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Bought a yellow goniopora.. but heard there's no such thing in the wild, fish shopper owner could have dyed the poor fella. Any truth to this claim?

Thinking of adding some live sand to my exsiting sand bed, will this be of any help? The live sand at the LFS claims to have loads of beneficial bacteria to removes nitrates( my problem) and other stuff. GUy at LFS said it's ok to add the live sand.but I've got 2 questions--- (1) Denitrifying...

Hi guys, got some bad brown hair algae on my substrate, funny thing is that it only grows in a particular spot, radius of 2-3 inches. everything i remove it, or smother it under the sand, it reappears...even after only 3 hours!!! Its hair like..much like green hair algae. Using T5 light, 2...

are they herbivores? detritivores?? or carnivores? thinking of getting some but have 4 clams in my tank, so wonderning whether they would irritate the clams.... or attack my corals. If they;re herbivorous, what sort of algae do they feed on? cheers

Anyone anchors their derasa on the rock, instead of leaving it on the subtrate? I'm thinking of letting anchor on a flat rock then burying it in the substrate... It's a week old, left on the substrate, but rather unstable, often tilts to the left or right. Tried putting rocks on either side but...

t5s...er 10k white and act o3

how do they compare? which can penetrate futher down the water? currently have a 32w smart lamp, thinking of upgrading to t5. planning to keep a clam tank. comments are highly welcomed

my orange linkia is showing signs of rotting after 2 months.... one of its legs seem to have a very( very very) slight rot. what should i do?? please advise

what is supposedly the correct spectrum for keeping corals, both hard and soft? is 27w 10k white and 13w 17k blue ok? what's the diff between 17k blue and act3?

just bought a maroon clown 4 days ago. until now, it hasn't eaten a single bit. fed it pellets since day 2, but it simply chews and tastes it, then spits it out! (it's always hanging out in the bubble tip anemone.) what should i do? when's that bugger gonna eat?

Heard taht the above cannot be put together as the reg legged hermit is predatory. Is this true? anyone with such success??

Heard taht the above cannot be put together as the reg legged hermit is predatory. Is this true? anyone with such success??

is it possible to raise the ph of my tank by doing a 20% water change? say from 7.8 to higher?? 7 gal nano HOB filter 18w 10k and 13w acts mainly softies and LPS

but if i remove the skimmer, there will be much less organic waste. Hence less beneficial bacteria... am i right to say that?

hey guys, i currently have a 10 gal tank, running on a prizm skimmer. i have two mini powerheads for circulation and an mini ehiem submersible filter. although what i'm about to ask has been asked countless times, please bear with me. I'm currently cycling the tank water and curing the new...