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  1. toughguy1

    Changing from Salt water to Brackish

    Hi, I currently have a 75 gal. SW tank with a wet dry filter and and protein skimmer. I originally had a zebra lion, a yellow tang, a clown, and a blue devil in there. Unfortunately, I let the PH get a little low and lost the lion and the tang. I had had the tang for over 3 years. Anyhow, I...
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    3 choices on a new SW fish tank

    It's been a while, but I have sold my SA Cichlid tank and decided to go back to SW. I have (3) choices that I am interested in and need advice. I understand there are a lot of opinions out there and will be willing to hear the positive and negative. First, I have just sold my 55 SA Cichlid...
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    Should I add a red tiger?

    I currently have an African Cichlid 55 gal. tank. I do understand that you should generally not mix Africans and S. Americans. However, my fish are big. I am not totally good with the names so please excuse. I have a very large (5-6 inch) African which is blue/green near the head, and kind...
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    Black Moore gets white film in 2 hours and dies

    Hi, I am a pretty experienced aquarist - I had a successful salt water aquarium for 3 years and have about 10 years experience with fresh water. I read a lot of AA, but for what happened yesterday, I am baffled. I have a 2.5 gallon tank in my office. It has a filter, biowheel, bubbler, and has...
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    What to do AFTER and ich attach

    It all started after I came back from a weekend vacation. Ich had taken a strong foothold while I was gone. I have a 55 with 2 large HOB's and a protein skimmer. The fish were a smaller V. Lion, a volintine Puffer, a damsel, and a tomato clown. In addition I have a spiny star fish, an...
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    Antennata or Zebra??

    Hi. It's been a while since my last post, but I wanted to ask which lion fish ya'll thought I should get. I have a 55 gal., fish only tank with the following fish: 3" spiny box puffer 2" yellow tail damsel 2.5" Valentini puffer 3.5" Fox face 3" tomato clown medium sized atlantic anemone I...
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    Moving from 20 gal to 55 gal with cycling questions

    I have a 20 gal with 17 inches of fish in it, so I have purchased a used 55 gal tank. I thoroughly cleaned the new tank and filter with liquid dish soap and water, and thoroughly rinsed and wiped down. I rinsed my rocks and added them with declorinated water on 2/11/06. I put in a rinsed new...
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    20 Gal FW, first tank - going well

    Cycle is complete - levels are great. I had problems with temperature because I only had a 75watt heater. After I added another 50 watt heater and a digital thermometer, all problems were solved. I already want to upgrade, but maybe next year. Still reading and learning...
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    Crawfish

    I currently have 16-17 inches of fish in my 20 gal tank. Therefore, I don't have long until I need to get a bigger tank. My cousin said he would give me a real deal on a 70 gal. Anyhow, I was thinking about getting a crawfish (some people call them freshwater lobsters). Will that be...
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    Tank heater problem

    I have a 20 gal FW with a new 75 watt Top Fin heater. I am concerned that maybe I don't have enough wattage. I want to keep my tank at 78 due to having a tropical angel in the tank. I have adjusted the heater to where by the end of the day, it will acheive about 78.5 per my digital...
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    6 week old 20gal. - test strips indicate high nitrite

    I have done a lot of reading and I wanted to get feedback on my chemical levels and next course of action. I used the "quick dip 5-test strip test" to get the following data (I am recalling from memory): pH was 7.2, Nitrate was approaching alarm (40?), Nitrite was dangerous level (10), Hardness...
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    Please advise on small shark tank

    After a lot of AA advice, I recently decided to use my 20 gal for a Freshwater tank. I love it, but I still want to do a larger SW tank some day. I thought it would be real neat to do a single shark or something. What is the smallest species and smallest tank I could get away with? I would...
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    Beginner has baby Mollies by accident

    Hi, I had a good discussion in Saltwater General Discussion about whether to start a SW or FW tank with my 20 gallon, see: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=29951 Anyhow, I decided on a FW, and I am currently cycling my tank with (2) mollies and a suckerfish (Placo?). The...
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    Beginner considers 20 Gal. saltwater tank

    I am a beginner and new to the site, but I have done a lot of research on salt water tanks. Of the 5 experts I have talked to, 2 of them do not recommend using a 20 gallon tank for saltwater. Before you comment, I can say that I am very scientific and diligent in terms of testing and...
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