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Will a bio wheel filter out the chemicals I put into the tank? ie. Stresszyme to lower the nitrites? or Acid Regulator to lower the Ph? Will my bio wheel make those chems useless?

They're swimming around frantically, should I be concerned?>

I was at Petsmart this weekend and they had a chart there that had a suggestion of tropical fishs I can have in my tank..... Now let me describe this chart a little.... They had different size tanks with suggestions of quantity of how many fishs i can have in my 55 gallon tank of certain...

Whats the best kind? any recommendations? and how much is needed for a 55 gal tank?

I'm thinking about quitting on Saltwater and switching the tank over to Freshwater. I have about 45 lbs of liverock and still some inverts and a yellow tang in the tank.... I've posted classifieds to sell them but no one seems to want them so I guess my question is can I take the liverock out...

I've had my tank for about 7 months now, I've had problems with Nitrates before and when I've tested with my tetra test kits at one point it was at 50 mg/l. I have an Fluval 404 internal filter, a dual protein skimmer and about 55 lbs of LR in a 55 Gal tank. So I decided to bring my water in...

I recently added 25 lbs of liverock to lower my nitrates, so I was wondering how long after I add the liverock should I test the water for the nitrate level again?

I've had my tank for about 5 months now and I have 2 clowns, a Yellow tang and 1 Picasso Trigger. My nitrates have shot up to 50mg/l!!!!! this can't be good. Whats the fastest possible way to lower my nitrates? I'm guessing water change but wouldn't that throw everything else off??? ie, my...

What happens when snails fall on their backs? How do they get back up to their right side? I'm afraid that my hermit crabs will eat them and they have no line of defense.

What kind of inverts can co-exist with a trigger? I want to get some shrimps but scared the trigger will eat them. Any help?

I've noticed the water in my tank and the water at the LFS is a bit unsimiliar. I'm speaking of the water clarity and the waters sharpness. I don't have poop floating around or anything, my water is clear in that sense. But I mean how the water at the LFS is so sparkling beautiful. The guys...

Water levels are fine, Could it be lack of food? any ideas? What do they eat?

I just got a Tang and 2 true percula clowns, they tend to stay on the left side of the tank. The left side has a 1200 maxijet powerhead and a heater, the right side has a protein skimmer. Does my equiptment have anything to do with them staying on the left side? Should I put another PH on the...

I got a crab a few weeks ago and he was fine and dandy. I didn't know if I expected him to live long due to the conditions of my water. But after a while I knew he was fine, but last night, I saw that his insides were eaten from the back, he was just an empty shell, he's not a hermit crab so I...

Where in a 55 gallon tank would you position 2 maxijet 1200? a 55 gal tank ideally should have 2 right?

I've been cycling my 55 gallon tank for about 5 weeks now. My ammonia is at zero, Nitrite is at <0.3 and Ph is at 8. Here's the problem, Nitrate is still at 12.5, I know thats ok but it's not going down, it's been at 12.5 for 2 weeks now. I have a dual protein skimmer running and about 7 lbs...

i've been trying to cycle my tank for about 4 weeks now, my ammonia is at 0 and nitrite is at <0.3. Nitrate is still a little high, a little below 12.5. I've been reading all these other posts and seeing now that I cannister filter or that I don't have enough live rock. I've also read in the...

Is there a good time to start getting inverts? I'm 4 weeks into my cycle and it's not fully completed yet... but is it safe to at least get 20-25 little hermit crabs? I have live rock so I guess they can eat off of that right?

I've been cycling my tank for about 3 weeks now and I've initially started with saltwater from the lfs. as the water evaporates, should I fill the tank back up with RO/DI water? or keep going with Saltwater? Same question for water changing, if I'm doing at 25% water change and I'm pulling...

What is this Salty stuff on my tank?? I think it's from the saltwater I bought, but hows it getting out of my tank? and is there any way to prevent this? it's all over the place

How do you know if your fish are happy? or if they're sick? or if they're bored? or if they're playing or attacking?

I've been cycling for 3 days now with a shrimp, I started off with the following saltwater I bought from the LFS livesand liverock a dual protein skimmer heater to where the water is 77 degrees now and a maxijet to flow the water before I put the shrimp in, I tested the ammonia and it was at...

I bought 50lbs of dry sand and now i'm reading that I should have gotten live sand instead!!! So needless to say I'm panicing a little, I haven't put the dry sand in my tank yet, but I want to use it since I bought it already. Can my tank survive with the dry sand? or should I get maybe...

How important is a sump for a reef invironment? Can I do a reef set up with just a dual hang on skimmer? thats the only thing I have to worry about right?

Can fish and inverts tell the difference? or do they even care?