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I have reached the end of my eight week wait period to rid my tank of ich. I am getting ready to restock and will this time follow the good advice I have received have received here and utilize a QT before placing the new fish in the display tank. Now, how long do I keep fish in the QT? Will...

These little guys starting popping up all over my new rock I put in the tank, and idea what they are?

In my 60 gallon tank I have about 2 inches of sand. The sand has over time become discolored and I do not like the looks of it anymore. Can I cover this with crushed coral or should I add more sand? I question adding more sand, fearing that it will end up like what I have and become discolored...

I was just curious about what routine everyone follows for water changes. I do about 20-25% weekly on my FOWLR 65 gal. Thanks!

I live in Indiana and now that fall is upon us, I am again struggling with temp regulation for my tank. I was just wondering what others experience and what they have done to fix the problem. I was thinking of adding a second heater to the system.

I have a 65gal FOWLR tank. I had an assortment of fish 4 damsels, a foxface and powder blue tang. After the the tang had been in the tank for about a month, it developed ich and died, all of the other fish succumbed to the ich too and paraished, except for the foxface who seems to have...

I needs some advice here. I got a new copper band butterfly last Tuesday. The first tow days or so I did not see much of him, hid alot in the live rock cave I have built. He now swims around alot, and has been eating. The problem is on his left side fin is a large white spot, almost looks like...

I have just acquired a one spot foxface and a copper banded butterfly. I have been feeding my current inhabitants frozen brine shrimp, and algae sheets on occasion. Will these be sufficient for my new arrivals or should I supplement my current diet with additional treats?

Hello everyone! I thought I would share what I have learned with adding rock back into my tank. I thought that the rock I had was dead, because it had been in dry storage for several months. I cleaned it really well and placed back into my tank. I was surprised to find that my tank went through...

Can anyone tell me what this is? It is dark purple and comes off very easily.

Hello everyone. I am wanting to re-introduce rock into my tank. I had it in my tank at one time, and mistakingly thought it was causing my algae and Nitrate problems, So I removed it only to find my problems increased till I became one with water changes and proper cycling. Anyway, I now want to...

I recently purchased this skimmer to replace a worn out pro clear model. I did not get many instructions with it so I am hoping some of you have been using them and can help me out with a couple of questions. 1. The skimmer cup is extrmely hard to remove to empty. It seems to have a very tight...

Hello everyone, I hope this finds you all well. A quick question, I had a spike in my Nitrate readings. I havee been pretty steady for months around 10ppm, but in the last 7 days my readings rose to 20ppm. I did add a cleaning crew about two weeks ago with snails and crabs, could their addtion...

I just purchased a clean up crew for my 62 gal FOWLR tank. Included in this was two sea cucumbers. They have been in my tank since tuesday, one seems to be fine but the other appears sickly. Just before I put it in the tank, while still in the shippinf bag, this expelled a large orange slime...

As part of my algae fight I purchased a clean up crew that has crabs, snails , sea cucumbers and serpent stars. Here are a few pics of my new little friends and they have already done a great job!!

I was wondering what everyone use for tank circulation. Right now I have three submerged pumps in my 62 gal, but I do not seem to have the flow I need so I was think of replacing them. Just curious what else is out there in use. Thanks Jim

Hello everyone, I need to get some advice on a few things going on with my saltwater FOWLR tank. First I will give you all some specifics, it is a 63 gal tank, light is standard fluorescent light with two 65 watt "daylight" and two 65 watt Actinic bulbs. Filtration is a pro clear wet/dry sump...

Hello everyone! I need some help with deciding on a hang on tank skimmer. I have a 65 gallon FOWLR setup and I currently have a proaquatics skimmer in the sump I want to replace. I am looking for low profile and good performance. I would alos like to stay in the $200 range if i can. Thanks for...

Hello everyone! Hope you all are having a good holiday so far. A little about me, I am married and have three daughters 20, 19, & 17, and we are from Indianapolis, Indiana. I have had freshwater tanks since I was 10 yrs old. I decided a couple of years ago to try a saltwater tank. I would have...