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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...

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...

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...

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'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'm looking at adding one to my system and I'm looking to hear from others on their experience with this puffer. I have a 120 with a perc clown, surgeon tang, flame angle, foxface and a diamond goby. Would a valentini nip at any of these? This is the last fish at this time to add. Thank you.

This past weekend I added a micro-pad below my normal white/blue filter pad and it made all the difference in the world. The water is so much clearer now with the addition of this pad. You have to be careful to check and clean regularly so that it does not clog resulting in a flood. I cut the...

I have a 120 gallon FO ,up for about 6 months. Always had clear water up to about a week ago. I perform 40% water changes per month on average. Nitates 0 Nitrites 0 Amn 0 ph 8.2 temp 77.4 The temp is down from 80.0, done gradually over the last week. Is it possible that the cloudyness is a...

I have to lower the PH in the tank and have started to do so. I'm using Kent's superbuffer-dkh. The water is definately a little cloudy after adding the buffer. How long should this last and what should be done to eliminate? I have new carbon in the sump and am planning a water change tomorrow...

I have the Octopus NW 150 running externally from my sump on a 120 gallon. The skimmer works great, collects a lot of gunk daily. My problem is this: Whenever power is cut to the the skimmer, and then power is restored, the skimmer cannot start up properly in terms of bubble production. I have...

I have had my tank set up for about 6 months now. After the cycle I had a short breakout of diatoms typical of a new tank. This disappeared after about 2 weeks. Within the last two months the diatoms have seemed to reappear. If I stir the sand (top layer only) the substrate gets white, however...

From what I have read they say that the blue jaw/throat is the only reef safe trigger. Is anybody keeping one with snails, or crabs. I'm deciding between a trigger and a clean up crew. Thanks

Is there anything that can be used as a cleanup crew with a male bluejaw trigger, naso tang, percula clown, flame angel. I was thinking about adding two tiger gobbies but want some advice. Any snails? Thanks

Does anyone keep these two triggers together. Tank is a 120 FO with lots of coral skeleton. LFS says that I can if I introduce the Huma last or both together. The other fish are a flame angel and a false percula clown. Thanks.

I'm posting in hope of helping someone else down the road with microbubbles. I have been trying to resolve my microbubble problem since I set up the tank one month ago. I re-plumbed and checked all fittings. I added filter socks, prefilters, and baffels. Everything I read said that the air leak...

Just got my skimmer hooked up and plugged in. No leaks in the plumbing yet I have no idea what to do in terms of the setup. What should I be looking for? How much water in the tube etc? This is my first skimmer and there were no directions. I have a feed pump to the skimmer, ball valve to limit...

I recently ordered the Octopus 150 recirculating skimmer and want some advice for plumbing it. From what I see I have two options. First option is to feed the skimmer directly from my overflow by splitting the drain line with a T, and use a couple of ball valves to regulate the flow. This option...

I just got the lights on my new 120 acrylic tank from a reputable manufacturer and noticed that along both edges where the sides meet the back wall I have 1/16" to 1/8" parallel cracks most likely crazing from what I've read. These marks are every 1/4" or so from the bottom of the tank to the...