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So I've been thinking about this project for a couple of years now. A little background first. I got in the reef hobby about 4 years ago when I was electrical engineering student. I went into electrical engineering because I've always enjoyed taking things apart to figure out how they work and...

A friend of my cousin's is slowly breaking down his tank and so she put him in contact with me about adopting some livestock for my 75 gallon reef tank. I went by today and picked up the following, for FREE! :) -Pair of Anthias (Lyretail I believe) -Pajama Cardinalfish -Bubble Tip Anemone...

I have a 75 gallon reef tank with a 6x54w bulb current nova extreme pro fixture. I'm looking for bulb combos for some new bulbs. I only have 4 bulbs in right now and they are old (recently started my tank back up). I currently have: 2x ati aqua blue special 2x ati blue plus Obviously I need 6...

I've got $100 store credit at a fish store I used to frequent, but I don't live in the city anymore. My mom still lives there however, so I'm planning on ordering something and having her send it to me. I really need some T5 bulbs, so I called the store to see what they have available or can...

I got a Royal Gramma about a week ago. I know they like to hide in the rocks a lot, but one reason I picked this one is in the store he didn't run away when you went up to the glass. I've had him for over a week now, and he hides ocasionally and when he sleeps but during the day he would hang...

I am just starting a 75 gallon reef tank. I bought 115+ lb. of live rock that I stored for a couple days in a brute trashcan with saltwater then moved into my new tank which contained fresh saltwater. Last night, I tested the water for both ammonia and nitrates. Both read 0 ppm. I add 2 nice...

I have an oceanic 75 gallon and stand that I purchased from craigslist. It is several years old but in good condition overall. It was used for several years in a dentist office and the dentist sold it because he was upgrading to a corner type tank. Anyways, I've noticed when placing it on the...

I am trying to decide on which return pump to use for my current 75 gallon build. I've looked around a lot and it seems there are a lot of answers like "well it depends on your overflow." Well in my case that's wrong because my overflow has a lot of headroom (it's a custom glass-holes.com one...

Hello everyone. I haven't posted in a while because I had to get out of the hobby while I finished my degree (had no $ or time). Now that I'm finished, have a good job, and am moved to a different state, I have decided to continue in the hobby because it's something I really enjoyed before...

I found this guy's videos on youtube about both building and setting up tank stuff so thought I would share. His videos that I have watched so far are pretty cool: uarujoey's Channel - YouTube I searched for the thread with his youtube name but didn't see anything here so thought I would post.

Which would you go with? I was gone on an internship for 7 months so I teared my tank down and I had slip connection (on the outside I mean) bulkhead fittings so basically they are gone now because I had to cut the pipe. I am restarting it now and wondering if threaded would be better?

Well several months ago I could not get rid of dinoflagallates so I moved my fish (5 at the time) into a 20 gallon long tank. My goby died several months ago from the stress of changing. Anyways, now I have 2 clownfish, a coral beauty, and a scopus tang. Like 2 months ago my protein skimmer...

I am in the process of making my own liverock using the 3:2:1 parts of crushed oyster shells, rock salt and white portland cement. Anyways, I am using some mixer sand (like sand that is often used for cement mixing) from lowes as a mold bed, you know where I dig out holes and then drop my...

It's actually in Spain while SCUBA diving

I have seen these things on my LPS corals (candy cane, frogspawn, and hammer) and I assumed they were buds on the main branches, but now I have seen a couple appearing on rocks and even on a snail shell. I thought maybe they were some type of algae, but then I felt them and they are hard and...

My scopas tang has like a break in his fin or a piece of tissue missing. Is this normal when growing or did he injure it probably?

It has showed up predominantly on the right side of my scopas tang, his eyes also looked kind of foggy the other day, he is still eating normally and everything it just doesn't look right.

Was wondering about glueing PVC pipe to bulkhead fittings for my new tank setup. Bulkhead fittings outside are slip so I need to use glue and was wondering if the standard oatey PVC cement will be sufficient cause I know bulkhead fittings are made of ABS plastic rather than PVC. I would think...

So I have decided to break down my 55 gallon and rebuild it. So here's the short story: I started the tank around October of last year. This last March I upgraded my lights to T5 Nova extremes and upon doing so I experienced terrible outbreaks of dinoflagalates. Though they were a non toxic...

Ok, so I have had my 55 gallon saltwater tank for about 9 months now. I have had a plague of dinoflagalates and I have tried water changes, raising the pH, blackouts and nothing seems to help. Luckily they are not a toxic variety but they cover everything everyday and are so ugly and gross that...