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Before I learned the benefits of live rock, live substrate, good light, protein skmmers, water quality, too much fish load, etc, etc, etc.....................I thought the only "cool look" for a fish only tank was with dead white hard corals and fish (looking for the sterile look you see in...

I had a similar problem when I hard piped my PM venturi skimmer with an external pump. I am not sure what your set-up is, but the venturi fitting needs to have flow through it in a certain direction. I had mine backwards after I re-plumbed, and had all sorts of problems. I don't know exactly...

No problem - The grouper is still alive who started all this mess. This problem manifested itself for about 7 months before I finally figured out what the problem was. All of the fish in the tank were about 3-5 years in my possession, so all of them except the grouper had been around for...

If anyone is interested, I thought I would post my own reply because I finally found out what the problem was with these angel fish. After no luck with general antibiotics for type 1 and type 2 bacteria, I was at witts end and talked at length with my local fish supplier. The problem is the...

I am having trouble getting rid of what appears to be a bacterial problem, and have lost a few fish. I have a 90 gal fish only, with about 80 lbs of live rock, wet/dry trickle filter, skimmer, and 25 watt UV sterilizer. I have been fighting this problem for about 2 months now, and can't seem...