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Ok.... This will be my first venture with saltwater and I need advice on what to do I already know I have to change the lights on the lid and I'm planning on retrofitting the lid but not with what. What should I get I also know a powerhead but not what I'm gonna need. I need all around advice...

I found out how high my ammonia levels were they were 12 ppm I think is the mesurement that's used and I've done a ~80% water change every day for the past 3 days that dropped it down to 2 ppm and also got a new tank and started a new tank it's about 20-30 gallons I bought off craigslist for 25...

I figured out why mu ammonia levels are so high a spider crawled into the tank through a crack in the top and drowned.... We are working on the issue now we got the ammonia down but are still working on it we have some ammo chips in as well and some API ammonia remover

With I didn't know about fishless cycles when I got them it's been 10-15 years since me and my wife had fish and we were kids then. But I took the water to a couple of places and the only thing that I have an issue with is ammonia and both said that fry or any fish for that matter were living...

Well I also read that they can store semen to basicly have multiple preganacys course I could have read wrong... I'll see if I can find these links again for refernece

I read that platies don't slim down for about a month or two

Well shes giving birth as we speak! Shes been in labor for about an hour! 12:33 EST: 5fry we've seen

i think its good advice its good for those on a budget I think one way to make that better to make it more safe for the fish (correct me if im wrong) burn the holes with a lighter to make the edges of the holes smoother to avoid injury

My amonia levels are a little above normal but I think it's just my tank glass the tank is about on it's last two days of it's cycle

and i went to richmond aquarium yesterday and they are mostly SW but do have FW its in the very back room lol

is there any others around? im trying to find some duckweed and java ferns

hertes how we have the tank right now also what is that that is in the net? the last picture

no i dont have any live plants im trying to find some duckweed plants actually Richmond Aquarium is out of all of its live plants petsmart dont have any nor petco and i dont know of a lot of places as im just getting back into fish...

Hi I'm semi new to the fish world had some in the past but its been years got these about two weeks ago and they seem to be pregnant. We dont have alot of money and were trying to make shure that the fry have a chance to live if they really are pregnant and were looking to see about when they...