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This hitchhicker showed up in my tank several months ago. I had gotten a lot bigger but not spread. I seen some things saying that this may be Aiptasia pulchella a bad thing?? Please let me know.

Can any one tell me what kind of sea star this is? It is less then 3/4" in size and has been in the tank for 3 months at least. Hitch hicker. I saw it the day I put the new coral in and then today. Not one other sighting in 3 months.

Maybe some of you can answer my flow questions. Does water flow up hill? I know it sounds silly, but this is what I am up against. I want to move my filter system out to the garage. To do this my plan is to increase the drain off my one built in overflow to 2". I will then run this 2" drain...

I am looking at upgrading the lights that I have on my system now. I have 230 watts of PC currently. I want more light and less heat. I came across the Solaris LED and think that may help. You can find lost of great reports at solarisled.com. On their web site they are the best thing ever...

Please id this green hairy clam. about 3/8".

Can some of you guys or gals help me ID this slug like thing? The polyps in the pic above are not doing as well as they had been. The ones on the other side of the tank are doing well. Could this thing be eating them? I have had these for about 3 months and the other ones for 3 weeks. The...

I have been having some trouble with my tank that has been running great as of late. I have lost two emerald crabs and a few snails in the last week or two. The other night I had a big spill, about 9 gallons. Not big for a water change but when it is on the living room carpet it is BIG. I am...

I am trying to move to a 525 gall on tank. I will have a 100 refug and 50 gallon sump. Where would you go for your skimmer?

Please post pic's of your big 200 plus gallon built in tanks. Tank, room filters how and where. I am thinking of a home remodel that includes a large custom built-in tank. It will be between the front family room and master bedroom. Open to both sides with the option of closing off either...

I have a few things working against me at this point and I need some help. All advice is appreciated. I just got rid of my big fish. I have cleaned up my tank added more live rock brought in some new fish. My nitrates are on a sharp decline and I just did another 55 gal water change on my...

I have a 24" snowflake I have had for 2 months maybe. I have been feeding it frozen VHP cubes. I have to break them in half and it still has a hard time getting it down. Any other ideas?

I have a very well established 125 FOWLR. Skimmer, Refuge, wet dry, UV and closed loop pump. now that I have the time I want to finish the project. Should I go aggressive or reef? And how and what would your start with? I have 6 damsel fish now 6 turbo snails 2 hermits 2 emerald greens

these things keep spreading in my tank

One quick question about water changes. Are they nessary? My tank looks good, my fish are:D and my trites and trates are 0 and ph about 8.2. At this point my bio load is very small. I think it has been 2 months since my last water change. Change it or let it go what do you think

What is the best way to increase my salinity? My tank is down to about 31 ppt. I add about 2.5 gal of RO water every 4-5 days. In 7 weeks time I have lost about 3 points due to creep.

In my 125H I only have one overflow and one return. I am planning to add a closed loop pump for added circulation. Please let me know what you think of this set up. Start with 1" suction line from top of tank down to a Velocity T3 mounted under the tank. The 1" line will have to be necked...

I am just one week into the cycle. I am getting a greenish brown algae all over my substrate and glass. I have a 125H 270 watts PC on 6 hours per day E.T.S.S Skimmer UV Wet Dry Refuge (no algae in it yet) 60 lbs base rock Ph 8.0 trat 0 trit 0 Ammo .50 (yesterday) 33 ppt salinity 79 degrees I...

Here it is. It's in the garage (don't want to leak in the house) 125H New stand Improved wet/dry (bio ball tower) 25 or 30 gl fuge Flow for fuge is "T" off of over flow then overflows into sump. Waiting on ETSS skimmer Let me know what you think I am also throwing in a few before pic's

I finally got it. I had a flat back 25 or so gallon hex tank in my garage. I tried this idea mentally and couldn't figure out how to get it in there. The tank is 30" long and the hole is only 25" (under the tank is 56". Tonight I flipped the thing around backwards (front side to the back)...

After all the input in my DIY Fuge??? post this is what I have come up with. Please let me know what you think, thanks:cool: