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Moving the top layer (first 1") typically doesn't disturb much but you still want to avoid moving it around too much since it disturbs your bacterial base. Pouring 1-2 gal of water into the tank for top off should not disturb your sand if you do it slowly. You should top off every 2-3 days at...

Sand shouldn't be moving to the point of cloudiness with pwc even if it's fine sand, pour slower ;) What % are you doing pwc at? Was it a brand of sand you got from a lfs/online designed for SW like CaribSea or was it sand you got from a hardware store? It should settle down completely...

Why did you stir it up each time it settled? No reason to do that, the fine particles should settle to the bottom eventually and you shouldn't get a dust cloud with minor movement. How large of a tank is it? How many inches of sand? Is it fine or coarse sand? You will need more water...

Looking good :thumb:

Your lr is going to have die-off regardless of your SG reading but 1.023 is fine. Are you using your lr to cycle the tank?

Any temp around 75-82 is fine as long as it's stable. If you have a floating hydrometer then IME they are more reliable then the swing arm type. The swing arm hydrometers are easily dropped/bumped and can easily give inaccurate results. The floating type can also be off but typically will...

I assume what she meant was it was at 7.0 or "neutral", if she didn't get any reading and it was truly "non existent" then the kit was bad. A good PH test is always going to produce some sort of color regardless if it's more acidic or alkaline. Tap water is typically around 7.0 and while it's...

I assume you are talking about this post Problem is you disabled BBcode in that post and quotes are part of BBcode so once you enable it again it will work again ;)

My CBS hasn't killed anything and I've had it about 1 1/2 years now and it's huge. Only warning I have ever read about CBS was on www.melevsreef.com but still didn't mention the ones you did. They do get fairly large when full grown and if not properly fed I can imagine it might go after...

Welcome to AA :D Need more info: How large is your tank, how long has it been setup, what is the other stock in the tank, was the tank cycled, how large is the puffer, what/how much/how often are you feeding it, & lastly what is your current ph/sg/temp/nh3/no2/no3?

Instructions are on the site (at the bottom) But to answer your question you need to dechlorinate using Prime™or Safe™to remove any chlorine (from the bleach). Once it's soaked over night in a dechlorinator rinse again and it's safe to use. I keep extra bags on hand and use them when it's...

Your stock produces nh3 (from waste) which converts to no3 so even if you didn't add any food or have any fish die no3 still accumulates constantly. Left over food that your stock doesn't eat is also an nh3 source which converts to no3. That's why it's critical to only feed what they will...

They do come in yellow. Did it match any of these?

Never heard of it either. More then likely the lfs got the name/species wrong. A photo would help but was it a Dispar Anthias also known as the Peach Fairy Basslet? Also could be Chromis insolata or the sunshine fish.

Agree the ph/sg was probably off or you didn't let your water mix long enough. What percentage of water did you change out? Also how did you acclimate your shrimp and for how long?