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My Pyjama Cardinal are Breeding. One of the pair has a big lower jaw, which I think is where he is caring the young. Does anyone know about breeding theses fish? Can you give me information about their breeding habits or a reference to get information so I can save the young and raise them? I...

I put in a deep sand bed of 4 to 5" of fine southdown play sand in my tank. After about 4 weeks I am starting to see bubbles of air about 1 inch down in the sand below the surface aganist the glass. When I mix the sand the bubbles come out of the sand and float to the top. Where are the...

I have a leather coral that looks like a hand with fingers. I have had this coral for 8 months. It is as large as my hand, and shaped like a hand. It is flat, with fingers sticking out all arround the edges. There is a hole [break] in the skin in the palm of the leather coral about 1 inch...

THE MAIN PROBLEM IS A LIGHT RED BROWN and green DUSTING of Algae ON THE GLASS AND sand. It is a DIATOM BLOOM. My nitrates are about 15-20ppm. All other levels are good. (PH 8.2, Calcium 430, Nitrate 0, Anonia 0) (Lights 465 VHO + 300 MH) How do you get rid of this? My tank is up for 6...

I was told this critter may be a bristle worm. Do you know what it is? Is it a good or bad thing in your reef tank? If bad, how do you get rid of them? Thank you Mal

I am looking for recommendation for sources/suppliers to purchase corals. Does any one have any suggestions for sources with best price, quality, warranty/guarantee, low shipping cost, etc. Did you have good experiences, and did the supplier take care of you if there were problems, dead items...

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Does anyone know what this is? I have many greyish/green flat caterpillar/worm creatures in my live rock. They come out of the holes in the rock at night when the light is out. Sometimes I see one in the day, but at night they are all over. They are from 1 to 3 inches long. Do you have any...

I have a 125 Gallon reef tank. Can I put a flame angle in the same tank as a coral beauty? The fish in the tank are 2 Clownfish, Yellow Tang, Huma Huma Trigger Fish, Medeterian Watchman Goby, 2 Pyjama Cardinals, Hawkfish, and a Coral Beauty Anglefish. I will be transferring the trigger to a...

I have two reef tanks [125 and 50 gal] and both are getting a thin red algae growing on the glass and the fine white sand. The algae is growing in the outflow path of where the powerheads push water. The power heads are pointed toward the glass in the tank at an angle. I whipe the algae film...

I have a long tentacle plate coral in my reef tank for about 2 months. It is has not ben looking very good for about 1 week. I am looking for some help in what may be wrong with it and what I can do to bring it around. It is about 5" by 3". Its tentacles were about 2-3" long when open...

I have a finger leather coral for about 6 weeks. The coral reminds me of your hand facing palm up. It is shaped like a hand with finger like extensions arround the edges of the hand. I have 465watts of VHO light and 2 150watt MH for a total of 765 watts. The tank is a 125 gallon and it...

My reef tank has a calcium level of about 280 - 320ppm. I understand it should be over 450ppm. The instant ocean reef crystals set up the calcium at 300ppm. What is the best way to raise the calcium levels? I have been using Kalkwasser to raise the calcium. I mix it in a gallon jug and use...

I have a rock with some mushroom anemones. Is it possible to take them off of the rock and place them at other places on the live rock in the tank? If so, how do you do it? MAl

Can anyone help me? I purchased some Mushroom Anemones about two weeks ago. There were about 12 one the rock. They were doing fine in my tank. I came home yesterday, and discovered that almost all of them were gone. One of them had turned into brown jelly. There are only about 2 left. I...

I am new at this. I have a 125 gallon tank setup for about 5-6 weeks. THe nitrates are at 20ppm and I can't get them down. I have been doing water changes, but it does not help. We transfered 8 fish and 70lb of live rock from my son's 45 gallon. We have a sump with biobricks in it for...