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I just got some bamboo to put in a vase of water, but the bamboo is way too tall! Can I trim the bamboo, or wil it die if I trim it down to size? Should I cut from the bottom or the top?

What type of mechanical filtration should I get for a 30 gal reef tank? What size, and make skimmer is needed? What kind of filter is best? For the skimmer and the filter, could you guys give me suggestions for both in sump, and on the back of the tank? Would a 20 gal sump/fuge be large enough...

I'm setting up a 30 gallon reef tank. I have come up with a list of fish: either 1 lawnmower blenny or 1 midas blenny(or both), 2 true percula clownfish, and 1 orangeback basslet. Is that too many fish? If I am able to keep more, do you guys have any suggestions? I will have shrimp in the tank...

I was looking into getting a horseshoe crab for a 30 gallon reef tank, is that a large enough tank? How big of a tank do they need? Is there a certain amount of sand area that they require?

I want to set up a tank primarily for zoanthids and ricordea. Would they do ok in a 30-50 gal. tank? How much water flow do they thrive in? I was thinking that they would do ok under power comcact lighting, is that true? What small, colorful fish would do well in a tank designed for these...

:needhelp: :help: :notsure: :needhelp: :help: :notsure: I have had a 2000gal koi pond for several years. i have comets, shubunkins, regular goldfish, koi, and butterfly koi in my pond. My shubinkins and goldfish have had babies, but not my koi. I have heard that you could somehow induce...

:needhelp: :notsure: :help: :confused: I have had a 2000 gal koi pond in my backyard, for several years. I have comets, shubunkins, regular goldfish, koi, and butterfly koi in my pond. My shubunkins and goldfish have had babies, but not any of my koi. I have heard that you can put male and...

I have a koi pond in my backyard, and I want to try to, breed and raise fry from my butterfly koi, koi, comets, shubunkins, and goldfish. How could I do this? - How can I tell males from females? - How could I induce the fish to spawn? - what kind of container should I keep the parents in while...

I have 2 clams being shipped to me. One is a 3.5 in crocea and the other is a 2.5 in gigas. I have a 75 gal tank with 2 150 ushio mh, and 2 96 w actinic pc lights, that are elevated about 6in above the tank. Where in the tank should I place the clams?What amount of current does each clam prefer...

My crocea clam is getting stung by my bubble tip anenome.They are both firmly attached.How can I stop the anemone from stinging the clam?Can I move one of them without hurting them?

I have a few Kenya tree corals that I want to frag,how would I go about doing this?I was thinking of just snipping off the stalk like when you frag xenia,is that right?And then just sticking a plastic toothpick through it and holding down the toothpick with a rubber band or something.Is that a...

What should the temperature be for a 20 gal frag tank, that will have ricordea, zoanthid, kenya tree, and maybe sps frags in it?I was thinking that it should just the same temperature as a reef tank, but I wanted to make sure.

I have several sps frags,and several colonies of zoanthids.I have read that zoanthids can kill sps corals if they get too close,is that true?If some zoanthids get attached too close for my liking to one of the sps frags(on the same rock),How can I get the zoos of without getting their toxins on...

I'm going to set up a 20 gal frag tank for zoo's and ricordea.It will be a 20 gal long tank.I'm going to put either a 2 65 watt pc fixture over it,or a 150 watt mh pendant light(so I could add sps frags or any other frags if I wanted).The tank will have 2 powerheads,skimmer,heater,and filter(all...

I want to set up a seahorse tank.The tank would be a 37 gal.I have all of the needed equipment for filtration needs(filter,skimmer,lights,powerheads)that have all been used for reef tanks.What should I put in the tank besides the seahorse's,like rocks plants,and inverts? To feed the sehorse's I...

I read somewhere (can't remember where),about a guy witha 75 gal. tank with a blue hippo tang,a coral beauty,2 clown gobies,a 6-line wrasse,a watchman goby,a lawnmower blenie,a scooter blennie,a diamond back blennie,and a royal gramma!He had a 40 gal sump/fuge a lot of macro algae,and a nautalus...

I used to have a rock covered inblue ricordea's in my old 37 gal tank.One day I came home,and one of the polyps was covered in slimey snot looking stuff.Over the course of that week,all of the ricordea polyps were covered inthe nasty stuff and then they all just melted away.

I have had my 2 Ushio 150 metal halide bulbs over my 75 gal tank for 11 months.How much longer should I use them before I change the bulbs?

I got some montipora cap. frags today,and I don't know if I have the right glue to glue them in place.Can you tell me if this is the right kind of glue?please.Here is a picture

I have had a tubinaria coral for about 2 months,and I think its doing relly well,but today I saw a picture of a tubinaria coral on google and it didn't look like mine.Mine is definetly a tubinaria.My tubinaria has bumps all over it with dots in the center of the bumps,but the other tubinaria has...