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we are upgrading from our 20gal hex tank. We have a new tank, a 30 gal (36x16x11) .... do you think that a light with :( 2x 250W DE HQI, 2x 65W Compact Fluorescent, 6x Dual Bluemoon LED ) is too much? any advice is welcome Thanks in advance

well, they are all gone now.... pretty weird, huh? But I am happy to say that our dusters are growing quite well. :)

Hey Tim, who sneezed in your tank?!? No, not anything like that. But thanks though. When I said it looked like a tree, I should have said a branch. It has a thicker base (like a trunk), and about 3 or 4 little branches (thin as a piece if thread). They don't seem to move or sway in the...

Hey, so tank is still newish (4-5 months), and things are getting settled. Algae is growin a bit, and there are a few little tree looking things. They are white, 1/2 to 3/4" and growing, but they are not like anything I have seen so far on this or xtal, or a few other sites. They are...

that pantyhose idea is not all a dream. My backup plan was a little 2 oz. solo cup (like for salsa) w/shrimp chopped up inside, enclosed in a slightly larger net type pantyhose. This, with a string tied to middle so we could pull it up when the time was right. We still have to try that for...

well, the goby has eaten. We are going to wait until we catch the granddaddy bristleworm (that was too wily to catch yesterday) to get a new shrimp

when we started our tank, not too long ago, you folks may recall a post about an abalone hitch hiker. Unfortunately, the abalone died last month. I found him upside down at the back of the tank, being eaten by a bristleworm. We had seen the worm before, but after mixed opinions on the...

yeah. I tried to take it back, but whatever.....We hadn't been shopping there much lately, but they had a LR we wanted, or so we thought..... Green Valley Aquarium is our store now, they are strictly saltwater, and we like 'em a lot.

thanks. Fish/shrimp are okay though.

yeah, we are just throwing it out....took a pressure nozzle to it as a last resort, still no improvement. Chalk it up as a loss, I guess. Oh, and tank went downhill when we first added that damn rock

Hey everyone! We bought a large piece of LR, and put it in the tank.....I was sitting there one day, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw small bits of rock just falling to the bottom. The rock is basically disintegrating all the time. Even more so, when there is a powerhead blowing...

We bought one from someone, and there is no owner's manual. He said that either valve can be in/out. This sounds strange. Anyone actually KNOW which side is in/out? Wrote current-usa an email, will try to call in morning. Thanks in advance Crystal

well, all that bid ol' crab did was eat for 3 days, so we traded him for 5 small blue legs. I guess it's just learn as you go. When we researched on the web, many sites said red leg was same as scarlet....some said scarlets were good, aka red reef hermits...our red leg did not look...

BTW; 20lbs of LR, 20gal tank one damsel (for now) and many feather dusters, mushroom coral, one small abalone (1"), and a red leg hermit ( front claws are 1" long). I guess you might find that info useful.

I mean will the crab eat the abalone out of house and home? :cry:

We have an abalone that hitchhiked on our LR. He is super cute! Got a red legged hermit crab to get at the algae ( nothing extreme or anything, just green everywhere), and he is eating nonstop!!!!! two questions: will the abalone be able to eat the supplemental algae also? will the crab...

yeah, that link is great! will be showin the husband tomorrow....that's exactly the kind of thing I was lookin for. Thanks Reefman, thanks everyone!! :thanks

thanx alex

While looking around for fish to put in our 20gal, we have come across conflicting stats......for example: a site that sells fish says a certain blenny needs a 10gal tank, but the one that doesn't SELL them says it needs a 30gal tank. Is this just "creative math" to sell fish? Any...

Is it necessary to put the airstone at the bottom of tank? couldn't i put it at the top to break up water surface and get the that air exchange?