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Hey, it's been a while but I am back. I'm thinking of replacing my two 400W MH lights with LEDs. Has anyone had good (or bad) luck with LEDs? Can they grow corals, clams, etc.? I like the idea of LEDs because, (1) less heat, (2) less noise, (3) lower electric bills, (4) longer lamp life, (5)...

I've been meaning to ask the forum this for a while. How big are your snails? I threw some turbo snails in my tank a year ago. They were cute little snails; about as big as my thumbnail. Now, there is one giant snail about the size of my fist roaming my tank after dark. The thing is huge...

Anyone have any experiences with strawberry crabs? Reef save? Do they kill snails? Do they intimidate fish? Are they good citizens? thanks in advance.

Has anyone ordered a custom sized tank? If so, could you please share your experiences? I am looking to upgrade my system withing the next 6-8 months, and want to make sure I deal with a company that won't rip me off, but will deliver a high-quality product.

Does anyone have any tips for fragging corals? I know it can be done, but I have always been to shy about touching the animals. I have a montipora and a duncan that could use some pruning. For the duncan, do I just break off one of the branches? Do I need a razor blade? Do I need to say 3...

In the never ending quest to lower nitrates, I ran across an interesting product: Right Now! Bateria. This is supposed to be a long term solution to keep nitrate levels in check. The bacteria are aerobic too. Anyone ever use this product? How were the results...

Just wanted to know people's opinions on CUCs. For a 120 gallon tank... How many snails? What kind? How many starfish? What kind? How many shrimp? What kind? How many hermits? What kind How many crabs? What kind? How many other things I didn’t list? Right now I have: 10 snails (Turbo...

My tank’s water looks dusty. It’s not completely dusty, but just a little bit. It look as if sediment from my sugar sized sand is blowing around all the time. Anyone have any solutions?

Do bubble tip anemones eat fish? I know that the carpets gobble them down, but was under the impression that bubble tips were pretty safe. Anyone have any bad experiences with fish-eating bubbletips?

Years ago, I was discouraged from buying goniopora (flower pot coral) because it was considered too hard to keep in the long term. People had been able to keep it alive for about 12-20 months, but then it inevitably crashed. People speculated that it must need some trace element that hobbyists...

I just set up my new tank about three weeks ago. I plan for this tank to be primarily SPS-centric. I know that a tank should be “established” before adding SPS, but I am not entirely sure what that means. My last tank was softies and fish for about a year and a half before I dabbled with...

Background: I finally have my old tank up and running again. It is a 120 gallon (4x2x2). I added about 100lbs of dry base rock (Marco Rock) and about 50lbs of cured live rock. All my levels have been good for the last few weeks (NH4 = 0; N02 = 0; pH = 8.3). I added a small CUC about 10 days...

I just purchased fully cured live rock from coral display tanks at my LFS. This rock only took a 10 min ride from the LFS to my house, and was packaged in H2O. There should have been no die-off. I understand the nitrogen cycle, and was all prepared to wait a few weeks and check ammonia and...

Should I always test water at the same temperature? I was just browsing through some posts, and saw that someone suggested to have a LFS test a sample of our tank's water to make sure our test kits are accurate. This got me to thinking. If I bring my water to the LFS to have it tested...

Hi everyone! Years ago (1999-2003) I had a reef tank. I tore it down when I went back to school, but now I have returned! I used to come to thereefweb.com all the time, but when I wanted to get back into the hobby it had disappeared. I hope this is its continuation because it was much better...