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OK , I admit it, I know nothing about sw tanks........ I have a 210g sw tank almost by accident. Don't get me wrong, I love it but am still truly baffled by a bit of stuff. I AM amazed at how much easier it IS as opposed to how it LOOKS on paper. Now . So far it is FOWLR as I don't have lights...

I am setting up a 210g and don't have a protein skimmer yet. When I went to buy the heater it was pretty expensive for that size tank so my "fish guy" LOL, said put it in the 50g sump instead and only heat that. It works great as I'm sure all you experienced people know and saved me a lot of...

sorry about the title LOL I have just set up a 210g SW tank with a 50g sump. I would like to shut the pump off during feeding but it thumps like crazy for a fair amount of time as soon as I unplug it. My sump tank has double lined walls but I still worry it will break it and it has to scare...

I'm about to purchase a 210 gal tank that is "reef ready". The guy is giving me the tank, Sump, glass lid and sand substrate. (At one time it had a nice looking reef in it if it's the same tank I saw pics of. ) Now then, I think I understand what "reef ready" means but I have a few more...

I am relatively new to aquarium keeping. I just started a few months ago and now have 3 tanks up and running. I have a betta who was in really bad water conditions when I got him 2 weeks ago. He ended up getting ich. He lives in a 4.5 gal tank and treatment was going great , he even started...

Okay , this is weird but I just noticed my moms betta twitches when he swims. I was watching him and he was swimming leisurely back and forth but would twitch his head , (as if he was looking at me saying, "What?" ) He's perfectly healthy but do bettas do this or does he have some kind of...

I purchased what my LFS called a "russian moss ball" about a week ago. ( the web sites I've found call it a japanese moss ball, looks the same to me.) I bought it because I think it looks awesome but my 2 algea eaters, who were very small, seem to have grown a great deal pretty fast. I've had...

mickey mouse platy has turned white with irritated gills, my "fat " platy is not so fat and also has irritated looking gills. My algea eaters are also in a frenzy! I have added about 3 new plants to a 14 day old cycled tank, I was forced to do a 100% change on everything and everybody before...

java fern has hair algea? It's an ADF tank, very low light, it is near a window but not in direct sun for more than 1/2 hour a day. moderately planted, just starting with 2 small ones. tank size is 5.5gal for 2 adf's 2/3 full of water. about 6-8' deep (water level). Cannot get Algea fix in...

I see different pics on here every so often and the tanks have a nice soft looking green coating on their rocks or driftwood. What is it? Is it a moss you grow or does it just come from no algea eaters or what? 8O

I'm writing on behalf of Aggie today. She has a 10 gal. with a small black moor and a shubunkin? goldfish. These guys make such a mess together, they are poop machines LOL. Anyway she doesn't want to just flush them, they are her first fish, what else can you do with them? She would like to go...

Hi I bought these two mickey mouse platy's a few weeks ago and they seem pretty fat through the stomach area. Is this normal? At first I thought they may be pregnant as both are females but it has since passed the time they should have gave birth. Do they just build up eggs on a continuing...

HELP.. :x I am totally irate! I purchased this nice piece of java fern and paid way too much for some lovely driftwood to attach it to and there is NO WAY I can keep it all sitting on the bottom of my tank. Does anyone have any suggestions here before I go crazy? I have tried fishing weights...

My two glass fish will only eat bloodworms. I bought 2 ADF's recently, (different tank) and gave my glass fish and platy's some bloodworms to try. Now my glass fish will eat only bloodworms, are they missing any major nutrients or anything or is it "ok" if they will only eat one thing?

Hi, I have bought aquarium sand that's blue for my 10 gal, it looks great but now I want "beach" colored sand for a smaller tank. I am unable to find the color I want but purchased beach sand for my grandkids sand box that is the right color. I have now been boiling some of it for about 5 hours...

Ammonia: 0 Ammonia tester used (salicylate or Nessler-reagent based?): nutrafin Nitrite: ? Nitrate: off the chart Are you testing with dipsticks?: no pH:7.5 KH:? Temperature: 74 Heater: y Aeration: y Water change amount/frequency: 2 days ago 20 % Tank size/how long in operation: 10...

I'm a newbie and am curious as to what colour poop my black moor should have? At the moment it's an off-white colour, kinda long and stringy like. Thanks.

My Beta, Simon, is attacking the background.Everytime I put a background on, he swims right to it and attacks it and keeps on doing it until I finally relent and take it off. Is this normal behaviour for them? I really like the background but Simon stays mad for hours and I don't want to upset...