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Hey everyone, will only topping off my tank for 3 years and having the pumps run kill off everything that was alive within my live rock? If so what is the best way to get it all back to live rock so that it is my biological filter...thanks!

Hi Everyone I just got back to my tank after quite some time just letting it sit without doing water changes or anything. Pumps and such were running but I have not done anything else. Any how I have feather dusters (small ones) everywhere! The little white tubes with the featers coming out...

I have a small damsel, the blue and yellow looking ones. It keeps digging in the sand to the point where there is no sand in certain parts of my tank but there will be 5 inches in another sectoin. Anyway I have tried catching him with a net and I cant because there are so many rocks in my tank...

I have a 90 gallon with 2x250w metal halide and 2x90 watt compact florescent. This lights are 8 inches above water level. I put a Montipora and a acopora coral in yesterday and now they are both half white!!! The lights are only on 8 hours a day. I moved the lights up to 12inches above the...

Okay I have a 90 gallon in wall with a 55 gallon sump. Water gets split 25% to fuge 75% to the rest of the sump. Both of the drain outlets have filter socks on them. How am I still getting microbubbles? I only have a few but I want them gone I have seen tanks where there are no bubbles in...

I had a long tentacle anemone and also a green bubble tip anemone. Apparently when they are health and have alge growin in them which is there food source they turn an ugly brown color. Some one help me out and verify that this is fact and that I didnt just make it up. So my question is, what...

How can I get the air out of the drain line from my 90 gallon RR to the sump. It constantly has air in it and it would be nice if I could get the air out of the line so that it wasnt putting so many bubbles in the water. any ideas?

I am a first time homeowner and settled on Christmas Eve. Of course one of the first things on my list was a fish room. So after we painted teh entire house and got new carpet two days after I settled I built the fish room. It is a 6' by 8' room with a utility sink in it. The viewable sides...

Where can I get acrylic rods that I can get today, like a national store or something that would be in stock? Thanks for the help!

Does anyone have any pictures of their in wall system, specifically a tank that is on in the corner of a room so that you can see 2 sides of the tank from the display side? I want to put a 90 gallon in the wall of my house in the basement and was wondering how anyone who has done this supported...

I think it would be a good idea to get input from everyone on this. 1. What is your favorite reef safe fish? 2. Picture, if you have one. If not no big deal. 3. Why is this the coolest reef safe fish? Anything about this fish a pain, ex. picky eater, must have very good water parms etc. Im...

I want to buy a 75,90 or 120 in maryland. Actually Im up for anything that is a good deal, who is within driving distance to Baltimore and has tanks for sale?

Okay so Im here to rant. Im looking to buy my first home and have been pre approved and ready to find a place. I have made an offer on a house but it was refused because the seller wanted full asking price. What a joke the seller was lucky to even get an offer right now and will never get full...

Okay everyone what do you think, Im starting a new tank. Should I start with a deep sand bed fuge and cheato algae or a algae scrubber that is in the other thread that a lot of people really like. So easy question, fuge or algae scrubber? I think they do the same thing but Im not sure which...

Okay so I had bought a white tentacle anemone with purple tips. After a few weeks the anemone turned brown and stayed that way for a while, never died just turned brown. After that I got another anemone a green bubble tip and it did the same thing, turned brown. So I read on here that this is...

Quick question for the pro's. I am setting up a new 75 gallon reef. I have a hamilton technology light set it has 2 175watt metal halide's 14k bulbs and two 110W Very High Output Fluorescent Bulb's. I also have a GLO system with 2 54w compact florescents. Will all of this be enough light for...

Hey everyone I am trying to decide what size tank to build into a wall. I was thinking maybe a 75 but then I was thinking 90 but its only a little taller than the 75, so now I kind of want to do a 120. I would really like to see some pictures of these if anyone has them thanks a ton!

Hey everyone I have had a 55 gallon reef tank before. I had the tank for about 9 months or so. It was a 55 gallon with a 10 gallon sump. Some of the big problems were that the stand I had was very small underneath and i could barley get any equipment in there. It had an overflow box and...

Hey everyone I had a 55 gallon tank and broke it down because I am moving. I have 2x175 Metal Halide lights and also have the older 110 acntic lights too. How high above the tank should I hang these lights? I had them sitting on the tank before and think that was the wrong way to do it. Any...

Hey everyone I have had a green bubble tip anemone in my 55 gallon reef for 2 weeks and my two Percula Clownfish wont host it, what should i do?