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My Dad has tried to join me in my love of aquariums and has had a 40g freshwater tank set up for 2 years. He had about (3) Gouramis, about (7) very small Tetras, and a few bottom feeders. Overstocked a bit, but I gotta say they were thriving for about 18 months. It's also a beautifully...

Since jawfish like to have a hole in sand to hang out in, and Sand-sifting Gobies like to sift through the sand......how do you QT them if your QT tank doesn't have sand in it? I haven't put any fish in my show tank yet....I'm not there yet, so I could put them in first, and if there is a...

I'm coming down the home-stretch of having my 75g FOWLR set-up ready for fish. I barely saw a cycle spike with all of the live rock (and a little live sand) in the tank. At 4 weeks I added a bunch of various types of snails and a few hermits, and they did an amazing job on the bit of obvious...

OK...I must be missing something obvious. I THOUGHT I followed the directions... * I poured water into overflow until it overflowed into the main chamber of the sump * I then added water to the main tank until the level rose to 1/4" above the teeth of the skimmer box. * I started siphoning...

Setting up my first FOWLR tank... Here's my latest dumb question... When I add my live rock and begin cycling the tank, should I add the critters (snails, crabs, etc) right away or should I wait until the tank has fully cycled?

I don't have an RO/DI unit, but I do live practically next door to a natural spring water place, so I thought I would be doing better than tap water if I filled my new 75g tank with Natural Spring Water. Now I'm reading that Spring Water can be worse than tap water. I've done nothing else so...

My LFS has SEVEN different types of Live Rock... * Tonga Branch * Kaelini * Tonga Slab * Cultured Fiji * Cured Tonga * Nano Rubble Rock * Solomon Island Is there a major difference between any of them? Is one better than another? (FWIW, I'm setting up a 75g FOWLR tank.)

I have had a Black Ghost Knife for about 6 months. He seemed incredibly healthy and happy - in fact, I just commented to my wife how much bigger he was getting ... until tonight. I just looked in the tank he shot from one side to the other, slammed into the side of the tank, and started...

Setting up my first saltwater tank (75g)... I have a Fluval 404 that I am planning to use from a freshwater tank that has been dismantled. Now I'm reading bad things about canister filters and saltwater tanks. I've read to leave all of the floss out. I've read to leave the bioballs out...

Setting up my first saltwater tank (75g)... I got 90 lbs Caribsea Aragonite Aragamax Sugar-Sized Sand (Bag labelled Oolite #00930 whatever that means). There was another size at the LFS that was a bit more corse, but I went with the smaller grains. I figured that would be best for the Jawfish...

I am buying everything I need for my first 75g saltwater tank. I already have a Fluval 404 from a freshwater tank I dismantled a while ago, so I was planning to use that and not get a sump system. I just bought a Coralife Super Skimmer 125. I heard it does a great job, and didn't stop to...

I read somewhere that Coral Banded Shrimp shouldn't be kept with other shrimp and crabs. I'd like to get one, but I'd like to also have some cleaner shrimp and hermit crabs. Is that really a problem?

Dumb Question for a newbie...All of the "How to start your saltwater tank" FAQ that I've seen on-line say that it's OK to fill your aquarium with fresh water initially and mix the salt directly in the tank since there's no fish in the tank. Buuuuuuuut, this sounds like a bad idea if I'm putting...

I'll be setting up my first 75g fish-only (with Live Rock) aquarium after years of keeping freshwater. Can anyone recommend the best/favorite tank cleaners to purchase (Shrimp, snails, etc.)? I know I shouldn't add them all at once until their sufficent algae for them to munch on. But (1) how...

Can someone give me an easy to understand procedure for cycling a tank using only Live Rock? I understand you shouldn't start with ALL of your planned LR, but how much to start?

I have kept three freshwater tanks for a number of years. I'm finally going to take the plunge into Saltwater... It will be a 75g fish-only aquarium. Tentatively (and it changes every day), this is what I intend... 1 - Regal Tang 2 - Percula Clowns 1 - Flame Angel 1 - Black Cap Gramma 3 -...

I have kept three freshwater tanks for a number of years. I'm finally going to take the plunge into Saltwater... I'll be setting up a fish-only 75 gallon aquarium. I plan on putting in live rock. What about live SAND as a substrait for a fish-only aquarium? And how about this dumb question -...

I have kept three freshwater tanks for a number of years. I'm finally going to take the plunge into Saltwater... I'll be setting up a 75 gallon aquarium. I've seen all of the varying advice in stocking an aquarium. (1/2" per gallon, 1 fish per 10 gallons, etc.) But what about crabs, shrimp...

I have kept three freshwater tanks for a number of years. I'm finally going to take the plunge into Saltwater. I've been researching for a couple months and taking notes, but no where have I seen anyone answer this very simple question... When changing the water in the tank, you should...

I have a spare tank that I was thinking of setting up again. My daughter is 4 and I thought it would be fun for her to see the fish breeding and rearing process. I've heard that both Firemouth and Convict Cichlids are very easy to breed. One site I saw for Convicts said: "Buy Convicts, Add...

Hello everyone, I was at Petco today and they had something called a "Long-Armed Prawn". By searching the internet, I gather that these are "Macrobrachium." However, I also gather that there are many types of Macrobrachium. 1) Does anyone know what kind of Macrobrachium Petco is selling...

I noticed at a LFS near me that they seem to be rigging something up to make all of the reds in the tank MUCH more promenant than under "normal" white lights. For example, the eyes in their Red-eye Tetras and their Head-and-Tail-Light Tetras were like they really had little lightbulbs inside of...

What small (3" or less) fish would you say "schools" the best? By that I mean...I know a lot of fish are considered "schooling" fish, but some clearly stick in packs more than others. For example, I know Tiger Barbs school, but a lot of times they are still off on their own. I have a 46g tank...

I have a 10 gallon aquarium that I've had set up for a little over a year. For the last few weeks I've noticed these small floating particles in the water. It almost looks like dust when the lights are on - amostly exactly like if you looked at sunlight coming through a window in a dusty room...

OK, this one has me baffled...and concerned. I have a 46g planted tank that has been established for about 2 months. Yesterday I finally started feeling good about the looks of this tank, and thought I could stop examining it like a lunatic all day long. Then tonight I noticed a huge number of...