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Thanks for the help, it is appreciated. Please feel free to use the pic, I just wish I had a better one for you.

Hello All I purchase a yellow tang about 2 months ago and placed him in my quarantine tank. I transfered him about a month ago to my main tank( 75 gallon with a trickle system). I noticed about 2 days ago that he had small red patches on both sides by his tail. The red patchs have started to...

Hello I have just purchased 2 clowns and placed them in my main tank. I am somewhat new to this hobby and after finding this site realize i should have set up a quarantine tank and placed this fish in it prior to my main tank. The main tank is a 75 gallon. All levels are at 0(ammonia, nitrate...

Hello, I have a 5 stripe goby which does a great job of sifting the cc. When i first got him i came in a few hours later and my tank was all cloudy, thought i would have to get rid of him from doing to much sifting. well he has calmed down a little but still constantly sifts throuh the CC...

Hello All I have just purchased a hood for my tank at of all places a garage sale. The ballast is a coralife ballast. My question is it functions fine, however after it is turned on it starts to get warm and after several hours it gets what feels to be too hot. Is this normal? Do ballasts get...

Hello All. I have an acrylic that i just purchased(second hand) and have noticed several scratches in the front. You cant fell hem with your finger but can feel them with your nail. They are pretty obvious. The tank has not been setup yet. Does anyone know how to remove the scratches... ...

It seems like you are on the right track by your description. I just thought i would relate a little more info to what others have wrote. The main point is that what you are experiencing is probably Diatom blooms as the others have suggested. It can be a problem at the beggining. I used...

I have had 2 small horseshoe crabs for about 2 1/2 months now with several shrimp in the tank and have had no problems. The horseshoe crabs actually do a nice job of stirring up debris on the cc bottom. I guess since the horseshoe crabs are basically scavengers that they are just not interested...

Thanks for the feedback.. As always the info is appreciated.

Hello all. I have been reading alot of threads on this board and especially in the archived section about theuse of garlic. My question is i keep reading how garlic can help fish repel getting ich(not break the cycle such as copper and hypo), what garlic do you use? Is it a special brand or...

It can be done with mollies. I purchased 6 mollies to cycle my 55gal. Over an 8 hr period i slowly added water from my tank (1.023 sal.). After that i just placed them in my tank and used the to cycle it. Well its 2 months later, the cycle has been long completed and two of them had babies( 9...

From your description, i think the problem you are having is actually Diatoms. I had a very similiar problem in my tank. Just a few questions. Is the algae slimy? Is it stringy? Do you use tap water? I ask these questions because Diatoms usually start out as spots and then will just...

Thank you all for the info. Looks like i have a little homework.

Hello all. I am pretty new to keeping saltwater fish so dont laugh if this is a simple question. I set up my 55 gal tank about two months ago. In the last month i started to get a red/brown growth of some sort over most of the rocks and starting at the base of the glass. It is not slimy nor...

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