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Hey guys, been in the hobby for about four years now. I've got a 55 gal reef with no sump. I buy my water from a little filtration system called Water Mill Express. It's just a little automated water dispenser in a grocery store parking lot. You can get 5 gals of filtered water for $1.50. I...

Hey guys. I've had a Nova Extreme T5 HO (4x 54W) for about four years. I'm not sure when it happened, but the moonlight leds stopped working. I'd like to get it working again and am wondering if this is something I can repair. I've done a fair amount of electronics work before so I don't...

Hey guys. I'm in the process of 'rebooting' my 55 gallon and I purchased 50 additional pounds of Florida Reef base rock to go with my existing 55-65 pounds of Fiji LR I've been having in the tank for the last four years. Is 105-115 pounds too much for my 55? What's the max I should have in the...

I've got two clownfish and a royal gramma in my 55 gal tank. Both clowns have been in the tank for about 2-2.5 years. One clow has always been agressive towards me when I put my hand in the tank, but he seems to play well with his tank mates.   I've cut back on my feedings to once every two...

I've got a clownfish that's about three years old. This sucker is mean. Any time stick my hand in the tank to do any kind of maintenance he is all over me. He bites me repeatedly to the point where I've got noticible marks on my hand. I've had people at work as me what happened to my hand...

My neighbor decided to tear his tank down about two years ago and told me I could have whatever I wanted. My tank was only up for about a year at the time and I jumped on the chance to get some free live rock. Being a novice, I didn't realize that among the cool coral he had that those long...

Hey guys, I bought a royal gramma last week. I read that they would eat frozen, pellet and flake foods. I normally feed my other fish (two clownfish) Spectra pellets. The gramma seemed interested in it when I first got him. He would suck up a pellet then spit it out, then suck it up again...

I've been having my tank up and running for almost a year now. In February I added some mushroom and zoos to my 45lb of live rock. Fast forward to this past week. My wife came in and told me my neighbor was tearing down his tank after 10 years. He had let the tank go for a while and just...

Hey guys. I may be loosing my mind, but I think I saw a thread a while back where someone had epoxied their maxijet suction cup holder bracket to a magnetic cleaner (Walmart brand) to make a cheap magnetic holder. I can't find the thread for the life of me. Has anyone done this? Is there a...

Hey guys, I ordered two emerald crabs. They arrived today at my wife's workplace. She opened the box and told me that the bag had busted and that the crabs were moving around but there wasn't much/any water in the bag. I'm planning on drip acclimating them when she gets home in a few hours...

Hey guys. I got a refractometer this week and found that my salinity reading was 1.030 instead of the 1.026 my hydrometer was reading. I'm about to do a 5 gal water change on my 55 gal and am wondering what would be a good salinity for the water change water to have? I'd like to bring my...

I'm thinking of buying a couple of things and would like some opinions before doing so. I've got a bit of hair algae growing. It's not a lot but I'd like to stop things before they get out of hand. Will emerald crabs really eat the hair algae? I'm also considering a LMB but I'd prefer to add...

I stumbled upon a website of a guy who was starting a coral farm in a greenhouse. The concept of using the sun intrigued me. Has anyone attempted this on a small one tank scale? I'm guessing keeping water tempts down could be pretty tough when temps are 90-100+ Any thoughts on doing this...

A couple days ago I noticed my royal gramma acting a bit funny. She was darting back and forth, then would hide for a while, and then would do it again a little while later. She did that for two days. Last night when I got home for work I noticed her breathing harder than usual. She was...

I'm considering getting a lawnmower blenny and am curious as how to properly quarantine the guy. If their diet is algae then do I need to my QT all crusty with algae so he has something to eat while in the QT or will they most certainly eat algae sheets?

I've got a Sure Flow modded MJ1200 powerhead in my 55 gal. It can really churn some water. So much so that I'd like to tone it down a bit. Does anyone know if the motor in the powerhead is AC or DC? I'm thinking of adding an inline dimmer switch to slow the motor down in the hopes that it...

Hey guys, I'm ready to take the plunge into corals. I'd like to purchase a few different kinds of colorful corals. I'd like to get some with low shipping costs to zip 70520. Please PM me with pics or send an email to 'donny911 at hotmail.com' . I'm really open to just about anything but...

Hey guys, please excuse me as I am a newbie. I've got a 55 gal tank with two Maxijet 1200's. I'd like to mod them to increase the GPH and vary the flow direction. I've come across the SureFlow mod that would appear to drastically increase the GPH but what about flow direction? Does this...

I have a three month old clownfish that has of a two days ago been having stringy white feces hanging from him from time to time. He is still very active and still has a hefty appetite. Is this usually caused by an internal parasite? Also, a few weeks back I noticed a darker spot on one side...

Can someone tell me what kind of timers they use to control their lights? I just got a Nova Extreme four bulb fixture with moon leds. I'd like to be able to turn the actinics on seperate from the daylights and also turn the moonlights on after both of these are off. Are the coralife dual...