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Hey folks, after dismantling my saltwater tank for a move I'm getting ready to start it up again as a cichlid tank. It's a 46 gallon bowfront. I'm planning on black substrate (if I can find it), rocks, driftwood and fake plants. I have my heart set on at least one Jack Dempsey. Other than that...

The fan in my PC lights is shot for the second time, so I put the original NO light fixture back on the tank. I have no coral. Tank is a FOWLR. I'm just wondering how the NO lights may affect algae growth. I just spent Sunday scrubbing all the massive amounts of hair algae off of my live rock...

Hey guys, I'm getting fed up with my 46 gallon, the hair algae just has me totally bummed and I'm sick and tired of battling it. I've tried everything, RO water, new pc bulbs, phosphate sponges, hermits, snails, less feeding, less light, carbon, no carbon, canister filter, no canister filter...

One of the quick connecters on my RO unit broke, and I need a replacement fast. Does Home Depot carry something like that? Any other suggestions?

I use 5 gallon buckets to make saltwater, for topoffs, and for water changes. I've been using the same two buckets since I started the tank a year ago. I never use the buckets for anything else, and I never clean them with soap. Recently, I noticed a very strong odor in both buckets, smells like...

Is Chemi-clean the same thing as Red Slime remover? Just wondering. :?:

After my canister filter leaking incident on Christmas day, I have totally removed it. The only thing that really concerns me is that I'm not running carbon, I was running it 24/7 before. Thoughts? Also, any thoughts on getting rid of hair algae? I thought the Blenny would help, but he's not...

So we came bounding down the stairs Christmas morning, all excited to see what Santa brought, when I took a glance at the tank...holy s**t! The water is like 4 inches below where it was when we went to bed! I did a water change and cleaned the filter the day before, and it seems that the...

Hey folks, just wondering if anyone has suggestions on where to buy bulbs for a CSL hood? I think it's 2x96 watt, 36 inches. Time to replace, hopefully it will help with my cyano problems. :cry: I also need replacement RO filters, so it would be nice if the place sells both... Thanks!

Slow day at work, so I thought I would post a little advice for the newbies, from a newbie. No I don't work here. I started my tank in January. I had run a freshwater tank before, but I had never done saltwater. So far so good, other than some cyano problems things are going well. Like me...

Hi all, My tank's been up and running for about three months now. I have gone through the brown algae stage, it's pretty much gone. Now, I have some green hairlike algae on some areas of the LR which I don't mind at all, it actually looks cool. I've got some macro in there, and I am starting to...

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Hi all. My tank's running well thanks to all your help. This past Friday I added two true Percula clowns and they seem to be doing just fine. I would love some opinions on this list of possible future additions to the tank. I am well aware that I cannot put ALL this stuff in the tank, this is...

Ok, this is probably a dumb question. I have nothing in my tank except for sand, LR, 3 turbo snails and 5 other snails (nassarius?). I've noticed what can best be described as "snail doody". :wink: What's the best way to get rid of that? Do I have to siphon it out or is there another creature...

Just got a 36" CSL PC w/moonlight fixture, and it's really cool... I've noticed the fan only comes on with one of the switches. Is this normal? And does it matter which bulb goes where?

Hey guys, works a little slow today so I'm whipping up a chart to use in a binder for keeping track of tank maintenance. What things do you test for? I know the chart will have spaces for The Date Ammonia Nitrite Nitrate PH Salinity General Comments Anything else you guys might add? Thanks!

Hi everyone, Since I'm heading to Home Depot for some tubing, I thought I would ask this question. What accessories do you suggest for your tank? I don't mean stuff you would get from your LFS. I mean stuff like: 5 Gallon Buckets for water changes Turkey Baster for blowing sand off of LR...

Did some surfing and found a message board that said this company bought out CSL. Looks like the same products, anybody know anything about this? I'm interested in a 36" moonlight hood, but I'm leary... http://www.current-usa.com/

Hi folks, I have a 46 gallon up and running with 20 lbs LR and 20 lbs base rock. No fish yet. For lighting I just have a standard aquarium hood with one 20 watt bulb. I also am using another standard hood off of a 20 gallon tank with a 20 watt bulb. I plan on upgrading lighting at some point...

Hi there folks, Forgive me if you've read my previous posts, this one is similar. My tank (46 gallon bowfront) is up and running with 100 lbs of Old Castle sand, 20 lbs of LR and 20 lbs of base rock. Anytime I touch anything the sand storms up the tank. I'm just wondering if I can do anything...

Hi all, Lots of questions about a brand new 46 gallon tank. I got the salinity and temp to the correct levels, and I put 100 lbs of Old Castle playsand, of course it became very cloudy and foamy. After maybe 4 days it cleared up a bit, and I bought 20lbs of cured Live rock to cycle with. When...

Hi guys, Be kind I'm new to all of this. I'm getting started setting up my tank, and I am seriously considering getting live rock and using it to cycle. My question is can I just use a standard "perfecto" type aquarium hood for live rock? This is a brand new tank with a glass top and single...

New setup, I'm taking things slow and I have a few questions. I have my new tank set up. (http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=14947) I set up the filters and filled the tank with water. It is now a completely empty tank with only fresh water in it. The Fluval 304 is running fine. The...

Hi, Santa was very good to me this year and hooked me up with a saltwater setup. I'm a veteran freshwater guy who is about to dive into the saltwater realm, and I'd just like some comments/suggestions on my setup. 46 gallon bowfront tank with stand Glass top Standard lighting unit on top of...