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At the fish store they were having a sale so I bought some GSPs and a tree leather i think its called. I also added a baseball size mass of chaeto algae and a pound of live rock to fasten it to. Now when I tested my water before I got them all readings were good accept nitrate which is always...

lately I have realized that there are alot of white calcium dots on the glass of my aquarium. I did recently purchase live rock that had some calcium tube feather dusters. The dots have been growing and each start out as a spiral, at the end f this spiral there is what appears to be the head of...

I was one that was naive enough to listen to the guy at the lfs and purchase a hydrometer. After being told that I need something new finially recieved my refractometer in the mail. After calibration I found that the same water which was 1.023 according to the hydro was 1.030 according to the...

After having another "mini-cycle" my water tests have shown -Ammonia 0.0ppm -Nitrite 0.0ppm Everything appears to be healthy and I am wondering if I could possible add a cleaner shrimp, or peppermint shrimp if they are more suitable for a 10G setup. My temperature...

I bought some live rock today and was wondering if there is an acclimation process or if i can just dump it in and all the bacteria will be fine?

These are the lights that i am currently looking at(for a 10 gallon nano reef) First there is the metal halides http://www.aquatraders.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=337 Then there is the compact Fleurescents...

Do not mean to sound like a cheap-o but i think i could do alot more for my fish....so is it possible to boil or dehydrate water from water changes to get the salt. This is most likely a rediculous question, but its worth a shot.....If i were to do this wouldn't it affect the pH levels which...

I have a 10 Gallon take cycling with damsels, and was wondering is this tank large enough for any macroalgae of my choice? If it isn't too much trouble I would like to hear about the best macro(in your opinion)and what care it requires, lighting(is expensive lighting needed), water...

Today was the only chance I had to get to a petstore and get fish, so i set up my tank pretty quick. One day to be exact:confused: i am acclimating the fish on 1 day old saltwater. is there anything i can do besides add the water very slowly?? what other acclimation advice do you have?

Ive had this tank sitting in my house for almost a year..... i finially added 120 lbs of sand and began adding fresh ro/di water. now i know live rock is very expensive so i was wondering if a protien skimmer would be ok to hold a small bioload. If i get a percula clown fish or 2 would it be ok...

what can i get to connect to a 1" bulkhead...can i get it at a dept. store also i need to find a hose to connect to an Odyssea WP-5000 Water Pump. any help will be greatly appreciated

i have Ro/Di water but its not produced fast enough to keep up with exaporation ( i might need to get new filters) so can a person use tap water, evaporate it and use what is collected for an aquarium?

I turned my lights on and within three hours the temp. went from 74.4 to 76.5 how am i going to stop this rapid change in temp when i turn the lights on?

The glass on my tank is covered with dust from my sand, looks like white-brown film. The whole back side looks like it is collecting the dust into strings of hairs. What is the best way to clean up this mess?

I am very interested in saving money for my other equipment, so im thinking through the idea of not buying all live rock. In a 55 gallon tank could i have about 70 lbs base rock then as little as 5 lbs live rock? I have plenty of time for it to seed through the entire tank. Is it possible for...

Should a refugium have lighting on 24 7? if not should the lighting run with or opposite to the main tank? is this a valid question?

the powerheads i have in my tank continue to fall off the glass and make the sand blow into huge mounds. how can i keep them from slipping/falling off the glass? do i need to get new suckion cups?

Hi all Ive had quite a bit of success with freshwater aquariums, but I also had my low times. I've read alot about saltwater aquariums so I no the cost and what I'm getting into. I have my tank up and....well its up! It is about 3/4 full because I'm waiting on my live rock to get into...