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Hello Everyone, sorry I haven't been around much but I have a few questions and am not sure where to turn. When I started in this hobby, the first coral I bought was a Xenia (big mistake). It has gone crazy and covered the rock it came on, plus it detaches and tries to spread. I also have...

I have these on a live rock I added recently and fear aptasia, but the photos I see of aptasia show like I trunk with tenticles off the top. These are attached to rock in the middle and only the tentacles are extended off the rock.

Hello, I have a 75 gallon tank with two clowns and a firefish. When I first started the tank in June, I was on top of the maintenance, but then I got really busy and missed a couple water changes, my corals were doing well, opening up, and retracting every night, and my parameters seemed good...

Hello, I purchased a Pulsing Xenia Coral from my Lfs last Saturday, since it has been doing well. Yesterday when doing my inspection and maintenance I found these: They were definitely not there when I bought the coral, well I guess they must have been in some form, I dipped, scrubbed and...

Ok, I am a little late starting this showcase thread, so I will do some back peddling to start off. I am 25 Years old, work as an Architectural Designer, and have recently discovered that since I have been working so much, that I need a hobby that will counter act this new found surplus of...

Hello, I have had the tank running for a couple of weeks now and my clown has been doing well. two days ago, he seems to have lost interest in eating. I bought some new life spectrum pellets, thinking he was sick of the Mysis, but he let them float by. today when I got home from work, I...

Hello, I Have recently set up my first attempt at a saltwater tank and am now experiencing the fist growth or change in the tank and I am curious to what it may be and if it is harmful or not. Here is a pic: My tank's parameters are as follows: 75 Gallon, 80 lbs live sand, 4 buckets of dead...

Hello, so i purchased my fist fish on saturday, a clown about 2" long, as soon as i acclimated him to the tank he swam and hid in one of the caves of my liverock. about an hour later he was exploring and looked as healthy as can be. I only got the one because the LFS on ly had the one and his...

Hello, i am trying to get my tank running and have a few questions about the equipment. below is the sump box. i am not sure which pump attaches to the protein skimmer. i have 2 about the same size. here are the 2 pumps this is a RIO 600 i am not sure what the little valve on the hose is...

Hello, I am just getting into the hobby and have 4-5 gallon buckets that when the previous owner disassembled his tank he put his live rock into. here is a pick of what i found in one bucket. surprisingly the water they were in was crystal clear and there was no smell at all. my intent was to...

Hello, I am just starting up my 75 tank, but I do not want to use the power fluorescent that was given with the tank because I don't want to drop $240 every 6 months for new bulbs for it. I want to go straight into LED, but have heard so many different specs for different tanks and different...

Hello, I am starting up a saltwater reef tank that I purchased from my brother, he has not run it in 5 years, but when he stopped he put his live rock into 5 gallon buckets, with the saltwater from his tank and sealed them shut. they were then placed in the garage untill yesterday when he gave...