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I had a grouper, this is the only damsel he did not eat. The grouper got too big and I gave him back to the LFS, I was told not to keep a grouper in a reef tank.

Can anyone tell me how to catch a damsel without taking apart the tank. I purchased a baby hippo tang and the damsel is going after him and biting his tail.:(

Thank you all for all your help. I will try the r/o water when I go to the store. I use Prime in my tap water to take out the chemicals. I never had this problem when I had a FO tank. I thought it might be the lighting. I'll try the water first. I can always buy it when I go food shopping...

where can you buy the water? Walmart?! what is ro/di water? How about my lighting should I get a more powerful bulb. Thanks

The tank itself is setup since May of 2001, I switched to reef August 2002, I have an 85 gal flat back hex with 80lbs of LR, 2 1200 maxijets for circulation, wetdry sump, berlin turbo protein skimmer, I use tap water with Prime to take out the chlorine, 6 mexican turbo snails, 25 hermit crabs...

Everytime I think I am getting the hang of this, something else goes wrong! Why do I keep getting a lot of algea on my glass and sand. Last week I put in a phosp. filter and within 24 hours it looked good within 48 it was all gone. Once I took it out it all came back again, but this time...

I meant I was the selfish one, wanting the attention. I don't want anyone getting into heated discussions over my post. So I should change the blue light. what about the "Red Slim" med she said she has had her tank for 14 years and used it and never had a problem. she said the slime would...

That is beautiful, I never saw something like that. If it cost 40.00 in Iowa it would cost 90.00 here on Long Island New York Gen

HELLOOOOOO, not to be selfish, but can we get back to meeeeee!!(haha) I know everyone has their own opinions and what we do with them is our choice. In my lfs the guy in the fish dept said no meds, but the girl in the front said to buy "red slime" and she also said she heard of myacain also...

I just did a 20% water change and added the cleanup crew that I purchased from swf.com it's funny how small the items are compared to what you see online. I hope they will cleanup some of the algae that is on the tank itself. There is red slime left on the rock but I got it off the sand and...

He said that will make my nitrates go up. A thick sand bed will keep things ( not sure what) in there, and will effect my nitrates. It will also make more air bubbles, which are raising the red slime to the top, with a thin layer of sand. I just want to get rid of the slime. It looks...

Hopefully these will help. I started the 85 gal flat back hex tank in 5/2001 with a floursent two bulb hood. It was only for fish. Then in Sept 2002 I switched to a reef tank. I added 80lbs of LR, and a Customsealife powercompact abs hood with 4 96 watt bulbs, 2-6700k and 2-actininc, it runs...

what is this? it is all over my sand bed. then air bubbles get under it and raise it to the top of the tank, some float and some fall back to the bottom. i just started the reef and only have 3 corals, this just started when i added the new lighting, it seems everything is changing. any...

any suggestions on a powerhead for my 85 gal tank. I just started a reef and I need to add a powerhead for movement. I was thinking of a rio 2500? is that to big? or ok> thanks gen

The dem. of my tank are 19" front to back, 28" height, 50" back to 32" front it is a flat back hex. do I need to use metal halide? I think I am stuck on that, I thought it was the mercedes of lighting. Maybe there is another lighting that is not so tall in the canopy. my tank sits on a...

Thank you coral boy, after checking out that site there is no compact hood only 4" high. This is getting depressing. I wonder if I can even have a reef tank at this point. I spent 500.00 on LR and I'm not sure what to do. Don't I need better lighting to keep my LR growing, even if I don't...

Thank you, I found some great lighting, but nothing that will work with my tank. from the top of my tank to the top of the lid is only 4". I found one that was 13" and another that was 6". I might have to go to the LFS and have him order me something, thank you for your input. They were...

Does anyone know of any sites that I can purchase the lighting for my tank, I really don't want to go to my LFS because I know he is overcharging me, but I am getting desperate. I'm not sure what to get, and where to get it. Please help. Thanks Gen:(

my dem. are 19" front to back, 28" height, 50" wide in the back then 32" in the front, it is a flat back hex. 85 gallons. does 599.00 seem like a lot of money for the lighting. the fixture is 36" with 4 bulbs 2 mh and i'm not sure what the other two watts are with a cooling fan. I'm...

I would like to be able to keep anything, inverts and corals. My tank is a flat back hex 85 gallons. The lighting that you mentioned , where can I purchase it, I just went onto google and found a dawn to dusk with cooling fan with 2 96 watts 6700k ultra daylight and 2 96 watt ultra actinic...