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Aquarium Pharmaceuticals #175 is the filter, tall thing the water runs up through, you can change the cartridge. Seems to work, I tested the water right out of the tap this morning for the phosphate and it was off the scale - way off! Filtered water is 0. We do have a protein skimmer. The...

Thanks for the help! I have just ordered this Phosguard and will give it a try. The tap water filter says on the box "makes deionized water for aquariums with organic removal chamber and color changing ion exchange resin", so I am assuming this is DI. I have been testing the filtered water...

Our 55 gal. FO tank is 1 1/2 yrs. old. We have the wet/dry filter - nitrate is 40, nitrite 0, Ammonia 0, PH is 8.2, temp 79, Phosphate is off the chart! Over the last few months we had unexplained fish death with new fish. LFS said this is common, as water conditions degrade, old fish are...

Nitrate problem I, too, have the high nitrate problem in my 55 gal. all fish tank. I read that live rock helps (have live rock), live sand (have live sand, too). The tank has been running for one year, we change water (probably not as often as we should but we are being much more diligent...

Our tank has been up and running for about one year, everything is going great! Although, the last couple of weeks the water in the tank seems to be getting higher and water in the sump and wet/dry filter too low (55 gal.). One day I noticed the water low in the wet/dry, added half gallon or...

Bulkhead? What does this mean, bulkhead?

Profile update! How can I update my profile? Now our tank is about 7 months old.

We do have the wet/dry, protein skimmer, and live rock. Is it possible to put the plants directly into the aquarium?

Questions! I am considering getting a chiller for my 55 gallon all fish tank for the summer. Last summer temp control was a problem and I will be away for a week with a friend feeding fish. Is there one of these that is not horribly expensive and goes into the tank? I don't mind spending a...

Have had my 55 gal. for 9 or 10 months, all water is great, temp fine. I bought a couple of little condy anemones, the guy told me they would be ok with my regular light. We were going along just fine and the lunar wrasse (a constant source of aggression in the tank) started eating the pink...

Where is the anemone's mouth? Do you stick your hand down there and put the food on them? Do they catch some that is for the fish?

I just went downstairs and all three of them are waving around! They are alive! I'm so happy! These are very strange creatures. One more question, please. What do they eat. Can't believe I didn't ask the fish guy at the store. Will they get some of the frozen food the other fish eat...

Just brought home three condy anemones (the ones with the little pink tips) attached to a rock. Did everything as instructed, all levels are fine. Anemone 1 is shriveled up and pulled into the foot part with only a few time tentacles out the top. The orange base part seems to be getting...

Thanks for the article, very interesting. I have never seen anything like this in my tank. We have had it running for 6 months and I do have a goby! (they said gobies eat these things). He is doing fine. I guess I won't worry about it or buy any as long as everything is going OK.

What are these "pods"? How do you know if they are there? Can you see them? I have live rock and live sand and I have no idea if there are any of these things.

I keep reading about feeding the tangs nori. I bought some (green & brown!) and it just melted within an hour. Romaine seems to work much better but is it not as healthy? Is there some brand of nori that lasts longer and doesn't just break down in the tank in a short period of time? The...

We have had our tank since the beginning of July, so that would be almost five months. There has been considerable fish loss but mainly at the beginning. Some could have been from aggression but I just didn't know what to look for (until I was a witness to a murder!) Clown was dead this...

Our other fish are as follows: one lunar wrasse, one Cuban hogfish, one flamed back angel, one yellow tang (the suspected aggressor), one pink bar goby, and one chocolate chip star. The lunar wrasse murdered our fairy basslet. For now, the little clown is in the box. I know he can't live in...

We've only had the clown since last Sunday, only a few days. Moving the rocks around seems like a very clever idea! I was thinking he could stay in the box a few days, maybe he would heal. I don't see any bites on him but the top fins are completely gone so he must have had some trauma. I'll...

Some other fish is picking on my tomatoe clown. We previously had a murder in our tank. The fish store gave me a little box with mesh, a breeding thing, I believe, to put the fish in that was being harassed. Couldn't catch the other fish and he succumbed to his wounds. Vowed I wouldn't let...

sump? Am I running a sump? I have no idea! I have the wet/dry/trickle or whatever filter. There is part of that with water in it and a pump. When I add water to top off the tank I have started putting it in this part of the filter (hope that is O.K.). Is that the sump?

I am ready to do a partial water change. The pH has dropped a bit and I know it is time. (55 gallon tank). I will have to change a good chunk of the water since this is the first time and I have waited probably longer than I should have. Will I need to turn off the filter? If I take out...

Starfish How can you tell if he is eating??????

We got a chocolate chip starfish, doing fine so far. Guy at the fish store said he was a scavenger, would eat leftover food and stuff (stuff, what stuff?). Do we need to feed him? If so, what? And more importantly, how? Thanks!

I thought I had a flame angel, that is what they called him at the store! But mine is all dark purple with an orange streak over his face and back. Is he a flame angel too? He doesn't look at all like this one - mine is sort of Halloween looking, the purple is almost black!