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I have been mixing up a variety of fresh food from the store. Clam/Squidd/shrimp/mussle etc. I have 2 clownfish that seem to love it. I have mixed a small bottle and kept in the fridge and left the other large amount frozen. How long can the small amount be stored in the fridge and still be...

I am in the process of setting up a 35g hex tank. This is the current plan , please give suggestions or comments : 6" DSB 45lbs LR 3- maxi jet powerheads 1- H.O.B protein skimmer 250w metal halide I want to run this natural filtration instead of using a filter. Does this sound logical ? Thanks

Beth I was reading a while ago that you have a really good skimmer and live rock as your filtration ? I am currently setting my 35g hex tank back up which I let go when I re-arranged my living room. I have the original sand about 6" and a seaclone protein skimmer and will have 45lbs of live...

I am thinking of getting a powder blue as my 1st fish in my 180g tank . I am going to QT this fish for a minimum of 4 weeks due to the problem of parasites this fish can bring with it . Question : does anyone have any suggestions on a powder blue tang or experiences that could help my decision...

I am going to sell my custom made 75gallon tank , so i figured may as well see if anyone is interested before i sell it on ---- or somewhere else . this tank is all acrylic has a built in sump and 2- protein skimmers , 1 for each side of tank . I have a UV ster. that is used but i have never...

35 gallon hex canopy - houses 1- 250w metal halide . 12k starting to add corals .. turned this tank from fresh to salt ....

Thought you might like to see how my 180g custom acrylic tank is coming along . I am now starting the plumbing stage .. I will be adding pics as it gets completed ... this is in my basement .... tell me what you think .. thanks

I just got a new refractometer ATC and was wondering how to read this correctly . It has a white line and blue line which come together - I am guessing the white would be salinity and blue would be pure water .. the test on the inside of the eyepiece is in % at the bottom and has 25 little...

I hope one of the sharks or someone can help me read my new refractometer . It reads in % and goes from 0 - 25% for salinity .. I have no idea how 0- 25% refers to my swing arm ... please help ... Thank you

Beth In one of your posts I noticed that on your tank you have natural filtration . I am setting up a 35g reef tank right now and was wondering what you think of the set-up I currently have , this is what I will be going with : 35 g hex emperor 400 bio/wheel filter 3 - maxi jet 600s powerheads...

Ok I am setting up a 35g hex reef tank . This is the plan as to what I am going with . Please give me some suggestions ... Emporer 400 bio wheel filter Sea Clone Skimmer ( Hang On ) 5 " DSB 45 lbs LR 3 maxi jet 600 powerheads should I use the filter pads that come with the emperor 400 or...

I was just wondering what marine velvet is ? Is this a form of ICK ?I have read where it looks like white powder and kills very quickly ... Can someone explain a little more about this disease ? Thanks

I have a 35 g hex tank 23x23 that will be switched from fresh to saltwater . this is what i plan on right now . please let me know what you think . 120lbs of pure aragonite sand - 4inch DSP 45lbs of cured lr I will be custom making the hood , but will wait on this process I will be running a...

I have had a 75 g split tank for about 2 1/2 months and no problems . The tank cycled in 4weeks . again no problems , the levels after the cycle were all at 0 . I noticed my nitrates after I di a water change was 110 ppm . So I did another 20% water change and levels did not go down . ammonia...

Does anyone have pics of their custom made hoods ? This will be for a 180g acrylic tank . I will be running 2 - 6' VHOs and 2- 250w MH ....

I thought this was kind of interesting . My General Starfish was munching on my snails ....

Does anyone know of a good place to get cleaner and scratch remover for acrylic tanks ? Any help would be much appreciated ..

I have been cycling my tank for around a month and 1 week . all levels ammonia , nitrite and nitrates went way up and came back down to 0 . I did a 25% water change and added 1 fish to a 75g tank . I have since checked my levels and ammonia is 0 - nitrite is 0 - but nitrates shot back to 110 ...

I just ordered my 180g acrylic tank and should be getting within 3 weeks . my question is , I was thinking of having a reef tank with various corals including clams . I was looking at 3 - 250 w metal halides and 2- 6 foot VHO's . Is this to much lighting ? any ideas ? thank you !!!!

Ok , here are my readings . I have been cycling my tank 75g since 11/3 and used 2 peices of shrimp . I pulled the shrimp out about 4 days into the cycle . ammonia,nitrates,nitrites all went very high and have now dropped back down . here are my readings tonight ammonia = 0 nitrates = 0.1...