure what to get him for valentines. He doesn't like presents that aren't useful and he's pretty picky in general, so I think I'm going to bake him cookies. Does anyone have any awesome recipes for someone who is...

I'm going to build a sump today and I bought some medium clear pvc cement. It says it can come into contact with potable water. Do you think it's safe to use in my tank? If not, what can I use? Thanks for any input.

I've noticed recently that salt is forming on the outside of my tank on the bottom rim of the glass. At first it was just the left-hand front corner, but now it's on the right also. What is this from? Is this something I can stop from happening or do I need to get a new tank? How urgent do you...

So I'm trying to set up a simple sump for my 55 gallon tank, but I pretty much have no idea what I'm doing. My boyfriend says he'll help me set it up (he's a mechanical engineer so he should be able to handle it), but he wants me to confirm everything before we get started. The main purpose of...

So it's about that time when I need to start coming up w/some gift ideas for my mom for her birthday and Christmas. This is always really hard because everything I can buy her she can buy for herself. She's already told my sister and dad she doesn't want anything because she has too many...

About 3 weeks ago I bought 3 filamented flasher wrasses (http://tinyurl.com/2z8s7a), due to some stray current running through the tank (has now been taken care of!), 2 of the wrasses died. The wrasse that is left appears to be lonely. He eats and is breathing normally, but he spends an odd...