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In a few days I am planning on purchasing a neighbor's 90 gallon setup (fish, rocks, coral, sump, equipment, the whole running system) and get it moved a few doors down to my place. The person I am purchasing the setup from says that the stand is 2 years old and he "Thompson waterproofed it" and...

A few months ago I purchased a 1" diameter yellow plate coral and put him on the sand bed. For the first few weeks or so he looked fine, but then he started not puffing up much (looked more like colored bone than fleshy coral). I went away for 2 weeks and left the fish auto feeder dropping some...

I noticed tonight that my timer was stuck on and overdosed calc into my 37 gallon reef tank. I estimate about 10oz of ESV calc solution ended up being added. I last measured Calc and Alk 2 days ago and they were 9.7 (before I added about 1/2 tsp of baking soda to raise it) and 400 for the calc...

My Alk was low a few weeks ago in my 37 gallon tank (I don't have my notes at the moment. I think it was 7) so I dosed baking soda to raise it back up to 9 (my calc was stable at 420). Yesterday I measured 8.15 for Alk and 393 for calc so I decided to start using 2 part. I added 7.5 ml calc to...

I just got my first coral 2 days ago. Yesterday I noticed a tiny spot near the mouth where it looked pale. now an entire ring around the mouth looks pale. (polyp on top) Is this normal? Are my lights too high? Please help, I don't want to kill my first coral! I tested my parameters yesterday...

I have Rod's food that I keep in the freezer. A few days ago after feeding I accidently left it out for at least 6 hours (before refreezing it) and it thawed completely and I believe assumed room temperature. Is it safe to feed my fish with or should I assume it will only make my fish sick and I...

16 days ago I bought my 2nd fish, a Yasha goby from the LFS. I also purchased a pistol shrimp at the same time. My first fish is a tank bred clown. 3 or 4 days after I bought the fish I know the fish was alive because I saw him stick his head out from under the rock before disappearing 2 seconds...

I need some advice for choosing fish for my 37 gallon tank. I figure I can max out my tank with 4 small fish plus maybe 1 shrimp. The tank is 16 weeks old. My current clown has been in the tank for over 8 weeks and appears to be totally happy and stress free. I've been feeding him once every...

I bought a clown fish for my 37 gallon tank 2 weeks ago. He is the only fish in the tank. After a day or two he had gotten used to the tank and would eat the food pellets I fed him twice daily like they were laced with crack cocaine. I figured he was happy, doing well, and was used to the tank...

I am new to saltwater. I bought a 1 inch clown fish 6 days ago. He appeared healthy and was swimming all over my tank. My tank is brand new. Dead rock became live with bacteria when tank cycled. Its 37 gallon tank and he is the only fish in there. He never seemed to eat all that much. I...

So its been a few months and I am finally ready to start cycling my tank. (Perhaps I'll write a separate longer post sometime detailing my journey to entertain other obsessive compulsive people out there if there is interest.) I have dead rock, dead aragonite sand, RO/DI water mixed with...

The slowest tank build known to man proceeds slowly along. So I had ordered my rocks from BRS back when I thought I was going to have a smaller tank. I have exactly 35lbs (I weighed it) for a 37 gallon tank. (30"x22"x11.5") LxHxW I have attached a picture of the aquascaping attempt below. Its...

I just purchased a 37 gallon tank and stand. Tank is 30"W x 12"D x 22"H. I live on the 2nd story of an apartment. I am worried about leaks now and in the future. I have decided to fill the tank with tap water in the garage and leave it there filled for a week to check for leaks. From what I...

I am new to reefing and am about to start a 29 gallon tank. (29 is the biggest we can fit into our apartment floorplan.) I am planning to go FOWLR and maybe in 3-6 months add some coral fragments. For now I am thinking of starting with just rock and a HOB filter (an AquaClear 70), no sump, and...