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I've been looking at my 36g bow front recently and have been thinking about re-doing the aquascape. The thing is that this is a 3 yr old tank with live corals in it. so i gotta ask: good idea or bad idea. am i about to kill everything in the tank if i move stuff around? I am not thinking...

the clown fish i have right was the first fish when i set up the tank 1.5 yrs ago. Now that the tank has enough corals, i want to add maybe 1 or 2 fish but since i don't have a QT, I am very hesitant. I don't know if i want to go through the trouble of setting up a QT, letting it cycle...

my 1.5 year old tank. You can tell its a beginner tank by the presence of xenia and GSP's. I am thinking about making major changes to it, including removing most of the softies and adding more LPS (and dare i say it, maybe an SPS or 2). quick video showing its current progress. Comments...

I've had my tank for over a year. Its a 36 bow front reef mostly of LPS and softies. It has a HOB skimmer, and HOB refugium (that i have since replaced with HOB aqua clear 70) I recently had an event whereby for about 3 months straight, i battled a very aggressive red algae bloom. No matter...

I just replaced all 4 T5 bulbs in my lighting unit, after 1 year of use. Oh boy, the difference is night and day. replaced the 4 coralife T5's with same brand replacement bulbs. Just thought I would share in case any of you are neglecting your bulbs.

From my new camera toy.

I have a 36gal bow front mostly LPS reef tank. It's lit by a Coralife 4bulb T5 HO light fixture (4x31w). It is coming up on one year and soon will need bulb replacements. It currently has the 2 10k and 2 actinic bulbs. I really like the look of the color of the actinic bulbs and am...

Hi, I found this (bottom, right) on a recently purchased rock of Trumplet corals. Its very small (maybe 1/2 inch in diameter). Sorry for the poor image, it's a heavily cropped phone pic. thanks!

Hi, is there any reason why I should NOT put my old used ceramic plugs in my hang-on-back refugium for my 36g reef tank? My thought is that they would make great rubble rock but i am not sure if there is any danger in doing so. your thoughts?

Well, I've hit the 7 month mark into this hobby. The more I learn, the more i feel i know nothing. anyway, here is a quick snapshot of the tank as it stands today. It's a 36gal bow front. I've entertained the thought of "going bigger, badder, better", but I think I'm just gonna stick with...

looking at my 7mo old tank: - All parameters are in range - Water quality seems good - Water is nice and clear - Skimmer seems to be dialed in nicely and the gunk froth looks good - Life in the tank looks happy and healthy - it is a joy to sit and enjoy looking at whats going on in the...

So, my tuxedo urchin is walking around with a zoa head as one of its trophies, looks kinda funny. But actually, that is not one of the species of zoas that i have in my tank and don't know where it came from. I would like to grab it and glue it to something. Can I without harming it?

I have a BRS 5 stage RO/DI system that I've had for 6 months. it feeds into a gray 20g Brute container with auto shut off. I use about 50% of the water (10g) every week when i do water changes to the main display. This morning, i noticed an odor in the container and so i tested the water and...

I have a 36g bowfront reef tank, 5mo old. In there, amongst some corals, i have cleaner shrimp and some hermit crabs, which every now and then molt. question is: do i remove the molted shells or can i just leave them in there? what are the pluses and minuses of the leaving vs removing...

couple of new additions to the tank (36 bow front). Because it is a relatively small tank, i only get frags.

picture of torch coral frag one month after i got it. to compare, here is a pic of when i first got it.

I had been trying to access RS most of the day but its been down. Glad to see it back up!!

New addition to the tank. Props to my LFS for having such nice stuff.

I'm a newbie. I recently purchased a coral at the LFS and i asked about dipping and was told: No need to dip because we here at the LFS dip our corals when we get them, too much dipping can harm them. is this true? Or should i dip new corals anyway? thanks!

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