Recent content by Michael Newman

Hi Guys. Great advice and learning a lot. Lights on timer now and getting another circulation pump. Algae is nearly gone now and tank is looking good. Big set back today though as we lost another clown fish. As is lost I mean he died. Swam to bottom, notice his color was changing and was...

Hi njtiger24. Thanks for the advice! I'll clean off the inside walls of the tank. I have a 36W 10,000K Daylight Compact Fluorescent Lamp which I'm turning on around 7 am and off around 9 pm. At night I'm turning on the blue LED. Not sure if that's necessary or not? Sounds like probably too...

So the Distom algae is getting worse. Now growing on inside glass of tank and more darkening of the sand. Questions 1) Do I just keep letting it grow? 2) Am I putting too much light into the tank? I leave the light on all day and switch on LED at night. 3) Would more water changes help...

Thanks!!!

Hi Guys. So my sand is now darkening. See photos. Any ideas?

So we woke up this morning and one of our clownfish was missing. They are small little guys ~ 6 months old. Do these guys like to hide out sometimes? We have a lot of rock in the tank. I could see how he could probably get into some tight spaces. Did the morning feeding and couldn't draw...

Thanks! Do you have recommendations?

Hi! Thing in the middle is a pulsing zinnia. What can you do with the compartments? I have a heater in the rear right compartment.

So one of my new clownfish has decided to swim only near the surface. The other one is swimming around near the bottom. Been like this for a few hours now. Anything to worry about?

We are in Hillsborough, NJ. Thanks for the support guys!

Thanks so much for the advice. We are definitely on a steep learning curve right now. We will be patient!

We are new to saltwater and anxious to get started with our first coral. Any suggestions for a newbie? Thanks!!

Just setting up our new bio cube. Water checked out fine today so we purchased two clownfish. This is our first saltwater tank. Does anyone have any lessons learned or dos / don'ts we should consider as we move forward with setup of tank? Any advice would very much appreciated.

Thanks for the input and welcome!!

anyone have experience ordering from an online retailer? Found this place and unsure. New to saltwater fish. Any guidance would be appreciated .