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Well, unfortunately.. it looks like I was alittle too anxious to get my latest addition into the display tank. My new six-line wrasse was in QT for only a week and I didn't look closely enough before giving him a clean bill of health. Under the big lights I immediately noticed that he had a...

Hey guys, I've been fighting an Algae problem for the past few months and it's not getting better very quickly so I thought I would post some pictures here for some opinions and ideas: First some parameters: The nitrate has been on a downward slope since doing a large water change January...

I recently purchased new lights and a large order of dried out base rock from bulkreef, as well as a new Zoanthid rock. I've been doing twice a month %25 water changes and I've switched to a new salt. (Red Sea, IO salt had 300ppm cal and 1000ppm mag at 1.025) For the past several weeks my...

Hey guys/gals, I have a small juvenile hippo tang that has been in the DT for just over a month. He has been a very active and has no problems gobbling up food twice as fast as any other fish in my tank. He has a hiding spot between some of the live rock and he sleeps there at night or...

Hey guys, This weekend has been pretty busy with upgrades and cleaning of all my equipment. After cleaning out my skimmer, I am noticing that there is a pretty severe leak between the venturi and the pump assembly. I usually dismantle the pump every time I clean it out. (once a month)...

Hey guys, I've been running my tank since march and things are pretty stable but I cannot get the calcium levels to go up past 300mg/L. I daily dose bi-ionic for calcium and alkalinity, 15ml a day each (55 gallon tank) and I have gotten some spots of purple coraline on the powerheads and...

Hey Folks, I recently purchased a baby hippo tang from my LFS and the fish has been in quarantine for the past 30 hours. He is about 1.2" in length and is in a 5G tank with a 3" diameter section of PVC for shelter. I'm treating him with Instant Ocean lifeguard for Ick and Oodinium. (comes with...

Greetings and Salutations! This site looks great! I just recently got into the marine aquarium hobby for my birthday on March 5th. We had a 55 gallon 48x12 tank from my brother in law a few years ago but have never had the money or time to set it up. It was previously a freshwater tank...