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Had it for 5 days, curious if this is a sign of bleaching? I am concerned on the right tips, and some what in the middle of the leather turning a very opaque white color, picture does not really show it as much as it seems in person, what do you think?

So far I have 5 Green Chromis 1 PJ Cardinal I know I will be getting : a pair of mated maroon, false percula, OR fire clownfish. 1 PJ Cardinal Looking for suggestions on a reef safe wrasse, and any coral that is mostly photosynthetic. IE doesn't require much if any target feeding. (don't think...

Got this from SWF.com as a "Leather - Toadstool Aquacultured". Looking for any other info on this, I am guessing a short polyp? Does this look healthy? When I was acclimating it, it was all crunched up in a ball like shape and more shriveled along the base...So it has really opened up. Any...

I finally cycled my tank, wanted to start off with something fairly hardy / simple to care for. Ordered the 40+ polyps, which to my surprise I counted well over 100 before I stopped. looks like 2-3 different colors. My question is... In the morning my MH comes on, the polyps are open and look...

Hmm I was reading some of the informational threads here after searching for my answer I was unable to determine what's wrong with my system... Just tested water several times....I use the API individual tests. Alkalinity 250 ppm Calcium 800 ppm (ridiculously high?) I just keep reading as long...

Moved all my inhabitants to a much larger system, now looking to turn my 90g into a reef setup. I really would like to give LED's a try seeing has how they seem to be cheaper initially as well as long term. SWF.com has...

My questions are for any one with sharks and rays in larger systems. How deep of a sand bed? 3-4"? And where do you find the very fine sand? The only sand I've been able to find is the basic sand that in my opinion is not very fine at all. Thicker than a fingernail. So SWF.com sells 40lb bags...

I've had my Niger Trigger since it was about 2 inches long. Very tiny. It's now about 5-6. For about 2 months now it has had this orange / dark yellow discoloration in the corners / sides of it's mouth. Think of this as the front view of the Niger opening it's mouth. So my question is...is...

"Crocodilefish" Anyone ever seen any success keeping these in tanks? Some how or another my friend got a hold of one and has it in his 365g... Only information we've been able to find out about them was that they normally live in more shallow reefs around the Philippines... It's a gorgeous fish...

Can anyone message me some names of acrylic companies that make custom sizes of sheets? If that doesn't make since here is what i'm looking into doing... Building a new house. The frame work is done a lot is on hold for various reasons and permits what not. There is a large cubby (sp) space in...

What kind of tank Scott and Karen Hughes (swf.com owners) have? Just curious...

being that my birthday is coming up i'm starting to buy new equipment for a larger tank now. giving my 90g to my mom for her day care. she likes anemones and really anything bright yellow green etc... so how would this lighting do with 150lbs of sand 123lbs of liverock... * Two 150 Watt 10K HQI...

After doing my weekly water change I was being curious and looking at my lighting fixture but only thing I could find on the bulbs are that it has "CORALIFE F28-T5-BP Made in China." printed on one end of each bulb... I tried google it but all I could find were ---- items and craigslist...

but it amazes me... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_XFw-TrHNw this would be so relaxing...

What is the easiest anemone to maintain in let's say a 30g tank? My interest are in carpet anem. but I know they require much more space so...I figured I would start small. Given that I get some appropriate t5's and good flow. for a 30g tank what in your opinions would be an easy anemone to...

vid did not work so i left the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBkmwCUTrAg i have 4 cleaner shrimp. one of the ones in this video is less than 1.5" still a baby ! considered to the other three being 3+ inches! i swear the shrimp fight and are more territorial amongst themselves than being...

as a background for the question... ok so my mom has a(n) daycare. she has a science center and needs some different things to score more points for her 5 stars or whatever. i have been collecting and giving her my cleaner shimp, crab and lobster molts, as well as i got her crayfish molt out of...

i have various types of macro algae that the LFS gave me when i was buying all my equipment and what not. i also have maybe 1/16 of an inch of sand and a pound and half at least of rumble rock for the algae to root in. now to the question...will adding a small power head to my fuge help reduce...

ok i just started saltwater tanks between 2-3 months ago. i have a 90g tank + over flow box, heater, extra powerhead, day and night timer for lights, 130+lbs of liverock, 140+lbs of sand, 40g fuge but refuge doesn't get filled to 40g ofcorse maybe has 20 gals? , decent skimmer (nothing special...

lmao wow let me start off my saying YES! it scared me when i was cleaning my tank last night. i went to grab the filter in the back of my over flow box and one of the 20 "red tail" shrimp i purcheshed (thinking they would be food for my other fish) was apparently hosting my U pipe...he has grown...