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Update. Doing much better now. I moved it into an area of higher flow and it has responded nicely.

Have you already taken down the tank? I have the perfect home for your green mandarin.

Thanks. I'll give it a few days and see what happens. Keep you posted.

Hi All,   I bought a leather on saturaday afternoon. In the store all the tenticles were out and it looked super healthy. I acclimated it to the tank later that afternoon. Currently, it is standing straight up and is open but not tenticles are visable. I'm past the 48 hour mark and I'm...

Thank you IFireFight. I think you may have solved this mystery. If so, I'm forever grateful. Just to be clear, this is a recirculating skimmer so I have two pumps. One feeder pump from the sump and then the recirculating pump with the venturi needle wheel. The feeder pump exits from a drilled...

Thanks for the help so far, I don't believe it to be a slow leak because as of Monday night when I did a water change the stand was completely dry. One day later I have over 1" of water. I'm interested in the overflow failing theory but not sure I understand it completely. I have a center...

I know this is a long shot without actually examining my system but I thought I would post this in the event that somebody can help. Once every two months or so I wake up and have 1" of water in my stand. I'm thankful that it's an acrylic stand that is sealed otherwise I'm sure I'd be divorced...

I have a 48x18x30 tall 120 gallon acrylic tank. Currently using a Coralife PC retro with 4x65watt bulbs 2 actinic and 2 white. Also running 1 T5 single white bulb. I have all softies, mushrooms, torch, hammer, kenya tree, zoo's etc. All appear heathy but have had little growth. I have a ton of...

Thanks Crypt Keeper. The main difference between kids, dogs and fish is that kids and dogs/cats will stop eating when they are full. Fish will just keep on eating and the left over food can pollute your water in a hurry, especially in a reef tank, I don't want the extra nutrients. With that...

I feed once a day and skip a day every once in a while, I believe that hungry fish are healthy fish. Obviously this is the wrong motto when it comes to gobies. Thanks for the reply.

Just lost our third golden head sleeper goby this morning. This one joins the other two golden's and a lawn mower, and a diamond. The tank is a reef, two tangs, two clowns and a flame angel. 120 gallon, live sand and over 150lbs of live rock. All the other fish have been with us for over a...

We just found our first fish that has been missing for 5 months. He was in the overflow, we looked there before but never saw him. Its great to see our old friend again. Since we thought we lost him 3 months ago we purchased a pair of clowns. Will this pair kill our little nemo? we put him in...

Its a 120 FO with a wet dry, uv light and a protein skimmer. Today, the surgeon and valentini puffer both have ich. I added some ich attack based on a suggestion from the lfs however after doing some research I doubt it will do a thing. Can I treat the whole tank with hypo? I'm more concerned...

Two weeks ago we lost our first fish in 10 months, a false perc. It showed no signs of illness just vanished overnight. All parameters checked out ok. After two wks I bought a pair of percs to replace our initial clown. The fish were in a tank by themselves at the lfs for 3 wks which is why I...

I had a similar problem with my octopus 150 recirc. You can try 2 things. It seems like the needle wheel has a hard time producing bubbles when the skimmer is full of water. Try taking the water out of the skimmer, start the pump and then fill the unit with water. Taking the load of the wheel...

I'm looking for a T5 unit that can be placed under my canopy that is only 4.5" off the tank. Any suggestions? Or do I have to go with a retro kit?

Thank you. T5's it is. The next question is do I go with 2 or 4 lights for this size tank? I'm currently using 4 t12s.

I went to two LFS today to investigate. One recommended going with PC's, the other VHO. From what I have read on this site, the trend seems to be T5's. I currently have a FO system, but would like the option for some soft corals down the road. The tank is 48 x 18 x 30 which way to go? Heat is a...

I'm currently running 4 4" fluorescent t-12 on my 120. I appear to be having ballast problems because two of them are not working despite changing the bulbs. My question is, I understand T-12's are a thing of the past and was wondering if its worth fixing or changing to t5's or another...

I have a 120 acrylic that I love. You can't beat the clarity and appearance. The problem is that if you look at it the wrong way it scratches. I use only acrylic safe cleaners, magnets, cloths etc. Still scratches. Some fish will even scratch it. The good news is that they are very fine, hardly...