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i bought 2 new fish about 4 hours ago and after a car accident, i wont be able to put them in the tank until tomorrow. I have some airstones, should i open the bags and put those in over night, or just leave them shut?

Can an anemone get ick like fish can? i bought a bta a week ago and when i got it into the tank i noticed two of the tentacles had some white spots on them. they aren't bumps and they havnt spread. Alot of the tanks in the fish store seemed to be having a problem with ick, and i wastn sure if...

i just switched form flake food to formula 1. since the meaty food is sticky and wet, i cant get very much in the tank at a time, and i dont feed near as much as i did with the flakes. the problem is, every little bit that goes in is eatin by my big clownfish. it always bullies my little clown...

I was looking at my tank under the moonlights and noticed the back class was covered in what looked like knats. i turned a light in the room on so i could see them better and they stick to the glass like a snail does. I have never seen them before and was just wondering what they were. anyone know?

Can anyone tell me if this is a good unit? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4398795911&category=20684&sspagename=rvi:1:2v_home I dont really know much about them, TIA

I want to get some meat fish food so i can stop using the flakes,. What kind would you reccomend? TIA

I've had a cpr bak pak 2r for about two months now and have not yet been very impressed with it. It doesnt collect like i thought it would, I was hoping maybe it would help with cyano, but hasnt. Yesterday, i notice the skimming column had no air bubles in it at all. i checked the air valve...

I have fluval 304 with 4 filter pads that have all gone from white to brown. I went to a fish store and got some new ones but the lady told me i should never replace them. She just said to rinse them out in water form my tank. I have been rinsing them of in hot tap water t get as much...

Im thinking of ordering some rock from liverocks.com and was wondering which was better, keys or gulf rock? whats the difference and which would you recommend?

For those of you that have one, how often do you empty the collection cup? Just wondering because mine doesnt seem to collect much...

I have a 36 gal tank with two o. clowns, a yellow tail damsel, and a bicolor blenny. I was thinking of getting one more fish, would a coral beauty be okay with these fish? Or would that be too much for a 36 gal?

How much do you all pay for lr? The store i went to to get my tank and everything when i first started with salt water was $6/pound then (8 months ago) and now they have gone up to $11/pound. I thought that seemed pretty high, so i was just wondering how much you get yours for.

I got a cpr bak pak 2R almost three weeks ago. The night that i got it , it had already collected some stuff in the cup. But now that i've had it 3 weeks, i have emptied the cup once, even then it could have gone a day or two withouth being emtpied. since i emptied it last weekend, it has...

I've tried to uplaod a few pics and it keeps telling me one of the files exceeds the size limit and that i should delete it to make room, but i cant even find which picture it;s talkin about. i dont get any of it, will someone please explain how i can upload pics?

My calcium is at about 520 according to theaquarium pharmaceuticals test kit. Is there any way i can lower it?

I have had my tank set up for almost eight months and i have looked all over it a lot at night and have never seen anything like this. i just moved my rock around earlier today. i looked in my tank under the moonlights and saw someting that looked like a crab. i turned on the tank light to see...

Is mixing up subtrate bad for a tank?

i just received a new bak pak 2R from Drs. foster and Smith. i take it out and get it ready to put on the tank. i look at the picture on the back of the last page of the instructions. Those of you with a bak pak will hopefully understand what im talking about. the picture shows that there is...

When i do a water change, i dump out my fluval 304 and clean off the sponges. once im done with the water change, i hook the hoses up to the filter, then pull the lever all the way down to open the valve so it fills with water. once it is full, i plug it in, and my tank fills with tiny air...

About three months ago i got two O. clownfish for my 36 gal, hoping they would pair up. One was real small when i bought it and the other was almost twice the size. so i thought the bigger one would become the female not long after i put them together. They have been fighting and nipping at...

What kind of protein skimmer would you all recomend for a 36 gallon tank?

I decided to buy a calcium test kit and my calcium is at 500. this is right on the edge of where calcium should be so im not worried, just curious about something. what are the effects of high clacium? does anything happen? and if calcium does get high, how do you lower it?

I was testing my water earlier and when i filled the test tupe, i saw dirty water and some green algae going into the tub. i put the tube in a different part of the tank and it did the same thing. so i looked a little closer and i saw a film of green algae at the surface of the water. it...

i'm thinking about getting a bicolor blenny because so many people here say they have a lot of personality. i saw one at a lfs and didnt see much personality. every time i even moved towards the tank he darted under the rock he had been perched on. i was wondering if he would do that in my...

does anyone have sw fish in a 5gal or smaller tank? If so, what fish do you have? ive had a 36 gal for a while now and i kept a freinds clownfish in my 5g for a couple weeks and he did real good, so now i want to find a fish that i can keep in there, even thought it is so small.