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I have two false perc misbars in a 125g and have an opportunity to get two mated true percs - would they all play nice together? i can give them thier own large BTA on each end of tank.........

Has anyone tried this method and does it work. My only question is how long does the vertical tube have to be for the water to foam ETS's & Down-Draft Skimming Attachment 237192 By Don Carner ETS's & Down-Draft Skimming Another,even simpler design became popular just a few years ago. The "ETS"...

I just purchased a 125 gallon, upgrading from a 29g. Have a couple of questions.... 1. Can sand from HD or Lowes be used and then "seeded" with the live sand from the 29g? 2. Can you use cinder block, broken up, for the base rock? or is there a better type of cheap rock I should use? Thanks

my nitrate just sky-rocketed for no apparent reason, its at 80! The tank is over a year old and none of the parameters have ever spiked like this. They have always been perfect. All the other numbers are great PH - 8.2 Nitrite - 0 Amm - 0 phos -0 calcium - 440 Last time I tested was Tuesday...

So i just played russion roulette and lost! Purchased a powder blue tang and put him in the DT without QT. I know, stupid move but he looked really healthy. Tank is a little over a year old and I have several corals, inverts and of course other fish. Fish - Cow fish Flame Angel Fox Face 2...

Does anyone have experience with a map puffer? I saw one at a LFS in my area for $70 which seems like a pretty good deal. It was about 1 1/2 inches long. How big do the get when full grown? I also see they are not reef safe, is that only with hard coral? I also have a peacock puffer, will they...

Is this aptasia and what the heck are all the little white nubs on my rocks? Thanks in advance Attachment 217400 Attachment 217401 Attachment 217402 Attachment 217403 Attachment 217404

How? is it ok to put the stem betweek two rocks and have the weight hold it in place?

Just got the pygmy angel on Sunday Let me kow what you think - Thanks Attachment 192372 Attachment 192373 Attachment 192374 Attachment 192375 Attachment 192376

I purchased 2 condi anemone's approximately 2 1/2 weeks ago. Last week one of them decided to go and hide in a cave and has not come out since. It has curled into its self and opens only a little. Both were eating fine, I was giving them small pieces of silverside, twice per week.My...

My brand new outer orbit fixture just arrived today but I am having a problem with the MH lighting. I pluged everything in and the moon lights and 4 actinic T5HO lamps work great, however the 250w MH starts to come on and 10 seconds later it goes out, it repeats this every 10 minutes or so...

why is my pepermint shrimp attacking the anemone? crawling all over it and picking at the tenticles! What's going on I thought they are compatable? It's a condi anemone.

Purchased a Royal Gramma from this site which was received today. The fish looked extremely streesed ( can't blame it traveling from FL to CT ) although color looks good. I have been acclimating for almost 2 hours now but the poor thing has not got off it's side! Is this normal for this fish?

My tanks seems to have finished cycling and I am now ready for a CUC. The thing i'm not sure of is what and how many to put in. I plan on going to the LFS morning so any help would be appreicated. Considering the following. Scarlet Hermit Crab: Blueleg Hermit Crab: Turbo/Astrea Snail...

can i put pro zorb and carbon in my aquaclear 802 powerheads to help with maintaining water conditions? Perhaps put small bags of it into the canister filter that is attached to them? Thanks

Set up my tank one week ago, from reading the threads on this board it seems that I did some things wrong like used CC instead of live sand and instead of putting live rock I put deco corals. So I wound up purchasing live rock ( Figi - 50lbs-from this site ) and some live sand from a LFS (...

Can I add live to to a newly set up tank ( 3 days ago ) or should I wait until it cycles. Also any suggestions for some nice rock would be appreciated. I have an 80g Hex. Thanks

Hey all - Whats the best test kit out there for a reasonable price? I have a aquriumpharm master test kit thats about 6 years old from when I had my tank set up in the past. I'm pretty sure it's no good because of the age and now that I am setting up my aquarium again I need to get a new kit...