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Saturday past, I visited the aquarium store I worked at 25-30 years ago. As of that date, it had only been re-opened two weeks since Katrina. The memories flooded back of a time where saltwater hobbyists themselves were pioneers, innovators, experimenters, jury-riggers. Those were heady times. A non...

I would say you only need a chiller if you cannot keep the water temp in your desired range for some reason: * Lighting system outputting too much heat. * Trying to keep cold water species. * Don't want to pay to run A/C all day. (but running a chiller may offset some savings) In the absence of adde...

There is no way to "post" pics to the forum. Images must be hosted by a server somewhere on the internet, and linked to in a forum post. Images can be included in forum posts by either link or inline. Linking is the preferred method as inline forces any viewer of the thread to wait for any...

I would think 1/4" would be sufficient at those given dimensions. 3/8" would be overkill. Maybe bars of 3/8" for bracing, though. The other questions-- can't say.

If a nickel-size chunk of your eel chow sinks and doesn't fall apart too much, get a suitable length of 1" rigid tubing, insert into tank with end near (but not so close as to disturb) tube anem, drop chunk through tube so anem can grab it. Wrasse will not be able to poach, and you can use tube...

Back in the day, even before Ger was just a cocky little shaver coming to buy tropicals wholesale where I used to to work, we used to make a concoction very similar to the above. The only differences, immaterial though they may be, were that we used liquid baby vitamins and we had a source of cheap ...

Nominal base dimensions are 72"x18", which can vary according to manufacturer and type of trim used. Height on a 125 is typically around 22", 24" on a 135, again with variance from maker to maker. There was no standard 150 in my day, but I see some that are 60"x24" and ...

Although I've not experienced it personally, I've had people insist bristleworms killed their anemones by attacking them below the gravel line. If it's a difference between leaving them alone for some perceived value, or picking them out out of erring on the side of caution, I'd pick the latter. I a...

A better question would be what don't they tear up. Arrow crab popularity, I believe, comes largely from their unusual appearance coupled with their relatively inexpensive price. Maybe that and there's a lot of them out there to collect, and they're hardy and make it through shipping.

Arrow crabs are good at "controlling" a lot of things including, unfortunately, things you've paid good money for. I wouldn't recommend them.

Certainly not friend, but, as to foe, it varies by degree. I'd get rid of any I could before they get out of hand. Those little 2-inchers have a way of turning into monsters. You'll have to bait them out or flush them out. A bag made of pantyhose with a piece of shrimp in it can lure them and hang t...

Freeze-dried brine shrimp or FD pacifica plankton? Hawks aren't picky-- they'll eat anything. Get that angel plenty of green stuff-- spirulina or the sheet algae.

I went to a talk many years ago, sponsored by the long-defunct local aquarium society, and the speaker insisted, since "change" in an aquarium is bad, that it be called a "partial water exchange"...

A trick to help introduce new fish, if you're willling to do so, is to rearrange the tank decorations. Territories previously established will be lost, and everybody's on a level playing field.

Generally, the only place I would think of leaving tank lights on 24/7 would be in a pet store, where it would serve as an after-hours window attraction and possible crime deterrent. Once fish leave the store and are moved to a permanent home, a reasonable day/night cycle is preferable. The chemical...