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Have you changed out rocks, even gradually? I've heard from different sources (like online articles and other seasoned aquarists) who say that live rock becomes useless after a few years, and that it should be changed out to be an effective part of our tank's ecosystem. Thoughts on this? I'm...

Ok, so it boils down to this. I've become unhappy with my tank setup. And the last straw is that the salt creep is causing all sorts of problems in my sump room (it's our utility room). So I want to move it under the tank instead and go smaller. Then I decided I really hate my tank because...

I haven't purchased any new nessarius snails since first starting my tank 3 or 4 years ago...I thought they all died off....but once in a while, after lights out, out they come after not having seen them at all in months! Not even their little feelers LOL I just now saw one while...

My poor six line apparently got sucked into the overflow sometime today, and must have gotten chopped up in my return pump. I couldn't find him at feeding time (he was normal and active last night), so I checked around to see if he got through any holes on the lid, or in the overflows. Finally...

Anyone ever unplug their return pump, but it keeps on vibrating? It just happened tonight. I unplugged it for feeding time, and I noticed something was vibrating. I unplugged everything except lights, it was still there. So finally, I realized it was my pump (unplugged) but it was as if the...

I was sitting in chat, having a nice lively civilized conversation, like we always do in chat (yep), when all of a sudden, I hear a GUSHING from my sump room -- gushing like someone pulled the plug off a fire hydrant. I ran to my sump room to find my 33g trash bin that I had new saltwater...

What is the best medication for a bacterial infection? I'm pretty sure my coral beauty and chromis has some type of bacterial infection. Basically, my coral beauty has had this patch of white around her eyes for a few months now, but she always ate like a pig. But lately, she hasn't been...

Went away for the weekend; fed my fish in the evening on Friday, but didn't mess w/ the lights. I think I left them on from when I tinkered with it on Thursday night LOL So basically, they've been on since Thursday afternoon! Went down to feed the fish before scheduled-lights out. I...

Just FYI... Been getting occasional issues getting in...very intermittent, but happened a few times today. and when I see who's online, it's empty (so obviously everyone got booted). :Cheers:

So, yeah, flood. :frustrat: First, I forgot my rodi was on. But doesn't matter, I have the main tub overflowing into another tub for just these occasions. My ATO line (which usually sits high up above the tank, above the RODI reserve water line) to prevent gravity from making the water...

Any idea? Safe, or kill it?

I love it when they highlight stuff like this. Farms regrow coral underwater - Video on msnbc.com

I have been seeing now how much algae my evil kole tang picked off my rocks weeks after I banished him. Despite having 3 algae eating fish (lawnmower blenny, coral beauty, and foxface), they apparently don't like to pick at the rocks :shock: I'm seeing a few patches of algae LOL I now have...

Ok, so I'm in a Dark Crystal sort of mood. Went to the LFS today, and picked up my new baby -- another Diamond Watchman Goby! He's a scrawny thing, BUT he was eating heartily at the LFS, and sifting the sand. It's from an LFS that always has healthy fish, so I'm not worried. Kudos to the...

Some awesome stop-animation micro photography :D Nikon Small World - Photomicrography Competition Here's my fave: 2011 Nikon Small World in Motion - 3rd Place - Dr. Ralf Wagner - YouTube This one won 1st place: 2011 Nikon Small World in Motion - 1st Place - Anna Franz - YouTube...

Is the difficulty of the fish merely the eating part? I'm about to string up my kole tang, and tempted do a trade for a copperband that's eating voraciously....assuming this copperband is a healthy eater, is there any other issue with keeping one? (Knowing, of course, that he could just stop...

Kole tang's gotta go. He's started picking on the coral beauty now. Gonna try to put some algae sheets in this one container during feeding time. Just gotta figure out how to put a swinging lid on it so it can close as soon as I see him in.

So it only takes ONE ROCK to cause one to rearrange rocks...a process which took me almost 2 hours!!! I know my fish were pissed. The only ones who weren't were 1 of the chromis and the blenny, who kept swimming into the rocks I put aside while I rearranged the other ones LOL The other day...

so if I forget to turn off my rodi to refill my reservoir, there's now an outlet that lets it drain into another empty reservoir....yet I still flooded LOL I guess it doesn't help to have a failsafe if you forget to turn off the water for more than a whole day's worth of filling. ;)

I pointed my fuge light to another section of my sump and MAN hundreds of HUGE pods creeping and crawling everywhere! I even saw an inch long bristleworm just hanging out in the open, on the far corner. Looks like they're having a big ole party in my sump :D I think I'll snatch up a few and...