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Heh CrGiants, The black border came off accidently on my old 5 gallon tank while I was cleaning it. Mine was just siliconed on the glass tank(not a good job as it came off so easily). I don't see any problem as long as you leave the top one intact(tank might bow slightly, I'm guessing). I...

Try dosing kalkwasser without vinegar(worked for me for 3 yrs). If cloudiness persists then my only advice is to totally reduce amount kalkwasser. Meaning to start with 1/4 or less teaspoon per one gallon of freshwater, is it still cloudy? If not, slowly increase dosage and so on. Try to...

Jason, I find it that, when you make a fresh batch of saltwater, it takes some time for the salt to fully dissolve in the water(time depends on water flow/water amount) and when it has fully dissolved it leaves behind some saltcreep on the tank's glass. This will give the illusion of the tank...

Heh Lynn, #1. Depends on amount of current, whether fish gets most of food before it gets sucked up by filtration. Small tanks, I would say yes to turning off pumps, for the fact that you want to minimize waste(food can get stuck in crevices, etc...) and one should not totally rely on...

NaH2Ofreak, Most Tangs(esp. yellow tangs) tend to graze on anything that have algae. How often does it bother your clam? If very often, then it's not getting enough greens for it's diet. I recommend to try feeding it a lot of greens(algae/nori). I say as much as it can eat(don't worry if...

jcb152, Depends how much actinic lamps are being used. For the most part, you can keep all the types of soft corals including xenia with min. of one daylight bulb and most, if not all the types of LPS with min. of 2 daylight lamps(higher # equals better growth/results). Anemones like the...

Gatortailale, They work great for attaching small frags of SPS and, for the most part, I would say that they tend to be safe, if applied correctly. My only main advice, when using super glue, is to not put the glued piece instantly inside tank. Let it cure inside a small container filled with...

Smokin Reefer, Question for you? Are you dripping the kalkwasser mix during the day or at night. If during the day, don't you find your pH shooting through the roof. IME, I recommend you drip at night when your lights are off. Personally I never tried to add vinegar to my kalkwasser mix...

Heh Moe_k, For me, I do about a 10 gal water change seperated in two buckets and I heat one of the buckets to main tank's temp(only one spare heater). Since I store my water in the cool basement, temp. tends to be at 66 deg. F. If I don't heat that water, my main tank's temp. dips 2 deg. C...