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Just remember to stir the ice water while checking the temperature, so that there is no stratification of the temp's. Also, do it in a styrofoam cup so that it is somewhat insulated.

I purchased the typhoon III which gives 150 gallons per day, from Air Water Ice. It cost about $275 or so. It comes with a TDS meter. I love it. Bruce

I have mostly a FOWLR but my fungia coral and my mushrooms do very well. At the LFS they have both SPS and LPS thriving under the lights. Bruce

I have them and love them! Not cheap, but the heat is minimal and the color is good! Bruce

Hi. Well I had/have a similar problem, and it turned out to be the pumps producing heat! I had three pumps running (chiller, skimmer, main) and the chiller was constantly trying to keep the temp down, and was unable to keep the tank below 83°. This was with LED lighting which is virtually...

Hi, not a frequent poster, but I had to put my 2 cents in. My cleaner shrimp hid for a few days, but then found his spot, and he is always there. He cleans the lemon butterfly every so often. Each time a new fish is introduced into the tank, it goes up to the cleaner shrimp for a short time...

Now that my tank is finally getting through its cycling, I am starting to decide which fish to add over the next few months. I will be going with a FOWLR. I figured that I should put at the top of the list, the bigger, must have fish first, and then add to the list the fish that can get along...

I thought I would start a new thread on this, because my ammonia problem seems to be solved. Originally I had added "cured" live rock, and my ammonia spiked and the fish got pretty lethargic. I got the fish out of the tank, and he is doing fine, now. I did a water test today, and my...

I was previously doing a five gallon change every week, which amounted to 15% per month. I did not have much in there, remember. Anyway, the ammonia has now dropped to zero again, the nitrites are at either 1 or 5 (those two colors look so alike on the chart!) and the nitrates are back down to...

I wanted to give an update on the tank. As of this morning January 5, six days after the incident, my ammonia has finally started to drop. I am 4.0 PPM on the ammonia, 1 on the nitrites, and 20 on the nitrates. I did a partial water change yesterday, but only 10 gallons, so I believe that I...

I set up a quarantine tank last night, and the salt was not fully dissolved but when I looked at the fish, he was on his side, and appeared just about dead. Well anyway I put him into the tank, because I felt that was better than just letting it die. It broke my heart seeing the little guy...

Why don't I just take out the rock, and re-cure it? Will that solve my problem? Then I can do another water change and the original live rock can start to process the ammonia, and I can finish making the vunuatu rock healthy. I can buy a 20 gallon tank today on the way home from work. Would...

I will do another change when I get home tonight (my third). You know, this has been very frustrating because my tank was working perfectly, with excellent water chemistry, healthy fish, and no problems. I don't understand how the fish guy did not return my call. I would have expected him to...

Well, I feel like I am getting conflicting responses from everyone I speak to. One response told me not to do a water change as that will delay the cycling, another said do a 30 to 50% change. The fish guy who sold me the "cured" rock didn't even call me back! So he's history, frankly. I think I...

Here is a follow up: I just tested the tank for ammonia and nitrites. The nitrite level is starting to climb, at .25 , but the ammonia level is still reading 8 ppm, which I assume means that it was even greater than 8 to begin with and may still be >8. At least the system is starting to...