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Hi, everyone! I'm setting up my replacement tank for the one that broke (very sad) and need advice on the set-up: 55 gal with dsb, will have maybe 150 lb live rock and a few fish, soft corals for now (saved from broken tank) wet-dry with Rio 2100 in the sump will pump water into 25-gal fuge. I...

Hi everyone -- I need some advice. Over the summer, my 4-year old tank broke, and my livestock (including tons of LR with soft coral) has been in temporary tanks in my home. It's time now to begin re-populating a new tank. I need suggestions on how to do it! questions include: 1. sand or...

Hi, everyone. I've been gone for years. Kind of got sidetracked with graduate school and little kids. And when I was not looking, my tank grew and grew. It was mostly wonderful, but then there was an explosion of aptasia and bubble algae. And then the tank broke... suffice to say that right...

I've got a 58 gal oceanic with a 20 gal fuge underneath, lots of circulation, about 100 Lb LR and a protein skimmer. Fishes are yellow tang, maroon clown, royal gramma, lawnmower blennie, redlip blennie, and tiger gobie. There's an active and wonderful clean-up crew. The tank has been set up...

So I have this marvelous tiger goby, and he's sifting sand like a mad-man (mad-fish?), and anyway, I may be nuts, but I think he's getting skinny. What can I feed him other than whatever's in the sand? He doesn't seem to be going for the food I put in the tank for the other fish. He certainly...

Hi. Well, my tank has been growing and growing for about three years now and is looking amazing, due in great part to all the help I've received from you all. Now I've got a problem that I have no idea how to fix. I have three of those large feather dusters, and one of them is damaged...

I know there are other threads about dealing with aiptasia, but I have not seen any that deal with the situation I am facing. I have a 65-gal oceanic tank with a 20-gal fuge. In the fuge, I have HUNDREDS of aiptasia - living in my field of caulerpa, stuck to the glass, attached to the rocks...

Long time since I logged on. Hope you can help me! 58-gal oceanic with 20-gal fuge, live sand, tons of LR, only four fishes in the tank, huge clean-up crew, lots of water motion, protein skimmer on fuge, tank up and running over a year, lots of soft corals -- mushrooms, anthelia, colt, zoos...

I have a 36" Aqualight compact fluorescent light fixture (deluxe series - double linear strip) with fans and lamps included. It came with the following lamps: (1) 96 watt Actinic square pin compact fluorescent lamp (1) 96 watt 10,000K square pin compact fluorescent lamp It is time to replace...

Two nights ago, my husband noticed that our colt (normally huge and fully extended) was totally slumped over and starting to close up on itself. I checked the temp first, and indeed, the water was up around 90. All of the other corals (all softies) were looking stressed out, too. We put...

Hey, all. My birthday was last week, and I dedicated this year's gift-money to my tank. So I brought home several beautiful pieces of soft-coral covered rock. :) But before I took the coolest piece out of its bag, I noticed a very, very long worm walking across the rock and into some crevace...

On the issue of Deep Sand Bed vs. no substrate whatsoever, where do you weigh in and why? If you could do it over, what would you choose? Are there less pods if you have no sandy substrate? Thanks for contributing your opinions on this!

Hi. I was wondering if you could email me at tahl@mindspring.com. I'm in the Bronx and would really like to hear more about the type of system you have running. I've got a 20 gal fuge under a 58 gal oceanic and am running a protein skimmer. But I'm really struggling with my PO4 levels...

Will a yellow tang be happy in a 58 gal oceanic with 100+ lb LR and lots of coral, or is the tank to small / crowded for this fish?

It seems like the coraline that once covered so much of my LR is decreasing, and suffice to say that it also has never spread in my tank. I don't understand this. I use SeaChem reef advantage and reef builder, the params are great except for PO4-, which I am constantly battling until I get a...

What are the requirements for this animal? My LFS has two gorgeous specimins, each about 10 inches across. How big do they get, and can I keep them in a tank full of softies? I have no starfishes, one maroon clown and have never kept anemones. Thanks!

Hey guys! I had quick questions for you two. Jim -- how's Stripe? Do you know that I keep calling all other fish I see Stripe? I think I miss her. We've gotta catch clown! I have big plans for this tank, and clown is just not so much a part of them. On the other hand, if I can't get her...

First, how does one know when (if) caulerpa in the fuge has gone sexual? What does it look like? What happens in the tank? Second -- In my 58 oceanic with three powerheads (in addition to the return from the fuge of the Mag 5) and 2x96W PC lighting, some surfaces are becoming covered with...

Hi, everyone. Pending ReefSOE's ability to come to the meeting (he's our star fragger), we may have to postpone our meeting to next week Wednesday. If you CAN come tomorrow or Wednesday next week, PLEASE email me at tahl@mindspring.com so that I can email you directions to my home. If you can...

I'll try this again-- this area of sponge has suddenly -- in the past six days or so --- sprouted spiny appendages. See the picture below. Any ideas what's going on? Thanks!