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I had a dozen margarita snails, half a dozen astreas, six bumblebees and three mexican turbo snails in my tank along with a couple of larger hermits, one blue and one orange neon knuckles, as the core of my original cleanup crew in my 40 gallon breeder. All of the algae-eating snails in the...

Hi everyone, I'm wondering if there is an easier or safer way to remove a fish besides draining the water or having superhuman speed. I have a friend who is interested in the hobby and has set up a twenty gallon tank. As I've been helping him out, I was going to give him a Royal Gramma and...

So, if you've read the last couple of threads you would know that things have not been great in my tank. I'm using this entire weekend to upgrade equipment, add a sump, and get my hardware to the best point I can possibly afford. My question here is hopefully my last stocking question. This...

So…my protein skimmer impeller is not working. I can do a couple extra water changes and let the live rock/sand handle it for now, but this issue will need to be addressed quickly. Can I simply buy a new impeller, or do I need to get an entirely new skimmer? Second question is that, assuming...

My tank just got annihilated. One week ago, I had three chromis, one neon goby, one algae blenny, two clowns, and a six line wrasse in a 40 gallon tank. Today, I have two clowns and a six line wrasse. I am not terribly upset, since the three remaining are my favorite fish, but I have no idea...

Hi everyone, thanks in advance for any help. Basically, I have decided to actually shrink my tank from the 40g breeder I have running now to a 29g tank that I haven't used in a while. Basically, I'd like to use the 40g for something else. I have about 35-40 lbs of live rock and 25 lbs of...

Hi everyone! I'm relatively new to aquarium keeping, been in the hobby for a year or so, with a saltwater tank that's been running about four months now. I pretty much have my livestock complete in terms of fish and inverts. I'm running a 40 gallon breeder with about 40 pounds of live rock...

Hi all, I've actually read a couple threads on this subject but I had one thing I wasn't quite sure about. It seems pretty easy to turn a hang-on filter into a refugium. And While I originally used an Emperor 400 for filtration on my 40g reef, I have upgraded to a protein skimmer, additional...

Hey, everybody, thanks in advance for all help. I just returned an arc-eye hawkfish to the LFS for a little store credit because I want to build a full reef tank and he...well he eats anything with a tasty, crunchy exoskeleton. So I have looked at a few fish as a replacement. It is a 40...

Hiya, and thanks in advance for helping me out. I bought three coral frags a few weeks ago, one kenya tree and two zoas. They seem to be doing alright, but I really want to remove them from those discs they were on in the LFS. The Zoas I imagine could just grow over them, but the kenya tree...

Hello, everybody, I have posted before about my 40g reef tank, the development of which has stalled somewhat. I have an arc eye hawkfish that's very young, only about 2.5 inches in length, and I'm pretty sure he's responsible for the empty shells in my tank. My CUC used to consist of...

I've heard conflicting reports from my two local shops. One said that dead rock can become live relatively quickly, thus drastically lowering costs. Another said that it is indeed possible, but can easily take over a year to work. I currently have about 25 lbs of live rock in a 40 gallon...

Hi everybody! First poooooooost I am keeping my first saltwater aquarium after an extended period of time working with freshwater fish. My tank is a 40 gallon breeder. In terms of stocking, I have tried to be conservative about it: 1 Six Line Wrasse 1 SA Fancy Mocha Clown 1 Firefish...