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Its been years since I posted on the board. I havent done anything very stupid in a long time, but I think I broke my streak. I have a FOWLR 135 Gal with around 115 pounds of live rock, 85 gal sump, refugium. Tank has been running steadily for 5 years. In the tank I had two well established...

I have set up a 14 gal oceanic biocube in my office. 20lbs good fiji lr, rubble in the 2nd chamber, aristone skimmer (more for oxygen really), carbon screen, lighting upgrade to 3X24 from nanotuners. The tank has been up for almost 6 months. Coralline has taken off and covered most surfaces, I...

So I was in a hurry the other day and forgot to rinse my new carbon filter before putting it in the tank monday afternoon. This is the standard biocube 14 gal nano carbon screen. I realized my mistake after it was in for 20 minutes, so I figured there was no point in getting it out. Yesterday...

I have a 14gal nano (w/ lighing upgrade) with a few coral inhabitants. My recent addition of an open brain coral is causing some problems. I have a small soft tree coral (exact type unkown) that seems to be VERY sensitive to the brain. All my soft corals are at least 6 inches from the brain...

Things were going too smoothly. I set up a 14 gal nano, its been running very well for a little over a month. Mini cycle occured quickly, but I did use live sand, rock from established tanks and "purified ocean water" (for what its worth I know there is plenty of debate over the usefulness of...

When I left for work this morning, both clowns were out at swimming just fine. When I got home this evening, one was missing. I fed the tank and still no appearance by the second clown. He did this once before, but it was only for about 30 minutes....this time I havent seen him in hours...

So I got a mandarin for my seahorse tank. Its a 110 with 120 lbs of well cultured live rock, a 65 gal refugium and a pretty strong pod population. I know its probably enough for the mandarin, but I was still a little nervous getting it. Well today when I was feeding the horses, the mandarin...

I have a seahorse tank that I keep at a relativeley lower temperature by means of a chiller. I'm pretty new to the chiller arena, and so far not exactly thrilled with the performance. It defintely cools, but I'm having a 1 degree temp swing. If my tank vasilates between 75 and 75.8 degrees...

Yesterday I purchased an aqua-chill 1/4 chiller and I have to say its noisy. It seems to be chilling fine, but this claim of quiet operation is a farce. My quesiton is, is any chiller actually quiet and is it worth replacing the one I have, or are they all noisy? JBJ Arctica claims to be the...

OK. Last thread concerned the fact that I was having trouble keeping Chaeto alive in my newly plumbed refugium. If you need specifics, search for dying refugium. I increased my lighting to a 96 watt fixture. Its 6700K. Even though Bang said it probably wasnt a flow problem I put a small...

Here's the story: I have two tanks. Living room tank: 110 gallon tall, 120 pounds of live rock, 5" live sand bed, 75 gallon three stage sump (middle part of the sump is a refugium with chaeto and a few mangroves, third stage is holds the skimmer and a return pump). Tank is relatively new (been...

I recently purchased al long nose butterfly, and he was a slow eater to start. I have been using omega-3 enriched brine (soaked in garlic and zoe). I know its not nutritionally complete, but so far its the ONLY thing he will eat. He is pretty small (one of the reasons I got him in the first...

I have two tanks. I use the same RO water source for both. They are both FOWLR. One is aggressive, the other is friendly. Both have DSB and more lbs of LR than gallons of water. Both tanks have very low nitrates (20 or less) and good Ph. Recently I had a cyano problem in the friendly tank...

I've had my french angel for over two years. He was very healthy seeming this morning. I started cleaning the tank, and as usual he would nip at my hands and arms in the tank. When I was moving one of the power heads I think he got nicked by one of the little crusty tube creatures that grow...

Bang Guy My ocellaris clowns have laid several batches of eggs over the last month and a half. The female just laid another batch. I was looking at her closely and it appears she is wounded on her underbelly. I can see the hole that I'm guessing the eggs come from and it appears to be swollen...

I added an 18" snowflake eel to my 125 gal. aggressive tank about 2 months ago. He has tons of live rock to hide and tunnel in. He has gotten progressively more bold at feeding time, and last week at feeding time he killed my 5" Volitan Lion. The lion was sufficiently large, and it was not a...

I'm hoping either Kip or Bang will respond to this: Its been a while since I posted anything, luckily (and with hard work) both my tanks have been doing extremely well. About a month ago I noticed little snails on the glass of my tank, coming out of the sand later in the afternoon/early evening...

I broke down and decided to make my final addition to the tank a panther grouper - 3.5". (he's in a 125 with a niger - 3", a vol. lion - 4", a blue hippo tang - 3.5" and a velvet damsel - 2") I am just wondering how long it usually takes them to associate me with feeding. I fed this morning and...

I got a Naso about a week ago. He ate a bit, but never with any enthusiasm. I tried garlic on seaweed selects and he seemed interested, but again...never ate voraciously . Two days ago I noticed he was looking thin. Today he looks concave and he is not swimming well. He is resting on the...

My Red volitan lion has not eaten in three weeks. Water parameters are fine, other fish including other lion are doing very well. After researching on this site I have concluded that he has a broken jaw. He shows interest in food, but will not (or can not) open his mouth. Either way, he is...