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He and his wife just had there 3rd child and he said he simply did not have enough time to dedicate to his tank. His tank was beautiful with tons of coral and many fish, all which looked very healthly to me. The rock has only been in there for about 12 hours now. The tank had water/sand in it...

Quick question regarding cycling a new tank. I just purchased and setup a 24 gallon Nano Cube. Filled it up about 3 days ago with Catalina Saltwater and 25 lbs. of CaribSea Agarlive Sand. I purchased 30 lbs. of live rock from a local guy who was getting out of the hobby. The rock had been...

Instant Ocean Salt, 160 gallon bucket for $31.99 at PetSmart.com. I know... shipping is exepsnise, however, your local PetSmart will match there web site price, just print out the page and present at checkout.

Before you pull the triger on that unit check out AquaFX. I believe they are a sponser of AA. I had them build me a 4 stage RODI for $125 delivered. I asked them to build me there "Baracudda" model without the pressure gauge and in-line TDS meter. I already had a hand held TDS meter and the...

I’m going to be setting up a Nano tank in about 3-4 weeks. The only hold up right now is the tank being delivered. I’m going to purchase my live rock from Premium Aquatics and was wondering if I should go with cured or uncured rock? I was thinking about ordering it now and putting it in a...

Thanks. I will order some K2SO4 from Greg Watson. Should I continue to use PhosGuard to keep my phosphate under 2, or can I just let it ride right out of the tap at 2? Will the potassium (K2SO4) clear up my alage issues?

I've been planning to add fish for almost a month now, but just have not decided on what I want, hence no fish. I change 25% of my water every Saturday and dose TMG per instructions after the water change. My phosphates were around 2 - 2.5 but I added PhosGuard to lower them to the current...

Here are the tank spec's 58 Gallons NH3/NH4: 0 NO2: 0 NO3: 15 KH: 7 GH: 6 Phospate: 1.5 PH: 6.8 Temp: 78-80 F Photo Period: 10 hours (192 watts of PC) CO2: 30-35 (Automated, Pressurized) I have green hair algae starting to grow everywhere. On my plants, rock, driftwood, tank walls...

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Here are the tank spec's 58 Gallons NH3/NH4: 0 NO2: 0 NO3: 15 KH: 7 GH: 6 Phospate: 1.5 PH: 6.8 Temp: 78-80 F Photo Period: 10 hours (192 watts of PC) CO2: 30-35 (Automated, Pressurized) I have green hair algae starting to grow everywhere. On my plants, rock, driftwood, tank walls. I also...

No jumpers in my tank so I think I'll try to go open top and see what happens. Thanks for the information... all makes perfect sense! :)

10K is fine for a planted tank. I run one 10K and one 67K in my PC right now, though I am about to change over to T5 HO in the next week or so. The 10K does have just a hint of blue but it makes the tank look crisp in my opinion. The 5K's give of a slight yellow tint (at least to me) which...

Need some help figuring this one out please… I ordered a TEK T5 fixture, which I will be hanging from the ceiling. I considered going open top on my aquarium but I am worried I’ll be out-gassing to much CO2, producing too much humidity (the tank is in my living room), and quicker evaporation...

I'd skip the canister as your diffuser and build your own. For around $15 you can build a hoftiezer style reactor and never have to worry about air locking your canister. Very easy to plumb in-line on your canister output. I know several folks are using canisters to inject CO2 with no air...

Sure do! I've been running fully automated/pressurized CO2 since day one. And I just started dosing ferts about a week ago. I am going with the TEK T5 fixture from Sunlight Supply. Each bulb has it's own reflector so I am going to get some awesome light into my tank. Thanks!

The fixture can accept 4 bulbs. Since posting this I found T5 HO 6700K and 10K bulbs over at Dr. Foster and Smith. I am considering using 2 of the GE 6500K, 1 10K and 1 Ocean White (10K with a hint of blue). It appears from everything I am reading I wont be able to run all 4 bulbs for 12...

I was hoping to find something in the 10K range. I am use to my 6700 and 10K lights right now... I really like the "white" look I am getting but can't seem to find T5 bulbs in this range.

What bulbs would you recommend in a T5 fixture on a what will soon be a pretty heavily planted tank? The only day light bulbs I seem to be able to find are 6000K or 6500K. Every other bulb seems to have blue or actinic mixed in it. I'm looking at 39 watt T5 bulbs... any suggestions? Thanks!

Thanks for the replies. I've already submitted my order to Greg Watson so I'll pick up the KH2PO4 later. I am only doing Tropica Master Grow right now. I dose this on Monday and do my water change on Saturday/Sunday. I don't really want to dose daily, or every other day so I am attempting to...