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Hey guys! I was at my lfs and seen that they had a copperband butterfly. I know their main diet is aiptasia but I asked the guys to feed him and he took some frozen mysid, but he wasn't very eager to go after it. From what I understand they are a little more timid when it comes to feeding...

Ok, so its been a while since I posted a thread but I need yalls help. I just added two clownfish 4 damsels (wifey liked them) and a flame angel. The occupants already in the tank were a blue tang, sailfin tang, powder brown tang, coral beauty, firefish, a green chromis, and a foxface...

yesterday i found that my brain coral had separated itself from its skeleton. it still looks good but i dont know why it has done this and i cant find any info on it. any suggestions?

So I go to Vegas for three days. I come home to find my Mandarin went carpet surfing and has to be pryed from the carpet. :( He was a cool little guy too. Just thought I would share my unfortunate news. On the upside I came home 2,300 dollars richer from vegas! Gotta love the craps table!

Ok So I've been looking at getting a controller and the one I want comes with a free ORP meter. I had no clue as to what that was and started researching it. The best I got from it was a basic explanation that ORP roughly measures the level of oxidsers and reducers in the system. Great! but...

So I went to one of the larger LFS out my way and picked up 5 green chromis. Now I haven't heard anything bad about this lfs and all their fish and coral appeared healthy. Yesterday I noticed one of chromis was dead. Fished it out no big deal. I get home earlier this morning after guys night...

Hey guys! sory ive been gone so long. Life caught up with me and been stupid busy. BUT great news. since my last thread Ive finally started stocking the tank. My 180 now consists of 1 sailfin tang 1 foxface rabbitfish 2 cleaner shrimp 4 turbo snails 1 red coris wrasse 1 mandarin goby (doing...

hey should I be running my skimmer while my tank is cycling or wait until after the cycle???

Ok I'm just wondering is there a computer/system out there that would atomatically test for all the regular parameters that are needed to assure optimal water quality?? What is it called and what are the brands out there and what is preferred in the hobby???

Hey guys FINALLY got some rock in my tank!!!!:bounce: IT's only 30 lbs but it's a start. When I put the rock in it was mostly white. Now it's covered in brown was wondering if this is a diatom bloom and is there anything I need to do while waiting for funds to purchase more rock?? Also is...

I thought this would be a pretty cool post. I'm compiling a list of tips and tricks for beginners from those of us who have had good expieriences, heartbreaks, and headaches in the hobby. Please share your thoughts and tips on anything you can think of to help all us newbies start a hopefully...

Hey just a quick question, I have my tank up and running absolutely nothing alive in it yet, Just salt, water, and some sand. But just for giggles I tested the water. And the one thing that sticks out as a little odd is my ammonia is at 1 ppm. Now I'm just trying to figure is that normal or...

Hey guys, another question here. I was at one of the LFS in the city and seen what appears to be a really sweet light fixture. The fixture is 72" long has 3 x 250watt MH and Either 4 or 6 linear flourescents. I do believe they are T5ho. it has LED moon lights and they want 500 bucks for...

Hey guys, sorry I haven't been on in a while. Well the wifey hates how the homemade live rock looks.:grumble: So She's going to let me buy some. I found a website that will fly the rock directly from the south pacific to me.:bounce: The only thing is I want your input on the company. I don't...

Ok decided I'm doing a canopy, ans that I will most likely purchase (4) 36 inch t5 light fixtures from like home depot or lowes or wherever and just mount those to the canopy. first good idea for the fixtures??? next how many lights would I need per fixture, I was thinking 2 per so that would...

ok now that I have a skimmer what size pump do I need for that skimmer???? the skimmer is a vs2 and it's going to be running a 210gallon system with a 180gallon display tank.

Ok, I leave to do some yard work at my parents house, I get back and my wife has the tank full of water. Saltwater, she mixed it up in small batches but never let it sit before filling the tank, also....she used water out of the shower and just put water conditioner in there. I was happy to...

Hey do you need a skimmer to start the cycle on your tank or can you cycle the tank without a skimmer???

Do you NEED a refuge for your tank or can you go with just a sump. and if you don't need one what needs to be in your sump for proper filtration besides a protein skimmer??? Ok so I'm all happy and excited and got my return pump and all the puzzle pieces for the plumbing and start workin on...

Hey I'm lookin for a return pump for the tank I'm building. If you don't know it's a 180 gallon with a 20 gal fuge and a 40 gal sump. What ball park area of gph do I need for my return pump??? I'm trying to do this on a bit of a budget so uber expensive isn't an option but I'm not looking for...