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I'm having a huge debate with myself. I finally decided I was going to upgrade my lighting soon (within the next few months). I have a 75 g (48") with just softies right now. I'd like to do some LPS and I want my Ricordeas to really thrive. I have PC lights now, so I know I definitely need to...

So I just moved into a great apartment and I love it. But my 75g tank is now in my room, and the overflow/rushing water noise that I could live with in my living room is getting old. I've done some research and it sounds like a durso standpipe would fix my problems (cut down on noise falling...

Moved my 75g this weekend (tank move on Sat, fish were in Sunday night). Also switched from mostly CC to mostly very fine sand. Still have a ton of moving expenses, so adding a little more rock and some more corals for color might take a little while, but I wanted to share a few pictures...

Hey all! I had a 55 gallon glass tank, and the cross-brace across the top broke. So I bought a new trim and tons of silicone sealant, and I'm in the process of ripping the old trim off. However, it's not going nearly as well as I'd hoped. The trim comes of in pieces, leaving behind a lot of...

I have a Seaclone 100 in my sump under my 75, but it's pretty loud! I'm finally moving into a studio, and I'm a little concerned that the noise will be much more noticeable and irritating when I'm trying to sleep. It seems like the noise is coming from the air intake (most of the noise stops...

I still haven't seen a case of Ich in person *knock on wood!* so I'm not sure if I should worry about this. I'm not sure how well you can tell in this picture, but it looks like my Royal Gramma is just missing a stretch of scales on one side. I don't see white spots, or any other patches, but...

I don't know what's going on! I'm either the unluckiest person ever, or I'm not fit to look at live creatures.. Early Jan- set up a 55 gallon with an oscellaris clown and yellowtail damsel I got off CL. Mid Jan- added 4 green chromis. About a week in, one got sucked into a powerhead and died...

I thought I'd combine my 2 questions into one (in the hopes that people won't groan too much when they realize I'm asking the dreaded 'stocklist' question...) First step.. I'm building a sump for my 75g with skimmer, return and refugium sections. It's a 30" (20L). I have heard from some that the...

Help! My larger osc. clown is twitching and breathing hard. I have 2 clowns (one I got about 2 weeks ago) and this one who I've had for about 2 months. Water params are all good- I checked yesterday SG 1.025 pH 8.2 nitrate- >5 ppm nitrite- 0 ppm temp 80* I've noticed that he wasn't as active as...

I'm starting to venture into the world of corals (of course I hadn't planned to, so my original stock list won't work anymore). And I've heard tons of conflicting opinions about what is and isn't reef safe, so I'm putting the challenge to all of you And not only reef safe, but PEACEFUL fish...

I have a 75g Oceanic tank with PCs on it now, and I've been planning to upgrade. I was planning to go with T5s (most likely 4X54 W Current USA Nova Extreme- has individual reflectors). Then I saw this: "442 watt metal halide / Power compact light fixture. 250 wall double ended MH with 2x96 watt...

I bought a banggai cardinal on Saturday. I watched him eat at the LFS (he had a great appetite) and brought him home. Acclimated for 2 + hours and added him in. Fed the other fish (1 osc. clown, 1 yellowtail damsel- kept in check by clown, 3 green chromis) and watched the new guy. Everyone swam...

Hi! I've got 2 very small clusters of polyp-type things growing. 1st one- looks almost like a flower. Has a small stem, about 6 thin petals joined at the center. The center is yellowish, 'petals' are pink with a little blue/purple. They've grown pretty quickly and sometimes 'wilt' or lean over...

Hi! Just got a beautiful piece of LR and saw a few of these on it. No clue what they are.. any help is appreciated! Thanks!! Close up Whole rock, so you can see scale of it

Help! I came downstairs this morning and saw that the cross brace across the middle of my 55g snapped off the front, so the brace is hanging in the water and my glass tops and lights (which sit on top of it) are drooping into the middle What do I do?? I didn't even know that it was weak, and it...

I set up a HOB fuge for my 55g about 2 weeks ago. Have LS and chaeto. I've been running the lights about 12+ hrs a day and can see some chaeto growth and a healthy number of copepods. I've also got tons of brown algae, and since it's a HOB, you can see it if you look at the tank from the side...

I've seen the coral chart that classifies what kind of lighting, flow and placement works best for various corals. I think I understand lighting- best lighting is metal hallide, worst is NO, etc. What is considered low, medium and high flow? Does it depend on size of the tank? Flow is measured...

I have a perfectly good 55g FOWLR tank set up that I have plans to fix up a bit (repaint stand, swap cc for ls). My plan is to keep this for a few years, eventually upgrade to a 125g RR system. Sounds like a good plan to me. Then, I find *her* 125g, RR, 20g sump (sounded a little small to me, is...

I recently set up a 55g with CC, a UGF + 2 PH, and Emperor 400 HOB filter. Having done more research AFTER setting it up, I'm hearing a lot about CC and UGFs causing high nitrates (not a problem now, but I don't want it to get there). Thought about a sump/refugium, but really don't have the...

I have a handful of these things that came in on some LR I bought. They're small (the tube is about as wide as a Q-tip stem). They retract into the stem if something gets too close, and the open part is mostly white/clear with some red/purple stripes. The stems/tube part were brown, but now have...