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So I have this RO unit I bought online (I use it for saltwater) and I have had it for 18 months. I realise that I (aparently) should change some of the filters every 6 months? I have not changed any so far. I have worked out, however, that it would actually cost MORE to buyt all the filters...

So, my sun coral hardly ever comes out, even if I put coral / live food in there. Water params are all fine, none of the coral seems to have died yet, its just Ive only ever seen the actually polyps come out maybe 3 times in the couple of months I have had it. Anyway for it to come out more...

So, I cant get a free weekend for ages and the closest one is in a week when I am visiting relatives. I have been before and they have a number of marine fish and coral specialist retailers. My question is -- How long roughly would be the maximum time some (marine) fish or coral could spend in a...

Anyone think this is a good buy? Would love to have it on my desk in my bedroom; think it would look great! :) seems pretty cheap yet complete to and I just wondered if anyone else had heard about / bought it and could offer some feedback. Thanks :D

Everytime someone describes it to me, I have never managed to understand it very well. The current method I use for acclimation is just the standard floating in the top and gradually pouring water into the bag, but I would really like to know how to use the drip method as this seems a lot safer...

My 20g marine has had a few problems as of late, and I have just bought a refractometer to replace my swing arm hydrometer. In doing this I have discovered that the salinity levels in the tank are actually quite high - around 1.030. So my question is: How do I go about lowering the levels? I...

I have a 20gal / 90ltr marine nano. Current inhabitants are: Royal Gramma, Orange Spotted Algae Blenny, 4 Turbo Snails, 2 Red Legged Hermits, and a lot of depressed feelings. I would like to first mention that all of the fish/inverts that have died in my marine have died of unknown causes. The...

I am hoping to set up a mandarin species only tank in my room. I have heard they are tricky feeders but I would just like to know all the details. E.g. Minimum tank size, what to feed, other inhabitants (inverts mainly), and possibly any experience people have had with them. Thanks for any help :)

I came down yesterday only to find that every single one of my emerald crabs legs had called off! It's defianatley not and empty shell after molting because I can see it's little mouth flicky things moving and he is dragging himself around the tank! I feel quite sorry for him, and all my water...

I have treid EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Water changes, manually taking it off, waiting for it to go (couple of months now) but IT WILL NOT GO AWAY!!! Cut off one head and two grow back, it keeps getting stronger and stronger its making me cry. Ive had it for 10 months now and still havent put...

I currently have a very bad algae problem and have turned off the lights for 2 days to try and kill it (I have tried everything possible and its getting even worse). I have noticed that it is definatley slowing the growth and its going a much paler colour and is losing all is little stems... I...

Well. I have just had a power cut, in which the temperature of my 20gal / 90litres dropped somewhat dramatically. Down to around 15 celcius instead of 20 :(. The power cut lasted for about 17hrs... The clowns have both survived dramatically low temperatures before (about 10 celcius) for a whole...

I have 20gal nano tank with 2 Clowns and a Firefish. My dad is constantly complaining that there is not enough activity in the tank and that he never sees the Firefish. It always hides in its little hole and only comes out breifly during feeding. It has been in quite a while now (2 months) and I...

Well... I have a 13gal freshwater set up which has been set up for quite a while now since it was my first tank. I have now become bored with it as it contains the standard Zebra Danios and Guppies and such. I was wondering if there was anything creative or interesting I could do with it (as my...

I have had this 20 gal set up for around 5 & 1/2 months and have recently just got rid of a bad case of diatoms algae. However, these two different types have just popped up and I was wondering if they could be identified and helped into being cured. All tank parameters appear to be fine. I...

I added 4 red legged hermits into my 20g last night along with 6 turbo snails and 1 emerald crab. My snails and emerald all went off by this morning and are now doing fine, but my hermits did absolutly nothing. I aclimated them all the same nd my water paras are fine. 2 of the hermits moved...

Ive just started a 20g Nano tank (reef) and was wondering if anyone had some good ideas of corals for a smallish tank like this? I have hermits, snails and an emerald crab (but dont worry about him nipping at the corals, my LFS was keeping him in their coral tank and said he was fine). Thanks

Hi everyone, I was just wondering how long it took for invertabrates to start doing something? I bought 4 Hermits (Red-Legged), 6 Turbo Snails and 1 Emerald Crab And they are not doing anything yet. I'm not worrying about if they will do anything, I was just wondering how long it takes for them...

Every time I try and load a picture it says: "Upload of file failed." GRRRR! Help me...

I can never figure it out, its been like this all week (the amount of time since I put the LR in). What do you think guys?

What is this? its vvery fine stringy substance and i have it all over my tank now. Its probably nothing to worry about, I just wanted to make sure.

Not sure where to put this but I have a very bad case of diatom HELP! Tank has been cycling for around a week, all levels are fine now apart from nitrate whhich is around 15 (this is a reef tank so working to get it down to 0ppm) Here are some pics: Any help on getting rid of them will be...

Okay Ive been scanning arond the forum ID section (I find it rather interesting) and I keep hearing the word SUMP. What is it??? Loads of people say "Put that unknown mystery killer crab into your sump!" And im thinking What is it? A blender? Any help would be appreciated, and do I need one...

Hello fellow fishkeepers. I was PM'ed to write a little about myself, so here a go. I am 14 years old currently setting up a 20g marine nano tank (betta marine liespace) and hoping to gain some knowledge, answers and information to any questions i have. I have browsed this website before and i...