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Plus it's a private company so they're a lot less profit-driven than most of the others. Joseph Granata

Then you've been doing it right. Yeah, I would recommend switching to prime once that bottle's done; I personally trust Seachem a lot more than most other brands because they have the most transparency regarding the chemistry behind their products. Joseph Granata

If you add it to the new water before that water goes into the tank, then just dose for the new water. If you pour the product into the tank and then add the new water, dose for the entire tank volume (including old water). Do you use Prime? Joseph Granata

So it turns out that a whole bunch of what I thought was coralline is actually cyano. I have quite a bit of actual coralline on the rock that I got to seed my tank that I just assumed the cyano was new coralline, since it did look really crusty and opaque. I was wrong. I just started a tank...

Yeah, I looked up pineapple sponges and that seems to be what they are. Thanks! Joseph Granata

I have quite a few of these things growing in my tank. Does anyone know what they are? In the zoomed in pic, you can see a "fan" (I don't know if that's what it's called) sticking out of it, which is why I think it's some type of filterfeeder. Joseph Granata

Ok. Today my clownfish Julio bit me. Twice. I've had my hands in the tank quite a bit the last few days, doing various things, and today he was not having it at all. Every time I put my hand in, he would swim right up and start charging me. I was literally having a showdown with a CLOWNFISH...

I plan on doing one water change every six months with distilled water to counter the buildup of dissolved solids. Based on my evaporation and water changes, that should mean that nothing ever goes above twice the concentration out of the tap. Joseph Granata

Not really sure which subforum this should go in, so I'll just put it here. I use tap water for my FOWLR, and I was wondering if it's possible to keep snails or shrimp with tap water. I live in Toronto, and I was able to source a water quality analysis for 2013, and I found that the maximum...

It looks really nice! My suggestion is (I don't even know if this is the case or not in your tank cause I can't really tell from the pictures) move the rocks if they're leaning up against the glass because it lets water circulate better and there's less of a chance of the tank breaking But...

I agree that it's probably a layer of protein. I think it can inhibit gas exchange, so I would say try to take care of it. Surface agitation (either by lower the water or with and airstone like mentioned above) will help to keep at least a portion of the surface clear of film by breaking the...

I disagree with the concept that losing a more expensive fish is a bigger financial loss... The money is lost once you pay for the fish. Assuming you're not planning on breeding it or selling it, it has no more monetary value once you buy it - the only value is sentimental/intrinsic/etc. The...

I think Marineland has them pre-made. Otherwise I would say use anything inert that also binds well to silicone Joseph Granata

Just so you know, the thing you're referring to is called a weir :) You could put some holes at the bottom, but not that much of that water would end up going down the pipe - since the distance from the surface skimmer to the to of the pipe is a lot smaller, most of the water will come go in...

Edit: Oops, I don't know what happened there. I meant to just add the "edit" at the end of my previous post. Joseph Granata

While the fish may appear fine, ammonia usually affects the gills. On something as small as a neon tetra, the gills really aren't visible, so you have no way of knowing what damage was actually done. For example, they may be fine in fully oxygenated water, but let's say they did sustain some...

I agree that drilling the tank is way better than using an HOB overflow. The only problem with that is that you'll have to have something to put everything in while you drill and clean the tank and work on the plumbing... This'll probably take 24 hours if you do it efficiently. Here are my...

The spectrum of that light isn't optimal for growing plants. That's more of a blue colour, whereas plants need more of a yellow light. (I know it's really expensive, but) Marineland makes a plant LED fixture that would work a lot better than the Double Bright. Joseph Granata

If you know someone who has a cycled tank, see if you can get some of their cycled media to seed your own (I usually take media from one of my established tanks to cycle a new one). Joseph Granata

Make sure you research a lot about how to plumb a sump. I would also suggest posting your design on here to have some people with experience in sumps give you suggestions. When I was designing my tank I spent six months designing and redesigning the sump/plumbing with a lot of help from more...

No, I've had different colours and textures before Joseph Granata

Matrix does look like rocks... All the pores are too small to be seen. Joseph Granata

I agree with Mebbid - throw out all the water and start again. Might as well clean everything with vinegar (except the rocks - just use hot water for those otherwise they could hold onto the vinegar and leach it back out later) to reduce the chance of any nasties that may have come in the water...

If you're just getting fish then the light doesn't really matter. You don't need anything particularly bright; a high colour temperature is what will really make them pop (I use a standard 20W T8 fluorescent in 18,000K on my 37gal FOWLR and the fish look great). If you're doing corals, then you...

I assume you're talking about the purple stuff. I don't think it's coralline algae because it looks too bright and too thick (as in it looks like it sticks out from the rock too much). My guess would be some type of sponge. Joseph Granata