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You know you are in trouble when two guys that operate aquarium maintenance services and and an LFS owner say "let's get Frank - He'll find the answer on that bulletin board he uses:). This is third or fourth party, so it is going to be a tough one to ID. When I went into my LFS today he...

A common question that appears here is "what are the best test kits." Since it was a rainy day, I decided to check it out myself and found some interesting results. Here goes: Specific Gravity at 78 degrees F Floating Hydrometer - 1.024 Aquarium Systems Swing Arm - 1.027 Coralife Deep Six...

The VHO lights on my system are just too hot. The tank is a 75 gallon All-Glass tank. Because of the heat, only two of the four lights running are currently VHO (Only soft corals at this time under 300 watts). I have ordered a single 96 watt PC and plan on installing it in the canopy this...

Last week I received three feather dusters from SWF.com. One of them had slime emitting from it. This morning, the feather duster ejected its crown. I have had smaller feather dusters leave the tube and move around the tank, but in this case, the center of the crown looks hollow. The other...

Help Last week I replaced my Penguin 330 with an Emperor 400. After running fine for five days or so, it has turned into a micro bubble factory. It is putting out more bubbles than a protein skimmer before it becomes tuned to the tank. Is there a problem with the filter or something that I...

I haven't ordered saltwater fish sight unseen since 1968 (not a typo). The selection in my area has greatly diminished over the past few years and I was wondering if any of you had favorites with online suppliers of livestock. I apologize if this is off topic. The packages at Saltwaterfish.com...

Hi Can someone please identify this anemone for me. Six of them have shown up and they are fast growers. They don't resemble the pictures of aiptasia that I've seen. I need to know if I should be nurturing them or eliminating them. Thanks in advance. Frank <a...