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Gang, I'm sure this is a dumb question, but I have to ask. I am setting up my first "sump style " tank this weekend, checking all the parts and equipment, and I'm familiar with my current HOB-1 skimmer with collection cup that I pull off and pour down the drain. My new skimmer, Bubble magus...

Gang I'm in need advice and opinions, First off, I'm a FW noob. My history is with salt water , many many years with salt tanks. I set up my daughter a tank a few hours ago, just went to look at it and all the fish are dead on the bottom of the tank, or stuck in the fake grass ornaments. Here...

Hi gang, here is the deal, 24 Aquapod reef only, year old now. No problems at all for last year, floods in Georgia soaked my carpet in my basement , used Oust odor control down there, where I keep my new water vat ready for the PWC's. After using the oust down there I rinsed the vat and discard...

Hi Gang, I have an 18 gallon tote I fill with 15 gallons of RO water to keep salt water at the ready. I have a powerhead laying on the bottom as well as a heater. I am getting a light brown algae like slime on the walls of the tote. The lid stays on and the room is dark/dim most of the time in...

Hi, I bought this piece of rock because it had lots of color on it, I ended up with 2 dusters, and some other cool stuff that popped up months later. Now I have been watching for several weeks,maybe a month or more.Something is growing off the rock. It is light grey colored, transparrent...

Just wondering who uses an airstone in their SW FOLR, or REEF tank and why? I do not have a protein skimmer on any of my tanks, just wondering about the use of an corner or rear compartment airstone. Thanks,

Hi gang, This is a pic from my wife's aquapod, recently set up w/ no inhabitants. We have lots of green growing, some is leafey and some is fine and feathery. the pic shows both. I am running lights ( PC 64watt) 9 hours a day. PO4 got kinda high during the dead shrimp cycle, used PO4 remover pad...

Hi gang, My wifes aquapod 24 has cycled ( we think). 24#cured LR 1.5" oolite dry sand LR rubble in rear floss added every few days PH 8.3 ammonia 0 nitrites 0 nitrates 3-4 SG 1.023 PO4 - working that down, little high right now. Is it time to remove the dead shrimp, it is still whole in a mesh...

HI all, I am finding it impossible to keep ammonia below .25 in my QT tank, have all the fish from a 37 in a 10 for Ich treatment. 30 % daily PWC still wont keep up, wondered if I could toss in an ammonia pad ( into power filter) nightly with the PWC to help out. Any concerns with using one...

Hi again, I have the $41 dollar model from Dr. F/S , should be the same as any though. When I look through the eye piece I will sometimes see a very thin white line just a hair above the bottom of the blue area. I believe it is more noticeable when there is more water on the plate. Usually when...

Hi Guys, I am in the middle of a hyposalinity treatment for Ich, and just received my new Refratcometer today, it is WAY DIFFERENT from the cheap plastic float needle, my SG has been almost .004 more than I thought all along. I calibrated with RO water being I have nothing else to calibrate...

Hey , Gotta outbreak of Ich starting in my 37 gal.? Only added snails and crabs lately, not sure if my month old Flame brought it in, but I have white spots on my Flame, and a Cardinal and a chromis. I have read my eyeballs out and believe I have the best method for me to treat. I am...

Hi gang, on my 37 gal , 45# LR, 20 # sand: May have lost emerald crab today, don't think it molted, appears to be the whole crab. Making sure I didn't kill him, So, Water tests:PH 8.2, SG 1.024( adj for temp), Amonia 0. Nitrites 0, Nitrates 10, alkalinity at 3.0 (and was the last time also)...

Hey, Yet another un-identified thing in my 3gal. yellow green in color, 1/2 inch long, cruising pretty quick across the glass, lots of tentacles, looks like thread. See pic, if he must die please tell me quick, as he is in plain view at the moment. thanks as always.

Hi, Just wondering if you all add the marine buffer to your 5 gal jugs ( reccomended amount for 5 gal) when you add the salt and store until needed, OR do PWC and then measure correct dosage to raise PH using total tank volume and add to tank directly. It would make since to store it already...

I have one snail and 2 emerald crabs from months ago in my FOLR 37, just now converted to sand bottom and I know I need a sand sifting cleaning crew, but there is very little algae on the LR, none on the sand yet, when do I add the bottom cleaning crabs? And ,looking at online sites it says I...

Hi, Just wondering if I can put a fire shrimp and other shrimps together? Not sure what else at this time but trying to figure out if different shrimps can go together, is there any shrimps that don't play well with others of different species.

Here is a hitch hiker I found in my 3gal Pico. Moves around at a pace of maybe 1 inch per 10 seconds. Looks like it is soft and fuzzy on its belly with a cap over part of its body. All total size is about 3/4 inch , not including the 1" or so antennas out the front.He is purple in the back, pink...

Hi Gang, First off I listened to you all when I set up this tank and found AA, but it was too late. I quickly realized I made a big mistake with going with UG filter from the start:nono:. Also, if you are reading this while gathering info on UG filters and are considering using one in a salt...

Hi, this just grew out of a piece of frag rock w/ a zoa. any idea what it is called. It is tan colored, 1/2 inch across, round and now has a stalk about 3/4 inch high. It has moved on it's own, and the stalk sort of looks like that of my xenia. thanks,

I opened up my Aquapod and turned on the lights and I noticed that the dual compact florescent lights don't actually burn bright on both sides. The blue actinic doesn't seem to light at all on one side, and the daylight bulb only one side is real bright, the other is about 1/2 as bright if that...

Hi, I have been planning out a Aquapod build to help my wife get off on the right foot ( what she wanted for x-mas). Here is what I have decided to do, anything look wrong or anything we're missing that is a must have. Current Aquapod24 w/ PC lighting- already bought( i considered MH,not this...

Thanks for the response on what kind of sand, Deciding how much to buy I need to know depth of sand bed. 1" adequate? or somewhere between 1 and 2? Sorry I'm ignorant to sand bottom tanks:-? Thanks,

Hey gang, I'm getting closer to converting a 37 gal gravel bottom to a sand bottom, have most of what I need except for the sand. Also in the middle of a 24 Aquapod build, and plan to do larger tank in the future that may have sand sifter blennies.I am a bit confused about grain size and such...

Hi all, Yes, its is me again asking for help with a 24 AP build. I will plan this one out and use your advice to help make it a success. I wish I had done it this way on my last aquarium. Here is what i have. One Aquapod 24 with PC lights. tank is for my wife, she will want to have some soft...