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Anyone use it? Two days ago I loaded my tank with Sand (Agrag Alive), LR (about 10 pounds - 20 gal tank...I KNOW I need more LR, but this is what I got) and salt water from the tank that my Tang and Clownfish came from. I put in a package of Bio-Spira and the fish. My nitrites are at .25, my...

Hey guys. Cleaned out the old 20 gallon FW tank and decided to make a SW with LR and fish. I went to the lfs and he loaded me up on the sand ( agrag alive sand, 40 pounds) also bought some Live rock (about 4 pounds of it) and some other coral rock that wasnt live. Ended up gettng water from...

All of a sudden, I have a weird smell coming from my tank and the water is cloudy. What could be causing this and what can I do about it? Should I empty the tank, clean it, and readd everything to it? I need to move the tank upstairs anyway, and this would be a good time to do so. Any thoughts?

I am seriously ready to just give up. I have been doing this cycle for exactly ONE MONTH today. My ammonia is at 0, but my nitrites are at 0.8 and I have absolutely the SAME amount of nitrates as I have had for over two weeks. They wont go up, but the nitrites go up DAILY! Water changes have...

Its been two weeks now and my nitrites in my tank are not falling at ALL! They have been at 1.6 mg/l for over two weeks with no sign of falling. There are nitrates in the tank as they register at about 12.5 so i know they are there. This cycle is going on 6 weeks now and I dont see a sign of...

In my tank, I see these tiny white things that look like bubbles, but they never burst. They are really tiny and float to the top and stay on the surface of the water until the Penguin catches them and sends them flying in a downward spiral...only to float back to the top. What are these...

Hey guys...today, I look at my tanks bottom and see a lot of trash there that needed to be taken out (poop, old food, etc)...so, I proceed to vacuum this crap up and do a danged good job of it, if I must say so. The bottom looks clean, the water is clean with nothing floating around etc...I...

Can I use TWO filters on my tank or would it be best to just replace my old one? Im currently cycling and dont want to get rid of the filter in the old one because of the bacteria that is growing and maturing there. Can I just pull the filter media out of the filter and put it in the back of...

OK, guys...Im getting just a bit worried with this tank cycle! Today I woke up to some MAJOR league cloudy water so I test to see if maybe its a bacteria bloom thinking some good bacteria may be starting to get in my tank...I check the nitrates, and they are around 12.5, so there is some...

Jesus...I was doing a 50% water change just now and had the water level way down...I thought I smelled something burning, but paid no attention to it. Well, I start filling the tank back up and hear this loud "POP" and my heater had busted! Glass everywhere...exposed electrical stuff to the...

Or is he telling me the truth? I have read on here and numerous other forums to change water at least weekly when you are doing a FISH cycle. This guy tells me that I should NEVER change the water during a cycle because the water holds the bacteria. I thought the filter held most of the...

I put some lace stone in my tank yesterday it looks awesome. I happened to look real close today and there was kind of a fuzz on top of one of the stones..kinda like when you leave something in the refrigerator too long? Not sure what this is. Its just a white, transparent fuzzy looking...

I have two yellow labs in my tank along with a Brichardia (sp)...one of the yellow labs pretty much stays in one spot all of the time now for the past day or so. He just sits there and treads water just above one of the fake rocks in my tank. Sometimes he moves to a different part of the tank...

Im posting this in the proper forum..sorry for posting it here.

My KH value in my tank is at 17. This is way above what the recommended value of 3-10 is supposed to be. The PH is at 8 and the GH is at 16. What do I need to do get these levels down? I need to do something pretty soon, I would think!

I ahve been reading a lot lately about water movement and how imperitive it is for the tanks. I was looking at Big Al's site and came across this - http://www.bigalsonline.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=27183;category_id=2281;pcid1=;pcid2= Im wondering if that is all Ill need to use for my...

OK, I am now cycling my tank and have fake plants, a fake rock with a cave in it and a fake pipe that the fish LOVE! My question is this - can I take all of that out and put in stone like the kind of stone that stone masons use on houses and chimneys (My Brother in Law is a stone mason so I can...

My ammonia level is zero and my nitrites are starting to come down. I am following earlier advice to wait until they are consistently at 0 before I add anymore fish (I have 3 in there right now)...my question is, barring finding some gravel or a filter from an already established tank, is there...

I have the tank for about a week and a half now and have seen ammonia build up slowly but not nitrates. Tonight, I checked the levels and the ammonia was at 1.5 mg/l and the nitrites have started to show up as I am reading it now at about 0.3 mg/l. Is this about right for the time Ive had it...

I had to do it...I went and bought 3 fish for my tank today figuring I would do a fish cycle in it. I have placed two yellow labs and one brichardi in there. The temps were right and I checked the PH before putting them in and it was 8.0...Also added to the water before I put the fish in...

As some of you may know, I just got my tank today and set it up. The heater that came with it (100 watt) doesnt look like its doing anything. The light is on, but I have it jacked up to heat it to like 89 degrees. If I turn it down to 72-75 the light never comes on like it isnt doing...

Hey guys...I was kind of torn between SW and FW for a few days and decided to start out with FW. I am going out today to get a tank (probably a kit) and was wondering if there is anything I need to get besides the kit? I wont get any fish yet to let the tank cycle itself first, or should I get...

OK, I guess this is a good a place as any to post this...I am new to this but have always wanted an aquarium with tropical fish and maybe some cool looking coral...where can I learn what to do and more importantly, what NOT to do in setting up a tank? Can anyone offer me some advice on tanks...