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I have had this fish for a week today and it has not eaten since I got him. I have tried everything I can think of to get him to eat. Everyday I call the store to get some more insight and they keep telling me not to worry. That's easy for them to say they already have my $225.00 this is why in...

Is a red tail file fish reef safe? I have Aiptasia problem and I hear these fish are good for this but may nip at coral.

What is the glass thickness of a standard 75gal. tank...Thanks

I found this snail laying on a scolymia didn't think much of it at first. I came back later after the lights went out and it was on it again. This time it looked like some skeleton was showing. The snail has been in the tank for about 8 Months and I have never had a problem out of it( atleast I...

Since it has started to get a little warmer, I have been over run with little lady bugs. They are falling down on top of my tank through the egg create on top of the water down the over flow and into the sump. There is a pad that catches them right there. My question is with there being so many...

I have a purple long tentacle anemone that has moved to a place where I don't want him to be. I really want to take it out, so if I get it detached him and his host clown are going into another tank. The host clown is a very large maroon and it's very nasty. If it's not chasing other fish it's...

Does a submersible heater work as well laying down as it does standing up?

Has anybody ever used Little Neck Clams in a sump or fuge?

The tank I want to put this fish is mostly stony coral I know it will eat some soft coral, but what about LPS & SPS ?

I found a 3/4" cpvc check valve I need in case of a power outage and I'm not home, but it has a stainless steel spring in it. Can I trust that in a salt water tank?

I'm looking for some ideas for a safety measure in case of power outage if I'm not home. Right now if I lose power my return pump start to back siphon. I use to have the pvc return pipe about 2" under the water line so as soon as air hit it it would stop the siphon. I had to add some more pvc so...

A guy called me today, he has a 110gal reef tank 4'x30"x18" I think . The tank has been up for more then a year now and it has no coralline on the glass at all just a few places on a few rocks. I took my Cal Akl and Phosphate test over Cal was about 490 Alk was 8 dkh and he said the cal was...

I was looking on ---- and I found a set of 400watt 20k bulbs for more then half of what I pay for my XM bulbs. Anybody have any insight on these bulbs? What is the differents in these bulbs and the ones I'm using now?

What the Distance between your bulbs and the water surface? My lights hang about 11inches above my water line. I have 2x400watt MH with 20k bulbs over a 75gal. reef tank with mostly stony coral. My color is good but I think it could be better. Can I drop my lights any lower?

How long should it take for new bulbs to adjust? For the last week and a half I have to move brown sand mostly the day after I feed. The bulbs are 400watt 20k XM's. I've changed the bulbs before but I don't remember having this much trouble. All water levels are in range and the only thing that...

I haven't posted any pics of my reef tank in a while. So here's a few enjoy

What give you better growth 14k or 20k bulbs?

I dose 2 part for my reef tank. I'm thinking of adding a Kalk Reactor to the set up. If I add a reactor will I still have to dose something for ALK? Or will the reactor take care of both Cal. and Alk?

I had a friend come and test some water for me because I think my master kit is out dated. I mostly use API for Ammonia, nitrite and nitrate, but he used a salifert to test my nitrate level I did see any reason to test for ammonia or nitrite and he got a reading of 2. My question is what would...

I need to paint a room only problem is my reef tank is in the room. Any one ever done this.