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We are moving and we do not have space for the tank. It is a well established 30 gallon tank, about a year old. It has been neglected for the last few weeks as I have been busy getting ready to move. There is a lot of hair algae that is going to need cleaned off everything. We are located in...

Its almost time for a new addition to my tank, need some advice. I was reading about hair algae and I'm considering a blenny to help control algae. I have 4 turbo snails and hermit pack from Doc. fos'n'smith in a 30gl. the question is I have a clarkie clown, maroon basslet (fridmani...

just wait Hi newbee, I'm new here too, and I've found the best advice here at MR. and my advice is to wait it out, it is VERY HARD! I know I've been cycling my 10g for 3 weeks and all I have in it is 2 hermit crabs (I can't even look at the fish display) and it's still not just right. anyway...

skimmer blues They must be very cheap for distributors say $25 and resell for $100. I was sold one by unnamed fish store and they said for the money was very good. I'm on a limited budget unlike scumonkey and his 7 month old tank. (Hey bro what do you do for a living and can you get me a job)...

I am very interested in using natural sea water. I just read Pauls 25 year journal and was wondering about what steps to take, he said he used bleach and then a chlorine remover. That sounds risky? how else could you filter it. I will be collecting water from rockaway, is it to polluted what...

thanks I would like to thank everyone for a great experience. I am so greatfull for all the info and all the new corals ( all made it threw the storm) they look great. i'm new to reefs (6 months) and to MR, i found the site a week before the swap how lucky am I! Anyway it was great to get real...

WOW thanks for the info the tank is 6 months old and phosphates levels are still a little high. what could i do to lower them? (i,m using phosguard).I don't have a peppermint shrip but i do have a banded coral shrip, but it doesn't seem to harrass anybody but the fish when they swim by. for...

Hi everyone I am new here, and glad to be here. i have a question if anyone could help me I would be greatfull. I did a water change in the morning and by nightfall the top of my feather duster was floating around?!? do they molt? or did i kill it? what happened?