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this has been going on for 2 months now. im getting a dark red build up of something on my buttons and its stopping them from opening. i move the frag to a QT and use tweezers to pull off the red stuff as much as i can. its thin and brittle. after i put the frag back in the DT the red stuff tuns...

well for awhile now i have been looking at these at a lfs and really think that one will be a nice pice in my tank. any info on them will be great like care, feeding, pace of growth, ect.... i have a 55gal with 260wts. power compact

is this skimmer any good. he will ship it to my door for $100 with a RIO 14 pump. Hobby Experience: 11 years sw fish, 9 years reef

my tank is doing great and my algae problem i was having on the glass and sand is gone. i want to take a little ride to salty critter this sunday and get more live rock. my question is how much can i add at a time now that my tank is cycled and fish and coral were added before i start a mini...

well yesterday i found a new lfs close to were i work while seaching the net so i decided to check it out. not a big store but man are the prices right. i picked up a frag of zoo's and a candy cane along with a banned goby. i think thats what it is called. in the few hours i had it my sand looks...

why will coralline algea start to die off? i looks like the two rocks that i bought with coralline on it is starting to go away. is this possible and if so why? what should i be looking for?

ok this is really stumping me. i knew when i got this up and running that my bill would go up but damn, not this much. my bill is higher now, in the winter with the aquarium running than it was in the summer with my fridge in the garage running and my A/C on. its showing on my bill that from...

47lbs. live rock, 60lbs. live sand, coral beauty, lawnmower blenny, 2 clowns, and a frogspawn my buddy gave me added yesterday night.

ok. my sandbed is a never ending battle with the far left corner becoming a dark green algea and just to the right of the middle becoming brown.(diatoms) now i know the whole new tank thing and it will happen but is there anything i can do to keep it in check. i dont want it to tak over the...

well my buddy called me and told me to come and get his coral out of his tank because its not doing to well because of the poor lighting he has. this is my first coral and the tank has only been running for two months. i told him i cant promise anything but ill give it a shot. well my question...

i was at work and my girlfriend calls me and says the anthias that i bought on saturday is being attacked by my nassius snail. she looked closer and he was trying to fight them off and by the time she moved the rock he was behind he had stopped moving and 4 snails were on him. well hes gone. now...

i really need some help bad. i have this power center that i cant program and the instructions are not very good. the problem i am having is the programing isnt working with the times i set. it has 4 plugs that can be timed and 4 plugs that are constant power but as i set the times it has 7...

ok my tank is done cycling and im waiting a few days to see if i get a mini cycle because i just bought another 20lbs. of rock before i get my first fish. my question is i have alot of things floating in my tank that looks like skin. i noticed it a few other times before but it was only a piece...

i just bought some live rock and right after i finished putting it in i noticed these little white specks. after a little reserch i found out they are called hydroid jellyfish. anyone have any info on these little buggers. is it something i should worry about. im still cycling my tank and have...

1) during my cycle my pH is low @ 7.8 i have kent marine starter kit that has a pH pro buffer. should i worry about this while im cycling and ride it out or go ahead and start dosing to reach 8.2 - 8.4 2) i have all the test kits exept alk and mag so i havnt been able to test these yet. is it...

just thought i would post this if someone wanted a decent light at a good price. this is not my light. just came across it on ebay 48" T5HO T5 Fluorescent Light Cichlid T-5 Reef Lighting - eBay (item 230212002599 end time Jan-18-08 16:40:37 PST)

this is my second tank im starting. the first one was a few years back and was fish only. my new tank is 55gallon and was wondering if its a good idea to buy all the live rock and live sand at once and use it to cycle the tank. i dont want fish in the tank. once the cycle is done i will be...