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I have a question about a clean up crew. I have had my tank up for a month and have two blue/green chromis that I put in a week ago. When would it be ok to put a clean up crew in? Also suggestions on type and number of clean up crew for a 20gal tank with live rock and sand?

Ok I'm kinda at a loss. I've had my 20g cycling for two weeks. I just checked my levels and it's saying Ph-7.8 Am-0 Nitrites-0 Nitrates-10 All of these are done with the API test. I have 20lbs live rock and 20lbs live sand in my tank. Is it possible to cycle that fast? If so how do I do the...

Hey everyone. I'm new to saltwater and wanted to start a topic so I could get everyone's input. My plan was to do a fish only tank, but after seeing everyone's tanks with coral I think that's what I want to do. I started a 20 gal tank around 3 days ago. I have 20 lbs live rock and 20 lbs live...

Ok I'm completely confused with my fishless cycle. My 55 gal tank has been running for almost four weeks now and I just checked my levels. My Ph is 7.4, ammonia is 4.0, Nitrites 0, nitrates 0-5.0. The part that has me confused is I had Nitrites last week and my ammonia went down to 1. I redosed...

When should I start seeing the ammonia start to drop during a fishless cycle? I have a 55 gal that has been running for approximately two weeks and the ammonia hasn't dropped at all yet.

Hi everyone, I'm having trouble with my fishless cycle. I've had my 55 ga tank running for almost two weeks. I set the tank up with conditioned water(prime),dosed the ammonia up to 4ppm using ace hardware janitor strength ammonia, and put some crushed fish food in the tank. In the two weeks it...

I just checked my water and my ammonia is at 1.0ppm again. A few days ago I checked my levels and noticed my ammonia was at 1.0. I did a 25% pwc, checked it hours later and it was still at 1.0. The next day I did a 50% pwc and the levels went down to 0.50. When I checked it today the ammonia is...

Hey everyone, I have a problem. I did a 25% pwc and now my ammonia level is 1.0ppm. Can I do another pwc without stressing my fish out any more?

Hi everyone, I have a problem. I did a 25% pwc change today and tested my water with the api test a few hours later. When I checked the ammonia, I noticed it was 1.0 ppm. Am I able to do another pwc change today or should I wait 24 hrs so I don't stress the fish out more?

So I checked ny ammonia levels today and they were at .50ppm. I did a 10% wc and completed the last day of ich medication. I checked the ammonia approximately seven hours later and my ammonia levels are still .50ppm. Does anyone have any ideas why the ammonia is up? I'm also noticing a funky...

I have a major river close to where I live. Would it be alright to get driftwood from the river and put it in my tank? After boiling and soaking it for a little while.

I have a 55 gallon top fin starter kit that I got about a month ago. I'm going to setting it up here in the next week or so. It came with one heater and a top fin 60 filter. I know from reading that I should get another heater just in case the one goes down. Should I keep the heater it came with...

So I was reading threads and someone said they put quikrete play sand in their tank. I would love to put sand, but is this stuff safe for an aquarium? What's some other cheap sand I can put in?

I am new to this hobby and this is only the second time I've posted. I have a 20 gallon tank and had ick pretty bad. I first treated it with copper-safe and after a week it was worse. I spoke to my lfs and they told me to try rid-ich and turn the temp up in my tank. They also told me to do a...

Hey everybody, I need some help. I have ich and have tried several things. I've tried turning the temp up to 84 degrees, but it stresses my algae eater and cat fish out. I've tried copper-safe for a week and saw no change. It actually might have got worse during that time. I spoke to my lfs and...

Hi everyone, I am brand new to this hobby. I had a tank when I was a kid, but haven't had one since. I saw this app and saw everyone giving their personal experience. I hope I can get the same type of advise so I can succeed in this hobby. I currently have a 20 gallon freshwater tank with 2...