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this morning was bad, very bad. I woke to a loud crash noise then water splashing. Turns out the skimmer had been knocked over, and was flooding my floor. Not thinking anything of it, I simply put the skimmer in a tub, and unplugged the powerhead supplying it. Then on further inspection, the...

i noticed a few strange looking things, can someone identify them. first, is some purple growth on the rock, is this ok? 2nd, is some weird centipede looking creatures coming out of the rock, they don't seem to be alive, but there may be some deeper in the rock that is alive..

I went to my local saltwater fish store, and talked to the owner for about an hour, he advised on various things, and here was the cause of the "problem" There was not enough organic material in the tank, such as live rock, sand, etc. After I purchased 100lbs of arag-live sand, drained the tank...

Originally Posted by jpa0741 1. Looks like you have heater but I doubt 1 will be enough. Tank need to be around 78-80. It was used to keep cold water lobsters. -The heater i have keeps the tank at 79-80, I do need to add another one i know- 2. Power heads. Saltwater tanks need alot of flow...

Images have been added to the main post. I tried to make it as detailed as possible drawing out the flow of water. again, this is a commercial lobster tank, nothing has been changed in its setup except the removal of a chiller. As this started off as a saltwater tank, I would like for it to...

the salt was added over time as directed on the box. it was added to the sump, and not the main tank, there is a airstone in the sump to help with that. i'm sure I did not do things right in setting this up, i'm asking where to go from here, what steps should be taken to correct mistakes made, I...

sorry, i used the goldfish to cycle the tank, the goldfish were removed after about 2 weeks, and died almost right away, i used the same water as was in the sump. the puffer seems to be doing ok after salt was added, the fish guy at the store said he was freshwater, but everywhere i read says...

when i bought the tank that is how it was setup. yes it is a saltwater tank.

I have a large tank that used to be lobster tank, I removed the chiller unit, as it was bad and made a lot of racket, not to mention I want tropical fish, not cold water fish. In the tank there are two pipes rising to the water surface on each end, water then flows down into the pipes into a...