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Hey guys, sorry if this has been discussed already, the search feature doesn't work (on my phone) and I looked a few pages through the archives but didn't find what I'm looking for. I recently inherited.a 150g acrylic tank with two holes drilled in the bottom, one on each side about midway...

How can i detach xinia from rock? i want to frag some to trade and the rock it grows on is large and part of the display so removing it is not really an option. i would like to remoce like half the colony, maybe 3 square inches, and try to get it to stick to a smaller rock to trade. i was think...

I have an octo HOB skimmer. ive had it for 2 years, and i rip it out and clean once a year. i did this about 2 weeks ago and since then it blows micro bubbles. if i unplug it and let it sit for a while it will not blow bubbles for 2 days but then will start again. its got 3 chambers, the...

when I got home from work the other day I saw my plate coral was all bunched up, instead of being flat he looked like a volcano. I thought that was weird but didn't really worry cause he does weird things all the time. later on after the lights were out I went around with the flashlight just to...

So I finally felt comfortable enough to get an anenome. picked a nice one out at the LFS, aclimated it for about 4 hours. and when it was time to move it to the DT I took the little cup that I used in my acclimation because I didnt want to touch the thing, plus this is how ive introduced just...

I'm having some people come over tomorrow to repair my ceiling. drywall, insulation, asbestos, and paint. the spot is less than 10 feet away from my tank. I'm thinking a plastic sheet and beach towel draped over the top. any suggestions? should I be freaking out?

so I got a small favia frag on a plug. LFS guy told me it grows it's own skeleton and I can just stick the plug right into the sand. should I follow his advice? glue it to live rock? put it next to live rock? thanks guys, I promise picks when I get home

I tried to introduce a new clown to my older clown and things did not go well! she tried to eat him! so i thrrew him back ito his Q-tank for a few days. then i bought a fishfry net and let him camp out in that in the DT for two days and when I let him out all was well! first pic is right...

lots of questions lately about unhappy nems moving around tanks and though i dont have one, its in the master plan and i have a question. nems will move to a spot they like, so were do you put it when you get it home from the LFS? any trick to making it happy where you want it to live? some...

hope subect line didnt offend anyone. i added two different zoa frags to my tank a while ago. both are doing well and expanding but one is doing way better than the other and i am curious why that may be. they are in almost the same spot, low in the tank, identical flow and same light. the...

hey all just wanted to let you know i work at a petstore and today hydor theo heaters were recalled for "unspecified" reasons. only the 300 and 400 watt models were involved, usually when something like this happens all the models eventually get recalled.

I know I am not supposed to impulse buy at the fish store, but: I saw this pretty coral mixed in with mushrooms and leathers (actually my girlfriend saw it so you know I didn't have much choice). I assumed it would be easy cause it was with softies, and I asked LFS guy about it he said it's...

my 30g originally had one clown and a yellow watchman. the yellow watchman (from here on out referred to as "yellow fish", thats his name) was very happy, he would move around the whole tank between the rocks on the bottom. when i added a starry blenny, yellow fish seemed a little freeked out...

ive never seen it moving, but it shows up in different locations:

I dropped some phosgaurd pellets in the water, not the GFO kind but the little white ones. I scooped as much as I could but I couldn't it all. should I really make the extra effort to dig it all out or do you think a little bit in the sand bed will be ok? I'm not sure what this stuff is made of

so i have been battling monster hair algae and asking my LFS guy lots of questions. he keeps saying i must have "toxic" algae. is it possible to have toxic algae? what would cause it? how can you get rid of "toxic" algae? i have no cyano, just green hair nitrates-0 SG 1.026 temp 78-81...

according to Live Aquaria, a 30 gallon tank requires 20-45 hermit crabs 10-15 snails +emerald crabs, shrimps, and nassarius snails. is that excessive?

so usually i would leave a dead snail for everyone in the tank to have a nice "fresh" meal. actually, usually i dont find them till one of my necrophiliac crabs is wearing one... anyways, this guy is a particularly large carcuss. should i let it be or take him out? question 2: if i take...

I have a single trumpet coral polyp in my tank for about a month. he seems happy but I don't know how to tell. I have him about 6-7 inches under T5s. at night he puts his little arms out. I might be crazy but I feel like he might be bleeching around the edges a bit. is he getting too much light...

I manage to spill something every time I get within arms reach of my tank