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Ok, so I set up a mantis shrimp tank, the little bugger is no more then a half inch, by no means will he atk a fish YET. It's a 20G. It looked so empty I added a cheap clown fish today, then wife said clown looked lonely so I added another. This will help w/ uneaten mantis food, my question...

Just bought a tiny mantis, looks very much like a peacock, lfs wasn't sure what he was, called him a green mantis. Set up a 20G long for him w/ a huge chunk of live rock. He's only about 3/4 of an inch, any advice, input would be great

Received my new harem of maldives lyretail anthias yesterday, wanna share a pic, 5 female total, 1 is hiding. Also added 4 monkey shrimp. The anthias are awesome!!!

I have a pretty expensive delivery of fish tomorrow, I have a 29 I could quickly set-up tonight, do a water change and fill it w/ water from main tank. I will receive 4 anthias, I kinda think they will be too much for the 29 and the quarantine could end up doing more harm then good. There are...

I stumbeled across this on ebay Supreme Danner Fractionating Impeller Fits Mag 7 | eBay I have a coralife skimmer, idk, the 1 rated for 220 gallons, was wondering if this impeller in my old mag7 would super charge the skimmer.

Hi again, my main tank is a 125, fump fuge built from a 75. I currently run 3 heaters, all 300 watts I believe. 2 in main tank, 1 in over flow section of sump. My water temp fluctuates a lot. I's cold here and sometimes the room gets cold over night and this morning tank was @ 73.8! I'd...

how do I know how much my reef ready tank can overflow? I want to beef up my return pumps but dont wanna over do it. ATM I am running 2 x 700 gph pumps. All the plumbing was done w/ 1.5" pvc. Was thinking of going to 2 x 1400 gph pumps but worry I will drain sump. Thanks for any help

I have a 125G, I'm running 2 nova extreme T-5 lights, 4x39 watt bulbs each. Is this enough light for corals/anemones? I have rock piles where I can place things higher up, just a general question. Would I need to upgrade lights?

Just bought a new refractometer, what are you all running for SG? right now my tank is 1.023, should i boost that up a lil?

Nasty purple/black algae problems bloomed, tank set up about a month, cycle well over. I'm getting purple algae all over my rocks and sand, on the sand it kinda looks to be turning black. My water tests pretty good, nitrates maybe 10. I have prob a 30G fuge but it is jam packed w/ live rock...

I'm addicted to trying to make my water as perfect as possible. Many meters I come across seem to be for wine, is there a "best" meter for tanks? What are you all using, pro's and con's plz. Thanks.

How many people using these? I bought the knitting plastic today and was thinking about putting 1 of these together. Is it as good as it sounds? I prob have 300 lbs live rock in a 200g total tank, still have algae probs though.

Any one have these or know them? I wanna get 4-5 female and 1 male but 1 site says semi-aggressive and other says peaceful. Only want if are pretty peaceful. Thanks

Breaking down a 56G tank, new tank has all the sand it can hold. It's arragonite, dunno what kind of snails are in it, like to just give to some1 who needs or is starting up? Prob a week left befor I put it in buckets and will prob die

As title says, any ones farm getting over grown? lfs never has

I realize 0 is ideal, is there a safe range? My first test read 2 ppm. How do I know which part needs replacing

Any one know if a 44G trash can can hold this amount of water, and if any chemicals from the plastic will leach back into the water? Trying to find an easier way to do good sized water changes. TY

I did search for this answer but was taking too long. I have 2 nova extreme T5 HO fixtures, whats the best amount of hrs per day to leave the 10k lights on, and same with the blues? Thanks

I know first answer is no, but here's my situation. 30 lbs uncured live rock, 20 lbs live rock from my stable 56G tank, and 20 gallons dirty water from my 56. I threw in chopped clam fish food to rot. I had high nitrite 2 days ago and now test 0 ammonia/0 nitrite/20 nitrate. Can a tank cycle...

I just purchased 30 lbs uncured live rock from a reputable online source, (don't wanna say who," but I wanted the uncured for the most die-off, fast cycle, and to also help reseed my 50 lbs old rock, (not sure still considered live.) Rock was advertised as often having, "plants, worms...