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Ok totally confused, shopping the site for fish and looking at flagfin angel and it says reef safe no coral safe generally?

Hi everyone, my husband bought me a 125 gallon tank for our anniversary :) Now the problem is ... it came with a hood with t5 lighting which I no nothing about as I use compacts on my current 75 gallon tank. The 125 gallon has 2 glo lighting systems with two bulbs in each and and there is...

Hi Florida Joe... could you please break your post down for me so maybe I will understand? I have a 75 gallon tank running a 125 gallon sump with overflow.. a protein skimmer.. 100 lr I run 3 powerheads.. I have a yellow tang, maroon clown, 6 line wrasse 2 scooter blennies.. 2 damsels..serveral...

Thanks everyone for the replies. My nitrates have been in the danger zone for over 4 weeks even after doing 5-10 gallon water changes every 4 days. That is why I figure take it all apart and get the cc out at once. My fish and coral all look great I am just afraid that sometime soon the nitrates...

Yes aragonite... I am concerned about removing my fish... when i first started this hobby i removed fish due to ich.. and i think I stressed them out so bad ...that they died... any suggestions on how to do this without hurting my fish. And should I mix the live sand with the aragonite and then...

Ok, that makes sense. Can I remove all my lr , fish and corals .. remove cc and add back the Aragonite ( with a little live sand) right away.. or do I need to wait for a cycle?

HI, I am going to remove cc from my 75g tank and need to know would it be better to replace with live sand or aragonite?

Thank You!!!!!

Also when I am adjusting the skimmer everyday what am I looking for to know it is running right?

What would be a good recommendation for as to what fish I should get ( when time is right) ?

My tank is 6 week old and yes it has cycled. I had a blue hippo tang and a yellow tang and 2 clowns... I dont know how I got Ich... I am not sure how anyone gets it... can you explain that to me as well ? And no after this Ich mess I am not putting anything in my tank until I am comfortable...

75 gallon and its a Seaclone skimmer. I have no fish is there right now due to Ich :( I believe it is the valve kind... sorry for seeming ignorant just very new to the Hobby and my local fish store has led me down the wrong path from the get go so doing a lot of learning on here... anything...

I have had my protein skimmer up and running for 3 days and no show of anything to dump yet? Is says i am to adjust it .. but what am I adjusting for ? Not quite sure what I am supposed to do here? Help

I visit this site every nite and read and read and read!!! I am sure I will have several questions over time.

Thank You everyone for the replies...it is very helpful to have a resource such as your personal experience and knowledge to rely on for guidance!

No modificaton. I was just worried because I have a juvinile clown fish and he looks like he struggles, If it wont harm them I will turn it back on . Thanks!

Hello Everyone,' ' I am only 4 weeks into this new hobby and am learning much from this group , However some things are confusing and misleading to a Newby!! I have a 75 gallon fish and live rock only tank. I was advised to put in a powerhead and the brand is Marineland 1200 watt. Is this really...