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I just retested my my water and getting ready to do a 5 gal water change Prams were High Range PH 8.4 Nitrite .25 Nitrate 5 Phosphate 0 Ammonia .25 Carbonate Hardness 11 dKH 196.9 ppm KH Calcium 480 mg/L (ppm) Silenty 1.024 My Mushrooms and clowns seem alot happier.

The tank is over a year old so I don't think that it's cycling again. I beleave that the blenny is dead but I can't find the body to remove it. I'll do another 5 gal change tonight, if the levels are still high.

New Fish Prob Dead. My wife suggested I test the water again. I just retested my my water and did a 10 gal water change. Before water change Prams were High Range PH 7.8 Nitrite .25 Nitrate 10 Phosphate 0.25 Ammonia 1.0 Carbonate Hardness 9 dKH 161.1 ppm KH Calcium 480 mg/L (ppm)...

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The cover is an egg crate cover. It fits tightly all around except in two places. The over-flow box (we keep it covered with a towel) and where the return pipe from the refuge goes into the tank. I searched around the tank and under it (Cast Iron stand), so unless the cats (highly unlikely...

We brought our Scooter Blenny home Last Monday, after a 3 1/2 week QT at the LFS (My wife's best friend owns it) and she hasn't been seen after we went to bed. LFS said that if we haven't seen her by Friday night to search the tank that she might have jamed herself in a crannie. We've searched...

Ok I've seen some bristle worms, in my tank. Some of what I"ve read say that they are good scavengers, until they get big. But how big is too big and is this even true. Couldn't get a good pic found this pic At salt-city.org posted by hotrod. But this is what I got. I know that theres at...

Ok we need to motify two filters, both are whisper 10-30i's. They need raised we know metal screws can't be used any suggestions on what can be used? My Husband wants to know if solid brass can be used becaused it doesn't rust?

Not sure on the LR but the oyster clusters did come from the Caribbean, there were a few unidentify able crabs hidiing in the clusters. Could a mantis shrimp have been hidding in one of the oyster clusters? And I havent heard any clicking but really haven't paid attention, if it's a mantis how...

I got up this morning and found my only red legged hermit dead, not a molting. his shell is no where to be seen. I've had this problem before, we had 2 then one died we thought the bigger one killed it then the larger one died and his shell dissappeared. His shell was found burried in the...

How much LR do you have and what would the shipping be to this zip code 41554?

Our tank has be up and running from July 1, 2008. We found this sight about 2 mts after we started. The starfishes are doing great, we got them in Nov of last year and they are growing good. They eat small peices of raw soaked shrimp every three days. We also have a few ornimental items in our...

Hello I got a few questions. First I got two new fish on Wensday, 2 clowns, an anemone, and a red leg hermit. At the present time the clowns seem to be doing good, hermit crab is hiding some where in there, but the anemone is causing me to worry. The guy at the pet store said that the light was...

Hi I'm back. What kind of alge is black and stringy(sorry no pics on back of live rock.) and any Idea what would eat it and/or the best way to get rid if it? Here is my stats before my water change tonight: Calcium: 440 mg/L Carbonate Hardness: 11dkh or 196.9 ppm kh Phosphate: 0...

Hello I'm back. I need help, first I have been fishless after the Velvet outbreak (10/10/08). IYO is it safe to start adding livestock back? Would a UV sterlizer be advisable? Here is my stats before my water change tonight: Calcium: 440 mg/L Carbonate Hardness: 11dkh or 196.9 ppm kh...