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All: Is there a way to prevent forward siphons on auto top off containers? When my auto top of turns on it occasionally siphons more water than desired into the sump. The only way that has worked for me is raising the water tube to create more bead pressure that prevents the siphon. Any...

Hi Everyone. I have 2 LPS corals that have similar white squiggly stuff that comes out every once in a while. One is a Lobo (Below) and the other is a brain coral. Has only happened on the brain once but the lobo has it more often. What does this mean? The lobo has small amounts coming out of...

Just wanted to know if anyone else has a clown fish that is in love with a torch coral. I think mine is confused and believes its an anemone.   Anyone else seen this? He seems to swim in it all day and its not a very big frag. Cant wait to see it grown up.    

Hi Guys, I have a reef octopus skimmer and there is some brownish buildup that gathers in the second section under the collection cup on top of the inverted cone. Lately I have noticed some things living in it and wanted your opinions on this. Copepods similar to the ones in my tank live in...

Hi Everyone, I have a few Mangroves in my overflow that have been alive and well for awhile. One of them lost all of its leaves since it got stuck against the wall and now the tip is brown. Should I cut the tip off and will it grow back? Should I get rid of it? I see that they are much...

Hi all, I am in the market for a new camera, currently have a small point and shoot which I like for general stuff and use for underwater photos. I was thinking of buying a superzoom since I don't want to spend too much on a Dslr an I need it to be somewhat compact when I go on my next vacation...

Has anyone successsfully breeded clams in their tank before? I just got my second maxima for my reef and was wondering if anyone every had success. When my 1st maxima was alone, I would see him blow out more than water from his top hole but I dont believe they can self fertilize even though...

I have a Hyacinth Bird Nest coral that has been growing fairly well since I got it over a year ago. I was even able to frag a piece off and it did well. Recently it started getting a bit of red algae growth on the tips of each piece. Well since that algae grew on it my potters angelfish &...

I was using Red Sea Coral Pro salt for about the first 6 months of my reef and my LFS stopped carrying it so I switched to what they had (Seachem Reef Salt). Lately I have noticed some inconsitent batches and I wanted to switch to something else and just start buying online. A lot of folks here...

I recall there being a post regarding the use of fish oil [hr] in reef tanks. Anyone recall this or have any advice on it. I seem to have a bottle of them lying around... have no idea why. Search function doesnt seem to be working when I type it in.

Hi all: I have a 3 gallon refigium that is attached to my sump that has a small sand bed and some chaeto in it. I used to have a small cyano problem which I no longer have in the main tank but some of it got into the refugium and no matter what I do I cant clean it all off the chaeto so it...

Hi All: I wanted to know how much you guys feed your anemones and how often. I have a small Rhizo Anemone that I got from the lfs (150 was a steal) and hes around 4" x 2". How often should I feed him mysis and how much during each sitting? I currently feed him around twice a week with a good...

I have an octopus skimmer and its been about a month since I last cleaned it. After a few weeks I get a little bit of cyano that grows in the middle section (it doesnt grow anywhere in my tank, refugium or anywhere else). I normally ignore it and eventually I clean the skimmer and remove. Well...

So I was looking in m tank today and noticed a little baby starfish!!. He is about the size of a pencil eraser. I have a sand sifting starfish in my tank now and this little guy looks like he has the same color scheme. Can my starfish reproduce without another? I have had him for almost a...

So last week I was looking in my sump while changing my filter sock and noticed 2 different kinds of sponges that I have never seen before. There are tons of pineapple sponges in my sump but now I see an orange sponge and & light purple colored one. Take a look ... Sorry its dark I'll post...

I bought this coral from SWF and its an ORA coral, spongodes. These things have been popping out of this coral for awhile. I thought they might be part of some starfish but they havent left the coral and its been months. If I touch them they retract. They are tan and brown striped. I dont...

I recently bought a new UV sterilizer and hooked it up into my system. Everything seemed fine the first night and when I came home the next day it appeared to not be on. The ballast has an LED light which tells me power is going to it. I opened it up to check. 1 side of the bulb appears blue...

Here are a couple cool pictures I just took from my reef. My blennie posing: New Rhizo I got yesterday at the LFS: My Conch after he threw a snail off: New Chalice Frag: New Aussie Lobo: Clam, Clown & Brain: Let me know what you think!! My gf wants me to get a potters but I'm still...

Anyone have any thoughts on adding a potters angelfish to a reef tank? I have some LPS/SPS & clam at the moment. I know SWF.com says they may nip at clams so I wanted to hear from everyone else since I was told they are reef safe at my LFS. Anyone have any experience with them in reefs?

Has anyone ever ordered a tank from glass cages with black silicone? I currently have one with the regular silicone, yes they did do a sloppy job, but it was easy to cleanup. I think that the flaws would show much more with the black silicone so either your screwed with them or they may do a...