Instant Ocean Salt Users Have A Look Here

I’ve been using Instant Ocean salt for about 20 years. The last 3 boxes of 25 lb salt that I purchased had stamped on the inside plastic bag, "NOT FOR RESALE." I asked the LFS owner and he was mystified. I was there when he called IO to find out what was going on. He said that a customer...

How can I have hair algae with zero nutrients?

I have a 20 gal reef tank, 18 months old. Corals all doing great. I’m using RO water, 10% water changes weekly, nitrates and phosphates are absolute zero. T5HO lights 96 watts, which I have reduced to 72 watts a few days ago. With no nutrients available, what in blazes is feeding the hair algae? ...

My New Favorate Snail

i removed a polyp colony and stuck under it was a nassarius snail that had become part of the colony its shell has polyps all over it. what i cant figure out is how it survived for so long without being able to move (the polyps had been there for months) but he sure is cool to see moving around with polyps...

Six Line Wrasse Question

Ok so I would like to add a 6line to my tank but i have a pair of scarlet cleaner shrimp will the wrasse kill the shrimp? the tank is very well fed and is full of pods and bristle worms for the wrasse to eat. (some of them are 8-10 inchs long O.O yuck!) View original here:  Six Line Wrasse...

6 weeks later, an update

We started the 29G biocube 2 weeks before thanksgiving with 30 lbs live rock, 20 lbs live substrate and 10lbs sand. The LR had a couple of hitch-hikers and they are still alive. Added a protein skimmer and a submersible heater. In 2 weeks we did not see any ammonia spike and no corresponding Nitrate,...

Power Head Question

Was wondering whether to put one MP40 or two MP10 which do u suppose would be better???? Read the rest here: Power Head Question