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I'm going on a 6 week long road trip this summer and have absolutely no idea what to do with my 40 gal. tank while I'm gone. I have been away for as long as 10 days in the past and the tank has been fine when I've returned; maybe a little dirty and low on water but nothing too major. I am really...

anyone know any good links/threads on building a sump??

ok, so i got a cleaner shrimp yesterday and he has successfully acclimated. i am a little disappointed, however, because he likes to hang out under my brain coral and has his head sticked out the back of it (back side of the tank). this makes viewing him difficult. i only ask because i've had...

i have been dealing with a slight hair algae problem in my live sand. although not excessive, it does enough to make the sand look less appealing. it has also been isolated to the sand and doesn't grow on the rocks, glass, etc. all of my water parameters are in order and the light (156 watts)...

my tank has been set up for almost 4 months now. i currently have a false percula clown, some green mushrooms and some zoos as well as snails and an emerald mithrax crab, all with great success. i do all my buying online and was wondering what are some good beginner soft corals as well as which...

i woke up this morning and found my tank's heater unplugged. the thermometer read 66. i currently have some zoos, green mushrooms, a false percula clown, and a hippo tang. i plugged the heater in immediately after this. as of now the polyps look really stringy and the hippo tang is hiding in a...

my 45 gallon tank has been up and running since mid august. the tank cycled (used the shrimp method) and i saw the rise/fall of ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate. after about a month, i bought some nass and turbo snails and a clownfish. it has been about a month since then and everything is doing...

my tank has been up and running for 5 weeks. i used the shrimp method and have seen the rise/fall of ammonia/nitrite. i'm contemplating on whether to only add inverts now (nass and turbo snails, maybe a coral or two) or to get these in addition to a fish. i'm gonna order this from swf, but...

the swf.com acclimation guide says the following about acclimating corals/anemones: "corals and anemones should not be drip acclimated. instead, float them for half an hour and then release them directly into the aquarium." so all you have to do is float the bag to adjust the temp and then pour...

mine is low... how do you raise it? i'm using ro water with instant ocean salt.

i just got back from vacation and discovered that the timer hooked up to my light wasn't working, so the light stayed on the entire time i was gone (1 week). i have some brownish algae stuff growing in the sand and on the rocks. luckily, the tank is new so all it has in it is lr and ls. will...

my 45 gallon is finally set up. the tank has a 150 watt heater on it and it has struggled to bring the water above 75 degrees after several days. my house does stay on the cooler side (upper 60's), so this may be contributing??? i figured it would be ok for lr and ls, so i went ahead and added...

ok. so i definitely know that a tank should have ro/di water in it. does lr need this also when curing? i have mine set up in a 31 gallon rubbermaid tub with a powerhead, heater, and skimmer. the water in my area has 0 nitrates/ nitrites. would it be ok to use tap water? thanks.

i'm starting a reef tank and it will start to come together in the next month or so. when browsing the site, i came across something called assorted polyps-- limit of 1 (https://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11...ot_parent_id=4). after my live rock is cured, i will start to order some livestock...

heres some of my best pics (i had to crop them to get the file size down--sorry):

i finally got my live rock--45 lbs. the first week or curing seemed to go well. my family went on a weekend trip and when we got home, there had been a power outage and the water in the bucket seemed very cold. i can't say how long but the heater could've been off for anywhere from 1-3 days. did...

i finally got all of the supplies for my setup yesterday. anyway, i've run into a slight problem: the lighting fixture that i got (nova extreme t5's) has mounting legs that block the hood so that i can't open it. unfortunately, i can't move the light back because there is an emperor 400 behind...

how many inches of fish can you have per gallon in an established tank? i have heard anywhere from 1 in. per 2 gallons to 1 in. per 5 gallons. also, i am assuming that this number goes down with a new tank. is this true? thanks.

i'm finally setting up my 45 gal. tank this week. i ordered 40 lbs. of pre-packaged arag-alive fiji pink sand from drs foster and smith. do i need to rinse this before adding it to the tank? also, should i add this before or after curing my lr? thanks.

i will be setting up a 45 gallon reef tank. i'm not sure if i should add the sand before i cure my live rock or after it is cured. the main reason i ask is that i'm worried that if i add it first, the dying material from the rock will get in the sand and i won't be able to siphon it out. anyone...