Two Part Problem

First problem: I purchased a Dragon Goby, and the next morning I noticed something hanging on his face. I attempted to catch him but there were too many crevaces to hide, so I decided to catch him later. Next morning, he was detached. Several weeks later I notice the same guy (or at least one of his...

Can i use play sand from lowes/ and other newbie ?

I’m starting a reef tank again after 10 years,(25 gallon with 10 gallon sump) i noticed the reef sand at the lps looks just like the stuff they sell at lowes LPS is 7 bucks for 10lbs lowes is $4 for 50lbs my wife really wants white sand for our tank,but i want to make sure its safe i have heard that...

Snail Replacements

Vibrio got the best of one of my sea horses I believe. After some googling of the sea horses sudden symptoms (overnight the horse’s bottom half had no skin), it looks like it was vibrio (this thread is what I used as reference.). One of the potential carriers was snails. Just a week earlier I...

My 90 gallon update

Me and my wife are about 6 months in and thought I would like to share some photos of our progress. Since I we started out with a fowlr take for the first 2 months and decided to go reef. We upgraded to 2 250w MH lighting from Power compacts These photos were taken under 20k lighting, built a new stand...

Rate my New stand and canopy

Me and my wife got tired of the look of our wood stand and canopy. We wanted something very simple. After looking at our local pet shops and lfs, we didn’t see anything we liked. So we decided to build our own. So we spent about $125 and about 1 1/2 days work and this is what we made. I have 2...