care

Hello, so I have a tendency of cutting off flow and filtration when I feed and I do a mass feeding for all things inside my tank. I have tidal 75 on my 20 long I find it provides enough flow for my corals and good filtration so I cut it on and I hear what sounds like the motor choking up so I...

I have plans to go leave home for a while. I'm not sure when I'll be back and sometimes I may not even be able contact my family. I love my aquarium so much. I want to train my family to care for it while I'm away but I understand it's a pretty unreasonable ask. I was wondering would it be...

I’m wanting to get a white tail tang. There one at my lfs been there a while. They run copper and uv in there systems. They’re having a sale in 3 weeks and thinking of getting it. I’m wondering if I should qt him/her? I’ve heard some people just go ahead and put them in the tank. I do run uv on...

Does anyone who has kept Chicago sunburst anemones have any advice? Things to avoid, Favorite parameters, compatibility with other corals or fish, Lighting.

The first picture is about 1 week ago. I haven’t seen it do this since. Hi, my blastomussa is vomiting everyday before lights dim out. Lights are on 12 hours and off 12 hours. I have another blasto doing fine as a single polyp, but this one retracts every night and spits out dark brown stuff...

Hello all, Last time I was at my LFS I may have gotten ahead of myself and purchased another anemone with some credit we had. I asked the LFS about care and was told the Sebae they had was easy care and would do well in my current set up. She’s been in our tank for 3 weeks and we’ve had to move...

Hi, folks. My son and I are adding corals to what had been a FLOWLR tank. We recently picked up 6 new frags, that have been settling in in a QT for the past week. At first everyone seemed happy. But then yesterday (6days after arrival) we noticed our new Pyrokinesis Favites starting to develop...

I have a week to research these, I know I shouldn’t impulse buy however this was VERY since since I finally saw one flashing. I would like to know a few things about their care. I know they NEED a lid (As with any fish like tilefish and wrasse) however, how often should they feed, is flashing a...

Hi everyone! I went to my LFS yesterday to pick up some more inverts for my aquarium, specifically sand sifting inverts since my sand bed is thickish and gets dirty. I picked up 3 nassarius vibex snails and a sea cucumber. The sea cucumber I picked up was a pink spiny sea cucumber. I know...

Do you guys think using Instant Ocean Sea Salt (Purple Bag) is ok to use for a yellow coral banded shrimp? Does it have enough iodine and other trace elements for it. I also have 2, 5 gallon buckets of Instant Ocean Reef Salts. I'm going to guess this one is better, but was just wondering if...

Hello everyone :) Tank: 25G/90L Waterbox Peninsula 25 Inbuilt Sump: Slotted surface baffle to 2.75" 225 Micron filter sock, Bioballs micron bag, Activated carbon micron bag, 100W Heater, Tunze 9001 Skimmer, Smart AutoTopOff lite, 1000lph Aquaone return pump[I replaced a 1000lph return pump that...

I've tried purchasing nudibranchs (Lettuce), but I've had no luck keeping them alive for more than a few days. Am I just not choosing the right one? Or perhaps, my tank parameters off? I keep acropora and softies just fine. I'm just not sure what I'm doing wrong.

I’m a beginner. I think this is an LPS. I can’t find any info about the care of this coral anywhere. It’s on the Pacific East Aquaculture website. Can anyone tell me about it? Where is a good place to find info about corals like this that you get nothing from google or YouTube?

Hey guys. I purchased this anemone a few days ago. Since then it has moved around a fair bit and looked alright in my opinion. Little did I know, there is no such thing as a white bubble tip. After doing some reading I found out that bleaching was a problem. I have tried to feed him little music...

Got these guys yesterday. I have no clue if i am giving the right amount of flow and would like your help. Its been 24hrs wince adding. This is the coral we got Acro Birds nest, Acan Rainbow, Zoa rasta, GSP. Im the top left we have the outflow that we have faced slightly inward and more toward...

Hey everyone, As you can guess, I am pretty bored at home. I've been thinking about doing this for quite some time, but wondered if any of you have gone about doing it and could possibly give me some pointers. I want to create a Taxonomy Book/PDFs that I can either print and store in a binder...

I was wondering how gentle I need to be when handling/touching my Acropora and Montipora. I'm dealing with some red slime (i think its dynos but maybe cyano) and I don't want to use chemicals to knock it out given the many SPS in the tank. however, because of that, I frequently need to manually...

I have a 30 gallon Biocube with a china-box light setup. after having success with plating and then encrusting montipora I have recently been adding some acropora frags to my tank. I don't plan on changing my maintenance and water testing habits to accommodate these new corals although I have...

I am working on a coral spreadsheet of all the different corals and how to care (food, flow, placement, light) for them and estimated retail value if anyone wants to help contribute can message me. I have each sheet in a category for Zoa, Aussie, Chalice, Fazia, etc. This is just a rough draft...

Hi all. I am stocking a fish only tank and decided I want to add a red coris wrasse. I’ve kept one once before but ended up taking down the tank a few months lather when I moved. Last time I bought the wrasse as an adult but this time I’m buying a tiny juvenile (about 1.5 inches) since I’ve...

So I have a pink skunk clownfish, age unknown. I believe she’s blind because she dose not swim center of the tank and will skim the tanks parameter to get around. I have her pair who does look after her but it seems as if he’s ready to take her role as head female (I have two midnight clowns...

I LOVE toadstool leathers (sarcophytons) and have a 20 gallon softie-only DT that has about 7 different sarcophytons. The tank has 3 fish which I feed daily with a generous amount of some thawed San Francisco Bay Brand Emerald Entree. The corals seem to do well yet are not growing as fast as I...

Hi I really need some input guys What are they what ? How do I feed them and how often ? What are the placement ? What strengthof lighting I have Aquaillumination lights Please help with exact names anyone help

I understand it's more about the placement of the wavemakers itself but wanting to undertand if it is better using wave or sine mode? Wave mode is on then off and so on, whilst Sine mode is on all the time but gradually increasing flow then gradually decreasing flow. Does it sting human hand? If...

Hi Guys, There has been very little information on the VDM zoa care. Any inputs or advice would be much appreciated! What kind of light level, flow it needs etc. Want to get this right the first time with any tips from you guys. Valentine's Day Massacre Zoa - Not my picture