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The live rock was bought from a guy I met a while ago, 100% cured and COVERED in coraline algae. His tank was completely cycled and extremely healthy. I currently have 60 pounds in a 55 gallon tank. It was out of water for maybe five seconds before going into my tank, as I transported it in...

I have a ton of tiny bubbles in there, no skimate yet though. I've got the sump at an acceptable level now, and yes I have measured it, and have had no overflow if that is what were are going for?

Thanks for the replies guys, this tank has only been set up for 2 days now. It is a 55 gallon. I will look for you when I get home for the test kit names, but I found the hardness test at my LFS, and I am sure it is not the BEST test kit ever. It is from a German company, I do remember...

Hi everyone! I just got my aquarium up and running with live rock and have been doing some tests and I would like just a little bit of advice :-) Parameters: PH: 8.2 dKH: 7.5 Sal : 1.023 Calcium: 400 Now, I think my dKH is a little bit on the low side... What do you guys think? I am...

I am using an Odyessa, and right now the sump has about 6 inches of water in it, Im going to add some more water here soon. I believe it is working, I have the water level about one inch below the cone/collection club, and I've got quite a few bubbles in the water. It wont produce foam until...

How high does the water level need to be in my sump for my protein skimmer? Im pretty sure I need to raise it, but Im not sure how to raise the water level in the sump. Lower the overflow box, raises the sump level, BUT drops the tank water level.

Thank you guys for all the help! If I turn the power off, everything stays constant. I left the pump off all night, nothing over flowed at all. Also, I did raise the over flow box a little bit, and did get the sump level to drop, however I still don't know if it is going to be extremely...

So I have a few questions! I bought an overflow box that is rated at 600GPH. I bought a pump that is rated at 540GPH. Now, my sump does not overflow, but it is half full of water, and I feel like it is a little too full. It is above the MARKED water level on the sump itself. It is...

So, I've been buying all sorts of items to prepare switching my 55 gal over to a saltwater tank and I was grazing around Craigslist and found someone local that has some very healthy looking live rock that they bought from a friend. Now, I do not have my tank up and running yet, and some of...

Ive never kept GBRs before, I had planned to increase my guppy population, and flow over into my 10 and 12 gallon aquariums that I plan to set back up here soon. Fancy Guppys have always been by far one of my favorite fish. As far as Angels, that was my original intent with this aquarium...

So, I've been on quite the break from my aquariums, I'm a double major in college, and just pretty much let my aquarium dwindle down to nothing, everyone slowly died off after about 3 or so years, and I wasn't even fully stocked in the first place! So, I decided that I would clean it up and...

Ugh...the stuff spread a little more today...even with the anti-botics...AND GUESS WHAT I SAW TODAY! ICH!! The one fish, who is not doing the best, is the one with ICH... Im going to do a combination treatment...of Salt, which is already in the tank, heat, and maracide...THe maracide will...

Thanks again An, I added them both tonight...I really hope this works...I read in the directions that mardel claims you can use these 2 antibotics with maracide...and maracide is mainly for parasites, so if worse comes to worse, I can attempt to dose with that also, but i don't like it, as it is...

Thanks again An, I bought both Maracyn 1 and 2, but I was wondering should I do a water change to remove some of the pimaflex and melaflex? I was considering doing a water change anyhow...to make sure that the water will stay good for the next 5 days of dosing here. Since im going to do a...

ahh welll...With a close look today, whatever it is...seems to be spreading...It hasn't spread MUCH at all yet...Im noticing a couple more spots... Now...maybe I can attempt to describe this better and hopefully get a better idea of what this disease could be, before I lose these fish. At...

An , thank you so much for your advice...Im heading to the pet store now to see if i can find some stuff for this nasty disease... Wish me luck! Edit: ugh...my pet stores in town SUCK! I ended up buying some pimafix, which says it treats fungus and external bacteria infections. I have had a...

Hey everyone, I just recently got 2 new female guppies from a new pet store in town, and they are both pregnant. They have these smooth looking white markes on their fins and one has a smooth mark on her back. When I first started keeping fish, I always thought this was a sign of a fungus, but...

Hey everyone...I have 2 plattys in my 10 gal tank...When I got them, one of them had a split in his fin. I think I have had them 3 or 4 weeks now...and I have treated with melafix twice and my one male fish still has a split in his fin. He seems pretty healthy now...I'm not sure what to do to...

Go with the 20 gallon high...that is by far the best idea!

Thanks Zagz, yeah I think it is the fish store, but I have no where else to go. Their guppies are always terrible as they stuff about 50 - 100 in a small 10 gal tank...so of course they suck. I really can't bring the fish back...and they were by far the healthiest I have seen in a long time...

Hey everyone... Aren't plattys supouse to be hardy ? Gah...Well I seem to be having the same problem with them as I did fancy guppies. I got 3 platies from the pet store...2 males, and 1 female. Well I should have know that was a bad combination...Pet store employees are idiots. But anyhow...

Hey everyone, I have had my tetras for a while now...they are in a 40 gallon and there are 10 of them. The only other tank mates are 3 cory cat fish. 2 Angels will be added soon. The Tetra's fins are all raggy and torn looking. They were like this from the pet store. I tried Melafix and...

Hey Steve, I believe that a breeding net will be fine. Just place the babies in the net and put the adults back in the tank. Now, I'm not sure that all 30 of these mollies are going to be able to live in this tank, it depends on the size. Feel free to ask some more questions!

Hey there...if you need some general information on aquariums and starting out... read my article : http://aquariumhelp.blogspot.com/2005/10/starting-new-aquarium.html Remember, always feel free to post here and ask as many questions as possible! Have fun getting a tank started!