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Check out this link: Marine Solutions Online Store Them's some mighty big claims (most especially no water changes for 5 years)... Any thoughts from members on this product? My specific question is: How long does it REALLY last before it should be replaced? I used it for about 5...

OK, you guys were right - the critter has become a problem. He devoured two filefish that were introduced 2 days ago (his guts feature flourescent colors right now)... I am now playing God, and he must leave. Question is - how does God catch the little bugger? He recognizes a net for what...

I'm looking for suggestions and ideas for keeping my sand bed stirred and clean - what do you guys all use? Are there any starfish that will take care of this (please, don't suggest sand-sifting stars - they don't survive in the long-term). Any and all suggestions appreciated!

My pair of ocellaris decided the new, huge elegance coral I added 2 weeks ago was... NOT WELCOME... I couldn't figure out why this magnificent coral, huge, thriving and healthy, had suddenly shrunken up and reduced in size by about 3/4 - then we noticed the clowns nipping at it... and the...

When is it time to change the filters? The TDS Meter is reading 035 (ppm, I assume).

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I lost the cone and protective cover that keeps the fish from getting sucked into the intake (I was swapping my POS acrylic tank out for a glass one, and somewhere during the broughaha the cone & cover got lost... I suspect in the sand bed). ANYWAY - before I can add fish I must get a new...

As many of you know, I lost all my fish to disease in a matter of just a few days; we never did postively identify what happened (I believe disease was introduced via live sand)... but it's time to move on and go forward.... I'm using the disaster as an chance to fix some things that are wrong...

Oh great LR guru's - you were absolutely right - it was an electrical problem. Got the digital voltometer, and after learning that you set the dial at 200V (there is no 120 setting - the 200 setting is so if there's a spike you don't blow the meter), I very quickly identified the problem - the...

OK, I guess I'm now officially a member of the reef community - had a rough week that started with giving up a long-tentacled plate coral to the great reef in the sky, and then coming home from work 3 days later only to see one of my two engineer gobys (the hardiest reef fish of them all)...

Interesting article in the San Francisco paper this AM: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/16/BAGF1060FF.DTL

This stuff was literally covering a rock - I peeled most of it off - and was wondering what it might be? It has the consistency (and smell) of kelp. Any thoughts?

I've NEVER liked my 55 Acrylic - it's lightweight, which was great when I carried up 20 stairs during startup, but beyond that, I think it's a pain. Is glass easier to clean? My arms get sore from scrubbing algae and coraline off the glass... and now I have a big ol' scratch right across the...

I noticed these two guys on my new mushroom mountain - are they good witches or bad witches - and... what are they called???

Check out my latest addition...

Anybody know anything about this coral? I just bought a TINY frag (half the size of a baby fingernail) from an independent dealer here in SF... this is the link he provided for this beauty: Limited Editions Montipora aquituberculata

Nothings wrong - all water parameters are excellent - but there's not much collecting in the cup. I have an Aqua-C Remora HOB - which claims it requires no maintenance except cleaning the cup and tube - which I do religiously. Now - the tank really does appear to be very stable now that I've...

I easily have 10X as much as when I put it in last summer - I even started a second "colony" on the other side of the tank - it's reproducing like mad. I noticed this afternoon, post-weekly maintenance, that one of the newer branches has gotten touching-distance to the caulestra - and right...

So - in an effort to hold down costs ($20 a bottle for tigger pods) and NOT have my mandarin goby starve to death, I started up a brine shrimp hatchery - which has been a huge success - the corals love 'em, as does the royal gramma (or "the queen mum" as we like to call her... get it?), and the...

Got another algea-related question for the gurus: My hair algae problem is nearly over - Marine SAT, lowered food input, shortened lighting cycle, Phosphate sponge, all have worked together to eliminate MOST of the problem. However, I still DO need to scrape stuff off the glass - and have found...