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I've had my Lionfish now for about a week. He was eating ok but not much. I was feeding him silversides depending on size I only gave him 1 to 2 two times a day. Today he isn't eating at all. Just looks at the fish flares up then moves away from it. His body is about 3" and a nice color so...

Everyday I remove 2 to 3 Scarlets from my Elegance Coral for the past 4 days. Are they eating my elegance or cleaning it? Everything else in my tank is fine...... But my Elegance has been looking good since the Scarlet crabs have been hanging around him. I tried moving it from low in my DSB...

I currently have a 75 set up with a 55 sump. I was in a car accident a few months ago and my tank sort of went on a dive. So I'n now trading off about 80# of fiji Lr. Since most of the corals have dies or close to I figure it is time to change the look of the tank... I currently have : 75...

Basic Baking soda is for Alk raise but then my lfs said that if I bake it 1st it will raise my PH. So how do you do it or is it suppose to be done.

I just got a new sump and decide to clean all the equipment in my old sump before putting it in the new one. My skimmer (Dont recall name) But has a picture of an octapus on it. It has 2 pumps. 1 for water intake and one that pushes air throught the skimmer. After cleaning it (carefully...

Last night I just started using a drip system of Kalk. Now I was just wondering about adding another to help bring up the alk or do I just dose alittle everey other day or so? Less work for me the better so that I can work on other things for my tank.

In a 5 gallon Kent container I was wondering on how much of the kalk do I add to the container? Also how slow should I have it drip in my sump? Any info on this subject would be greatly appreciated. THX

Is there any special foods that they need? I usually put a cap ful of "PhytoPlex" 3 times a week. Will this product feed him or should I be adding something else as well? I placed one on hold at the LFS till I do my research. BOY this guy looks nice! I wanna keep him that way when I get him...

I have been waiting to do an order for some time now but alot of the things I want are still on "my wish list". After looking at the rest of their items I noticed that over half of items on there web site is't in. When the list gets smaller I plan on doing an order but it has been a couple of...

I was thinking of getting one of those 5 gallon aquadose containers. Going to use this for part of top off system and put a certain amount of Phytoplankton in this container as well. That way I dont have to worry to much about adding this chemical into my tank. I can by some of those drip...

Soooo I won a big poker tournament and won some extra cash. My winnings from poker goes towards my 75 Gal Reef tank. So I was thinking of trying some of these new digital testing equipment but not sure what kind of testers I should get. 1. Hanna Testers 2. Portable Refractometer 3. Pinpoint...

I'm waiting for my shipment to come in and I ordered 2 Kent Auquadose 5 gallon containers. I was planning on useing B-ionic part 1 in one container and part 2 in the other. Is this a good idea to do? I have never used this stuff before but since I'm pretty much starting over I wanna do this...

OK... Jumping into this hobby and learning by my own mistakes it was costing me WAY to much. So for 6 months now I have had very little in my tank and now want to start up again but start from the easyest and work up. This is what I have now: Main Tank: 75 Gal 2 - 175k MH 20K (new) 2 48" VHO...

Took a sample of my water into the LFS and he says that I need to add a large amount of buffer in my tank. The hardness read that it was only at 6 and it should be at 11 he says. So I was wondering what makes it drop so that I have to continue to add buffer. I do water changes about every 3...

I'm working on my tank and I'm not sure what kind it is going to be. I'm not a big fan of the hard corals but I like having a variety of corals. I would like to see what a Flower tank, sps, hard coral looks like and if you could please give a quick summary of whats in the tank. In my tank I...

Is this system hooked up to your house where you get your water from when you do water changes? Or do you put a pump in your sump and have the water go through the system like any other filter for your tank? I have a 75 display tank plus a 55 sump so how big of a unit should I get if I decide...

What could you tell me about flower pots (coral)? My LFS says that I need to add plankton and brine shrimp like every other day in a turkey baster and spray around it. Is this true? I have it on hold right now till I get some more info on it. He's yellow and a light green color and looks...

Anyone collect cigars? This is a hole new area for me so I was hopin to get alittle info from anyone. Wife doesn't like me smokin cigarettes but she'll let me have cigars. BOY ARE THEY NICE! So far I like the Romeo Y Julieta (from cuba). Wife was able to get a couple from mexico and I...

I noticed to day that my fuge is starting to grow corraline algae. I thought that only the green algae would grow in there. Do I need to do anything? My lights over my fuge which is about 12" deep with 2 24" regular florecences that you pick up a LOWES.

My fuge is a 55 gal divided up into 3 sections. 1st section is where the water comes from my 75 gal display tank. It also has my Venturi skimmer as well. 2nd section is the fuge with LR, LS, and various plants. 3rd section is the return pump to the display tank. In which section do I place...