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To make a long story as brief as possible, I'm moving soon. This means that my tank needs to make the move. Thankfully, I only have a clownfish who has been doing very well, so I'm confident he'll make the move. Even so, the stand that my tank is set up on is the one I want the tank on when I...

I have recently come upon what appear to be two little sea slugs in my salt tank. Currently, I only have a clownfish as my cats ate my royal dottyback. This is a 29 gallon, so there's not a lot of life here. A little bit of that red algae, but cutting back on feeding and lighting did a lot of...

So, how much live rock should one have per every inch of fish. I know live rock is beneficial to a tank, but I don't really know a whole heck of a lot about it, nor how much is necessary or good for fish. So far, no major problems. My fish appear to be pretty healthy. Just curious.

Is this bad for my fish? Ok, I have a 29 gallon marine tank. This is my first, so it's trial and error. I have a clownfish and a royal dottyback. There are two good sized chunks of live-rock in there. Crushed coral for substrate. Using a Cascade filter meant for 100 gallon tank. Fish appear to...

In fact, I thought for sure when I woke up this morning he would be dead. This 29 gallon tank has been established for about 3 months. There are three java ferns in it, along with a ropefish who hides in his conch shell all the time. There's also a full grown silver dollar, a juvenile silver...

When I first got it, it seemed to work relatively slow, but I liked it better than hauling barrels. Now though, it won't maintain suction unless I keep the water running. I have a 50 foot hose and two 29 gallon tanks, one just below sink level and one just above. It doesn't seem to matter either...

Well, today I had to finally suck it up and return my Oscar and Red Devils to the pet store. I had purchased them all small and they were in my 29 gallon. I intended to upgrade the tank within a couple of months so when they were bigger, they could be moved to a more appropriate tank. The...

Ok, my red devil cichlids don't seem to want to be anywhere except right beside the water heater in the tank. This baffles me since the tank temperature is between 80 and 82 most of the time with minimal fluctuation. Is it possible that these fish prefer a warmer water temp? I've had other fish...

Ok, I love my aquariums, but I feel like I"m wasting electricity with them, but I"m not sure how much electricity these things actually use. I am aware that my refrigerator is a big part of my power bill problems, and my washing machine is right behind it, but I"m curious as to how much of an...

Ok... I know everyone says you should have a heater to keep your tropical fishwater from fluctuating much, but what's the harm of the water changing 2-3 degrees between night and day, or 4-5 degrees depending on if the windows in your home are open or not? I ask, because it just baffles me...

Ok, so the pet store is selling "algae eaters" and I had $6 store credit, so I got three of them. I'm not entirely certain of what they are though. They are currently about an inch long, and I can tell they are some breed of catfish. They seem to like sucking on the glass, much like a pleco. I...

I'm planning on putting two goldfish in my new 29 gallon, but if there are interesting coolwater fish that stay a little on the small side instead of goldfish, I'd love to consider them. I have no experience with cool water, and I don't know what fish are compatible. Any recommendations?

So, I set up my 29 gallon because I was bored last night. I'm trying to set up this tank with as little cost as possible, and the power was out anyhow, so I ran to a nearby stream and got some sand. The problem? There's VERY fine particles of sand and muck, so the water is clouded like crazy...

I was curious last night (I lost power for six hours and set up my 29 gallon out of boredom... I wanted to wait for my python, but the bucket brigade helped eat up some time). Could one use sodium bicarbonate to increase the salinity of water as a cheap alternative to aquarium salt? Just a...

I just wish I knew what to do with it. I want some snails in the tank (since it's illegal to sell them in my state and I can't get them locally). Since I made the mistake of jumping into my first tank, I'm going to plan this one out a bit better. The first thing I'll be doing is making sure the...

Wow... this thing looks neat! I just saw one online, and I was thinking "That fish must be expensive." Well, it's $250... damn... The neat thing though? It only gets up to about 3 inches long, which I kinda like. I'm glad the current pleco I have CAN get huge because he's in with an oscar, but...

So, I'm looking around this Big Al's place you guys sent me to and am seeing PH meters, oxygen meters, etc. At $80 a piece, they aren't cheap, but does anyone know of any digital nitrite and nitrate meters? Those are the two things in the tank I want to keep the biggest eye on. From what I've...

Just curious, because I would kinda like some snails and a goldfish. I have read that in cooler waters, snails live longer. Thoughts?

I'm not sure if this would even work, but I know charcoal has a habit of removing odors, toxins, etc. from air and water. Are charcoal briquettes close enough where I could make a little sump and put a few into it to help absorb toxins? This isn't something I plan to do with my current tank...

My local pet store has an ok stock of fish, but they still are a bit lacking. I've looked around aquariumfish.com, and they seem to have a lot to choose from with freshwater fish, but that seems to be about it. Where's the best place to go for equipment, and what's a good site to go to for...

So, after reading an article in a fish mag about goldfish, I'm more interested in keeping them. I live in the Northeast US, and the article was about someone in PA who had a small goldfish pond and all the fish were able to survive throughout the winter. As long as the pond didn't freeze...

So, I was reading an aquarium magazine that I purchased at my local pet store, and I noticed an ad for this water changing device that hooks up to the faucet of my sink and comes with up to 50 feet of hose, plus optional extensions for doing water changes. Now, I'm rather lazy, and my life has...