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I m adding a diamond goby to my tank soon and I need to cover some areas with a plastic mesh with small holes. Does anyone know where to get something like this?

I have a 180 gallon 6" tank. Currently I have 2 clowns, 1 pajama and 2 hippos between 2-2.5 inches. The Tangs have been in the tank for about 6 months. I would like to add a naso that is about 3.5". I know tangs can be aggressive towards each other. Any body have experience int combining...

About a month ago my cheato died. It was growing fast then just stopped. Currently there is a little piece of cheato and some calerpa, I havnt seen any growth over the last month. I have added iron thinking that might be it but it didn't help. I have little algae in the display but in the...

Does anyone know what this is? They are in my QT but I need to know if and how to treat them. They are eating fine and swimming around fine. Nitrates are at 0 and so is ammonia. Thanks

Does anyone know what this is? They are in my QT but I need to know if and how to treat them. They are eating fine and swimming around fine. Nitrates are at 0 and so is ammonia. Thanks

I have a question on quarantining 2 hippo tangs, I bought them from a retailer that treats their tanks with Copper, I have placed them in my quarantine tank and have not added copper. I would like to avoid using copper if necessary, can I just wait to see if ich shows up, and then treat? Im...

Does anyone have any good advice:tips on how to catch a peppermint shrimp. I have 1-2 pickin away at my frogspawn and I need to get them out.

Has anyone else had problems with peppermint shrimp and a frogspawn. I recently added a frogspawn to my tank and the peppermint shrimp started picking at it. I noticed it did pop one of the small tenticles off but they mostly seem to be picking at the mouth. My assumption is that they are...

I have a question about a BTA. I have had this anemone for 2 years now and it was under compact florecent lighting. I recently upgraded my tank to a 180gallon and it has t5 and 250 watt metal halide lighting. When I placed the anemone in the tank I aclimated it for about 1-2 weeks to the...

I have a question about a BTA. I have had this anemone for 2 years now and it was under compact florecent lighting. I recently upgraded my tank to a 180gallon and it has t5 and 250 watt metal halide lighting. When I placed the anemone in the tank I aclimated it for about 1-2 weeks to the...

This is probably a dumb question but I was thawing some frozen food so that I could repackage it in a thinner baggie. I put it in hot water to thaw and forgot about and left it out for 2 hours before putting it in the freezer. Will this food be ok for the fish?

I bought 3 green chromis from swf.com, after about 3 weeks I lost 2, after looseing the second I thought maybe I wasn't feeding it the right stuff, so I added cyclops to the menu. The last one lasted another 4 or 5 weeks and just died today. I feed once a day, sometimes every other day, I...

Quick question. I have a 180 and I have a seperate 17 gallon fuge. I had to take the fuge out to repair and I put the live sand in a 5 gallon bucket. When I go to put it back in and hook up the system will there be a ammonia spike from the sand being taken out and then placed back in? I is...

I have a 180 gallon tank, and I want to set up enough flow for coral and to eliminate deadspots. Right now I have the two returns from my return pump but there not supplying to much flow. I have a magnum k6 at 2200 shooting accross the aquarium but I feel I need more maybe something on the...

Is it ok to put a 90 on the intake side of a mag 18. I want to do this so I can have the 90 pointing down so less bubbles get in. I'm just worried this would cause a problem because the intake side is female and may reduce the intake. Does anyone do this is it ok to do?

Is it ok to put a 90 on the intake side of a mag 18. I want to do this so I can have the 90 pointing down so less bubbles get in. I'm just worried this would cause a problem because the intake side is female and may reduce the intake. Does anyone do this is it ok to do?

I am getting cyano in my refugium, the tank has only been up for 3-4 weeks. I am new to having a refuge but I am linking it to the light source which is a par 5200k compact florecent. There are no signs of it in the display tank. Is this normal? My only worry is it will smother my cheto

I have a micro bubble problem and dont know how to solve it. I have tried sponges etc and nothing the bubbles are so mall thye go through most media. I followed sumps on melevesreef.com as examples and he said there should be virtually no bubbles comeing out of the bottom of the bubble trap...

It's been a while since I set up my first tank and I have forgotten about things I went theough the first time around. I have strong flow in my new 180 about 1500-1600 gph and my sand in the front is moving and kicking up some. Does this eventually stop , or do I need to play with my returns...

Im not new to this hobby but its been a while since i set up a new tank. I have a 180 and due to the size I filled it with RO water and mixed the salt in the tank. I have two powerheads pointing at the bottom of the aquarium. Its been 4 days now and it is not clear yet. Also there seems to...