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I've turned the heater up a few notches. It seems there's a subtle spectrum (73-71F) in temperature from left to right. The filter and heater are set up in the back left corner but the far right side of the tank is about 2F lower temp. How can I improve circulation without buying a bigger...

I moved 2 nights ago, and my tank is having it rough. 29g tropical, 7.8pH, 71F, with the saddest stock ever (the tank is in limbo until after the holidays/moving): 1 female betta, 1 male molly, 1 neon tetra, 1 young BN pleco. This morning, the fish are all dull, have some measure of fin rot and...

I'm upgrading to a 29g nano fowlr with 10g DIY sump and I have quite a few questions. I'm planning on buying this 300gph CPR continuous siphon overflow (Aquarium Overflow Filters: CPR Continuous Siphon Overflow) and this pump (KollerCraft Aqua Lifter: Aquarium Dosing Pump) to keep the siphon...

Hello all :) Sorry for all my questions, I am new to all this. I started a 10g with two young percs about a month ago, but my ammonia is spiking and there was a huge sale at Petsmart today. I brought home a 29g and plan to turn my 10 into a small sump for a little extra water volume. What can I...

Specs: 10g nano fowlr (planning to upgrade to a 15g with 10g sump as soon as my stand is finished), a little over a month old, stocked with two young clownfish Amm 0, trites 0, trates 40 (ugh) My tank is blood red with cyanobacteria right now. I remove some by hand but it's taken over again in...

I wouldn't particularly mind upgrading as long as the footprint of the tank isn't much bigger than ~20 x 10. The only 20g I've seen that fits the specs is an extra high. What's the smallest you would keep two clowns in, and is horizontal space necessary to the species? There's a 15 (or 20, i...

I have a 10g fowlr (no room to upgrade as I may move into a dorm room soon) that's about a month old. 15lbs high quality live rock, 0 amm and trites, 20 trates, +-1.024 SG (because I haven't quite figured out the best routine to keep it constant; Im thinking of buying an ATO system). It's...

Yeah, the bigger powerhead forces the water to pool higher and ripple violently out into the rest of the tank. I don't remember what it is but the bigger powerhead is way overrated for the size tank I have and it's pointed slightly upward, plus there's a second smaller one. I can add an air...

I haven't seen enough clownfish behavior to know what is normal, but they haven't gone back into the rockwork yet, choosing instead to stay up at the front of the tank and swim around together. The powerheads are pointed at the front glass so the current is strongest here. They also swim in...

Im hella confused... I looked at them just now and their spots are just gone! I dont know if I was mistaken or if ich blisters can disappear so quickly if conditions improve. Both fish seem to be 'playing' in the strong current right out of the powerhead but I don't know if its really a game...

I picked up my first marine fish today, two young (1.5") percula clowns. At the LFS, I couldn't see that they had ich spots on their fins until I brought them home. I saw both individuals eat flake food with vigor at the LFS and they're hovering together in the tank now, munching on passing sand...

So i checked today, and amm and trites are at 0, from .25 and .50 two days ago! I dosed some ammonia to keep it going, about a capful, and I'll test it later when it's all mixed through. How many ppm should I keep it at and how long will it take to bring the trates down? Should I go get some...

My first nano marine tank is cycling at the moment but I plan on getting peppermint shrimps (to take care of aiptasia), a snail-only CUC plus maybe one hermie because they're fun to watch. I'll eventually have fish and hardy soft corals. What elements do I need to be supplementing now or later...

There's a bivalve attached to my new live rock, maybe 3x4 inches, stained completely red with coraline. I thought he was long dead until he started moving around today. This is my first salt tank and water params are amm 2.0 ppm, nitrite .50 ppm, nitrate 20 ppm on day 3, which is stellar, but...

The rock is pre-cycled (by Live Rock and Reef) but the tank is newly set-up with no other life so die-off wont be a problem.

I just put in my gorgeous new rock. This lil dude started exploring almost as soon as the rock was in the tank. Thought he might be a nudibranch before his spines came out. Cucumber? Terrible photo, apologies. I'm talking about the golden tentacled thing here. I thought some of my hair had...

I'm new to saltwater and am setting up a 10g nano FOWLR which may someday become a reef. 10g is my maximum as I may be relocating to a dorm room next year. I've got one powerhead so far, an Aqueon 500gph. Is this enough flow, or too much? If I add corals, they will be green star polyps and...

I'm turning my tropical tank into an axolotl tank but it's full of tropical plants: water wisteria and hyacinth, anubais nana and some sort of crypt. Can these plants survive at 65-68 F? The plants are potted, on a slate bottom, so I'm not too worried about the axie uprooting them.

I have two problems :( I have two bettas in a large, covered, divided tank. One somehow managed to sneak into the other's side last night and let's just say my veiltail is now a crowntail. I've found the divider problem and fixed it, I just want to know if there's any way to ensure my injured...

I've got a heavily planted 10g with demanding water hyacinths, water wisteria, dwarf hairgrass and something else I can't remember, one of the very common, dark green, broad-leafed plants. Populated with rasboras and a dwarf gourami. The only bulb I can find that fits my hood is 15W and I'd...

I'm rearranging my 10g today and switching out the substrate, which means draining it completely. I've got a taller-than-wide 3g to put my 5 harlequin rasboras and 2 pygmy cories into while I redecorate. When I refill the tank with new tap water (treated with Prime) is it better to immediately...

I successfully introduced my betta to the 10g, which is currently stocked with 5 harlequin rasboras. He ignores them completely, but the filter is REALLY giving him a hard time. It's a Fluval 1plus with a grill intake and submerged 1/2" circular outtake. The rasboras don't seem to mind it but...

There isn't a stud in between. The brackets are mounted on the two closest studs. I'll try the wood though. The tank isn't full. If a gallon of water is 8.34lbs and the tank is only 9-9.5 gallons, it weighs between 75 and 80lbs. The 80-90 estimate was generous.

I set up a 10g, decorated mostly with plastic plants but also with 4 small wisteria and 2 water hyacinth floating atop. I'm planning on adding 5 harlequin rasboras and 3 pygmy cories, plus my betta if he tolerates the company. Is this overstocked? If the betta doesn't work out, I'll probably...

I'm completely new to forums, but I needed some advice from people who knew what they were doing. I set up a 10g today, on a stud-mounted wall shelf rated at 100lbs. I'm estimating the tank weighs between 80 and 90lbs. The brackets are holding fine but the shelf itself is bowing very slightly...