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Ha! It's actually my middle name, I just liked the sound of having my first and middle as my DJ name. Thanks a bunch, I am so looking forward to this to see how everything comes together. The stand alone blew me away.

Following this too, this is great!

Thank for that Kurt_Nelson! Algae, yes. A bit on the left side wall of the tank, a bit on the other, but not that much. Lol...yeah, pH is 7.8. Thanks for the feedback.

No, no, that's me kicking myself. Lol. Thanks.

Noted. I have had a ton of luck with with everything thus far, I would hate to lose the whole thing. Thanks for the feedback and kick in the arse!

I have had a 10g (practice tank) running for the last 7 months. How is it that all my levels for PH, Phosphate, Nitrate, Nitrite, Ammonia are at 0, SG within decent levels at 1.023, temp at 78.2..... WITHOUT ANY WATER CHANGES. EVER. I have 3 fish in the tank now, all getting along (and I...

Are you kidding? This is like a guide, it's great. I've picked up some great pointers, I just have no room for a sump, and I have a little one that gets into EVERYTHING.

I need to catch up on this, as I am now starting the process for my 75G SW conversion from FW. Looks to be an interesting read, right from the first page.

Even if you completely replace the white pad, you will be fine for bacteria. Just the fact that it is slowly your water flow tells me it should be changed. I would be more worried if you told me that you did a MAJOR (50%) water change replaced the white pad and totally cleaned off the bio-balls...

Well yeah, that makes sense. The water flow from tank enters intake on filter, it will hit the white pad first and traps any type of solid, as it passes down in the cannister you should see less and less of it. I will check mine when I get home in a couple of hours. I am due, I usually check...

What order do you run each stage of filtration? In my opinion, there would be more than enough beneficial bacteria trapped even if you partially rinsed off the bio-balls and the blue sponge sections.

FEAR. Due to lack of knowledge. Have always kept freshwater tanks, but ALWAYS admired the colour and beauty of a SW setup. I am older know, I do think of myself as wiser, and the decisions are a little slower to pass. I currently have a 75G FW that I am extremely happy with. Heck, I even...

Thanks for the input. I am reading through this thread, some awesome info. Big Al's here in Canada (and I am sure in the States as well) had a sale on a 2G, (check link) on sale for $59.99 CDN about 2 months ago. This was up and running fine until my losses. You're tempting me ryshark, I...

Fair enough. Interesting. For the life of me, I can't remember what type they were. I know they were cichlids, very tough as they survived until I had to give them away.

Well put! I have stood back for years and watched people around me with salt setups with great success. With that said, I have known people to lose hundreds in one night. Arm yourself with knowledge. Just read, read, read. I just got into salt myself. Started with a small 2G setup and suffered...

May I ask why? I had an experience with cycling with fish, it worked for me. I held on to the fish until I took apart the tank and then gave all the fish away.

I think he said after a few days it went to 10ppm. Right. My take on this, and from experience. I am sure those readings will read higher as days pass. This happened to me once. I would guess if the water conditions are not good from tank A, and you transfer that condition to tank B, tank B...

Sounds like you moved a water condition from an 'established' tank to your 55g.

You guys are seasoned vets. I ended up siphoning the perfect sized rock and it WAS lodged in the "T". Thanks guys, all is golden once again.

Love this thing, but for some reason it is taking fooooooorever to drain water OUT of my tank. I have my water pressure set to full and the water leaving the tank is slow to leave the tank. It's not even siphoning some of the crap I am also trying to remove. Any suggestions or feedback would...

I have the Eheim 2026 Pro II. When I want to clean mine, I actually replace the white media, wash out the blue, but not too much, and rinse off the bio balls, just not that much. Sounds like a real ghetto way of doing it, but check my pics of my tank and you will see there is a method to my...

Enjoy! Still a work in progress, but I am happy with it right now.

Every setup I have seen, and limited to store scenarios, no other fish in the tank except the Flowerhorn. You might have better luck bringing the fish up around the same age (so when very young), unless one species grows at a faster rate than another.

Totally. My own experiences tell a different story. I have one SA that runs the tank and a Sunshine Peacock coming in a close second in command. It's very odd.