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We are currently having to make a tough decision. We are moving around the first of the year. The problem is do we take out with us or do we break it down, sell everything, and start over when we get settled into the new house? We have a Red Sea 650s. It's 175 gallon all in one tank that's been...

Has anyone experienced high phosphates in a new batch of salt water right after you mix? We have been using Salinity by Aquavitro for the past 2 years. Recently we noticed a rise in our phosphate levels in the tank. So I decided to test some left over water that I was storing in a jug. It was...

Any suggestions for led lighting for a frag tank? I am only interested in LEDs. So please keep your suggestions on topic. The tank is 24x24x15 I think. I just got the plumbing done. I'm planning on plumbing in with our 175. I am considering the AI Hydra or Radion Pro. I am not limited to these...

I am in the process of setting up a kamoer 3 channel dosing pump for alk, mg, and ca. I have never messed with dosing pumps before and want to make sure I do it right. 1. I know the pump should be close to and above the dosing containers. However, is there a limit to distance from the pump to...

Can anyone tell me what this is? We noticed it a couple of weeks ago coming out of the back of our rockscape. It has slowly moved about a foot or so over this time through our sandbed. I have no clue what it is. My guesses are that it's a ricordea that we had from our old tank but went missing...

We recently purchased a Lubbock's wrasse. We haven't seen it since we put it in the tank on Tuesday. Is this normal behavior for these wrasses? I know he didn't jump out because we have a net top. We have also checked the overflow and sump and he's not there. No body. No wrasse. Matt

What do we buy to cut stony corals? I need to know exactly what to buy to cut stony corals. I have heard of using a dremel but I need to know what saw to buy. Matt

I have a 175 gallon red sea 650. I recently purchased a 6 gallon nano to plumb into the existing plumbing. I have a mag 18 that supplies the chiller and biopellet reactor that i will tee off to the nano. The nano will drain into a filter sock inside the sump. I am almost finished. What do I need...

We are in the process of changing out the lighting on our Red Sea 650s. The tank runs very hot with 800 watts of t5 lighting and all of the pumps. In pricing out bulbs over the next few years, we believe that we would spend just as much money on t5 replacement bulbs as we would on LEDs. Every...

Is this stuff reef safe? Our tangs are loving it but I noticed on the label that it has an additive called cupric sulfate pentahydrate. alt=""> alt=""> Matt

We bought a Red Sea 650 back in November. I didn't start a thread here back then so here it is. Gonna post a few pics of the build. Will continue over the next few days. We are now almost 6 months in on this tank. We bought the tank that was used at the macna conference at the Red Sea setup. So...

We just bought a lyretail anthias last night for the new tank. He has started shaking. Is the shaking normal. We read somewhere about flukes. I really hope this is not the case.

The power in our neighborhood has been out 25 minutes. How long can my fish and coral live with any power? 34 gallon red sea max 5 fish 50 lbs of rock Frogspawn, torch, etc. bubble tip anemone Hermit crabs The list goes on.

Our nitrates have risen a bit in the past few weeks. Between 30 & 40 ppm. I have read that the biomedia (our bag of stones that came withe the red sea max) can cause elevated nitrate levels. Several people have stated that they do not like to use any kind of rock or stone in their filtration...

I have a 50 gallon aquarium that has been running for a little while and my fish keep dying. My nitrates, nitrites, pH, alkalinity, ammonia, phosphates, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and copper (0) are in a normal range. I bought 6 chromis, all died the next day. A couple days later I bought 3...

Okay, so I was having a horrible time getting my water clear. So now it looks awesome and all my levels are good so I decide to add my horseshoe crab from school. Well he is going from a crushed corral substrate to now a DSB. He is going crazy, burrowing, running around, and having a grand...

Okay, so I'm getting ready to bring my salt water animals home for the summer (I am a teacher) and this is the first time I've tried the whole dsb thing. The tank at school had a crushed corral bed. I cannot get the water to clear out. I have live rock in it so I am afraid to turn off the...

I have to transfer my animals to a brand new salt water aquarium this weekend or I am going to have them taken from me. I teach aquatic science at a local high school and I am in desperate need of a protein skimmer and a powerhead for a 35 gallon aquarium. I can't afford much and I will be...

Can I convert an old freshwater tank into a saltwater tank? I am going to buy new filters and everything I was just curious about how I should clean the actual tank so that I can use it for saltwater. I am a high school aquatic science teacher and I'm on a very low budget. I'm taking my...

I introduced some live rock into my aquarium on Sunday and I discovered this worm crawling around. I'm very new to the whole salt water aquarium field so I didn't know if this worm who looks like a bristle worm is a good thing or a bad thing for my aquarium. I have at least 2 of them in my...