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Just got the 29 gallon out of the garage a few days ago and got everything cleaned up.....last time i ran into a bunch of problems with PO4 levels in my well water, leading to a whole mess of troubles with diatom blooms and uncontrolable algea growth. I dont want to invest in an RO/DI unit, and...

I dont understand the difference between RO water and RO/DI water. I want to get a RO or RO/DI unit to get phosphate out of my well water. will either work?

Well, my parents had a foods meeting for 4-H at our house and a little girl decided to throw books, fish food, and a large assortment of other things into my aquarium, and as a result ive torn the whole thing down and I am now starting over from scratch. I have the 30 gallon tank, a penguin 350...

Ive been looking at getting a protien skimmer to help me fight my constant algea battle, and dont have any idea as to what a good skimmmer for my tank size would be. I was looking at a Coralife 65 Needle wheel protien skimmer, but i know there are others out there. Would this be a good choice?

Im fed up with fighting this algea problem that has been goin on for months. Its mostly a green short hairy type that spreads over all my live rock, and the some darker black/brom diatom algea im assuming. I have had a 2x65 watt coralife fixture on there for only two months now, and that...

I have an old regent 170 (walmart brand) filter running on my 29 gallon saltwater FOWLR. Its just a HOTB regular filter, no bio wheels or extra media space. Over the past few months, I have added a coralife 2x95 watt fixture and 3 fish, and i shrimp, and i think the biological waste + new...

I have just recently changed my lighting from a standard 20 watt bulb to a 2x65 watt coralife fixture. I havent had any algea problems for a good year now, but a brown (looks like a diatom outbreak) algea is now covering everything! I also recently moved the rocks around last week, stirring up...

I recently got new lighting for my tank and want to start adding some corals within the next month. I have purple coralline algea spreadin like crazy in my tank right now, but i know corals need calcium and other supplements for their exoskeletons. What supplements should i get (i looked at...

Stocking Ideas for 29 gallon-hope to add over the next few months Corals: Xenia, Frogspawn, Toadstool Leather, Polyps, and Mushrooms. Inverts: Coral Banded of Peppermint Shrimp, possibly a condy anemone, and feather dusters. Fish: 2 clowns, firefish goby, orange spotted goby, 2 assorted...

What corals grow faster than others? I just ordered a 2x65 watt coralife system for my 29 gallon tank and im looking into what types of corals i would like to get. id like some polyps or something that can colonize and spread out as long as they grow fast, with supplements of course!

Can peppermint shrimp be kept in pairs or are they better off by themselves?

I have come down to two final lighting fixtures to choose from, the first which is "Current USA Satellite Powercompact Lights" 30" with a 1 x 65 watt strip light & a 460nm Actinic with Current’s Lunar Light...

Right now I have a 24 inch 20 watt coralife 10,000 K bulb on my marine aquarium. I have been recently adding some live rock and realize that 20 watts is not enough to support the life on them, and thus my life on the live rocks dies. I have been looking on petsolutions.com for a better bulb...

I bleached some of my tan rocks (not live rock obviously) because of the algea on them. I have done this before with my plastic plants in my tank without any effects on the organisms in the tank. I used 2 cap fulls in an icecram bucket. I have rinsed them a few times and let them dry out in...

My tank has been filled for three days now and lines left behind from the foam when i filled up the tank have been left behind. I have tried scrubing them offf w/ paper towel and rags but nothing has prevailed. I also used a dab of bleach on a rag to attempt getting off some algea during the...

Just emptied out and cleaned my 30 gallon two days ago and filled it up again today, replacing the crushed coral with aragalive reef sand. Hopefully all the bacteria are still alive and kicking to help me along! Anyways, i have one clown left from my previous setup, only two fish fatalities in...

Quick question. Do I put the live sand in after I add the water or before? I have just recently taken all the crushed coral gravel out of my tank and old water, and am starting over with one clown and hermits i have left in another small tank. Thanks for your help.

Ive been thinking about adding sand to my tank once school is over. Could i put sand on top of my crushed coral gravel? I plan on empting the tank since there are only 2 clowns in it and some crabs and cleaning it out. I also hope to add more base rock. Is it ok to use crushed coral gravel...

My firefish stays behind this one rock in my tank all day and has disbanded his usual eating habits. He kinda pulls himself along the bottom sometimes and hasnt been swimming around either for the past few days. My two clowns are fine and all water parameters are good. Is this just his time...

Im thinking about getting a penguin 350B (the newer kind) and i am wondering how much noise the bio wheel makes as far as the dripping noise from the bio wheel goes. My tank is in my bedroom and i would like it to be relatively quiet. Thanks for any info.

I want to get a different filter for my aquarium because of my recent problems with algae. Right now all i have for filteration is a Regent 170 Hang on the Back Filter, no Bio Wheel, just a carbon pad and some phosphate remover pad i put in there. Im looking into a Emporer 280 or 4000, of the...

I have had Red Slime Algae slowly spreading in my aquarium. It started as a small little spot and has now grown onto various rocks + the crushed coral gravel in the center of the tank :( PLEASE HELP me. I has put a phosphate pad in my penguin power filter and the green algae went away in a...

I just got an Emerald about a week ago and have a few questions about him. His body is about the size of a quarter and i was wondering if he will nip at any of my fish (two clowns and a firefish) or if they are mainly scavengers. Also, how big do they get? I had a green chromis in my...

Ive been having a really bad algae problem lately. I have 3 different types of algae i can see in my tank right now. #1 is a pinkish brown algae that grows all over my crushed coral gravel during the day, and then dies off over night, only to return the next day. #2 is a redish purple stringy...

My tank has been up for a little over 4 months now. First I had brown algea, then a light green, which both went away, and now some red hair like algae in my tank. The red algae isnt as bad as the previous kinds were. Is thins part of the new tank cycle still, or do i need a better light...