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I have a wooden canopy that has a long hole in the back for air exchange. The hood is my light fixture for my pc which have two small fans on them, which are located on the back also. How would you connect these computer fans to a power source?

Oh the lights are pc 96 watt each.

Ok I had a glass top on my tank and I got rid of it and went with a wooden canopy. Now my lights seem to be getting hotter and heating up the tank. I am afraid that my light will burn up. I have two fans on my hood. they don't seem to do very much was wondering if you can somehow mount some fans...

I have 1 sand sifting starfish 4 turbo snails and 8 hermit crabs. I plan on getting more. I have 2 fish. In a 70 gal tank. I'm just taking it slow. The only reason I ask is because my lfs said I should.

I have about a 3 inch sand bed and I cycled with live rock and a shrimp the tank has been up for sometime now and I was wondering if I should vacuum my sand to get all the dead stuff that fell off and to clean my sand. I had live sand.

I noticed the same thing with my snails, I think it will not affect the rocks though.

I would say yes from the die off on the lr. Does your tank already have lr in it? has it already cycled?

I got my lr, ls and shrimp a couple of days after I set up the tank. When I started my cycle. I have a 70 gal tank. My ammonia spike was about .50 My lr looks pretty good it has a good amount of coralline algae. Had some die off but seems to be doing good. Three days ago my Nitrite was .25

about a week and a half ago I added 30 lbs lr, 20 lbs live sand, and a dead shrimp to my tank and started the cycle. The shrimp is almost gone I have diatom algae all over my rocks and sand. My readings are PH-8.2 Ammonia-0 Nitrite-0 Nitrate-20 I wouldn't think my cycle is finished but this is...

My skimmer has been running for about 1 week will it eventually stop producing all these micro bubbles. I have moved it around so it dumps by the drain and it has reduced the bubbles, but not eliminated them. I have a sponge filter between my baffles and one on my return pump. Is there anything...

I think it's from my skimmer I'm going to try and have it dump more by the drain. As for the water level it is about 6 1/2 inches deep. thanks for your help.

I have an oceanic model 1 sump it has 2 baffles between the drain and the return pump my skimmer is before the 2 baffles between them is a foam sponge

In my tank the return from my sump has maybe tiny bubbles or small particles or something coming out with the water. what is this? is it harmful? a friend of mine said that they maybe micro bubbles. Is my skimmer causing this? Oh I've only had my tank running for a week or so.

I have a pro clear 150 skimmer and had it running I can't seem to get it tuned right. Do the bubbles need to go up into the cup or the bottom. I'm still cycling "fishless" not sure if this will affect it. I know it won't be skimming anything but I'm trying to get it down now while I don't have...

I just started the fishless cycle on my tank. so far everything looks good.

Not sure what it is but I just did the same thing the other day and I have small bubbles. If I had to guess it would just be small pockets of air working there way out.

I really appreciate everyones input and I am trying not to rush into things that is why I am asking all these questions to find out what has worked for others and what I should stay away from. luckily I am finding out info I need to know before my tank comes in. The book I have The Complete Book...

RMPD109 would you say it was worth it to spend all that money on lr from lr.com and cycle with it. I think that I'm starting to see that you just have to find what works for you within certain parameters of the cycle.

ok now I am confused I posted a question before http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=46113 and I was under the impression to start my tank with lr. That this is one of the best ways to start a cycle maybe I was reading to much into it.

Rmpd109 you cycled with lr.com and everything turned out ok. Did much die off ie coralline algae or does it still look as good as the day you got it.

SpiffyCat where did you get your lr from. just wondering.

Ok so I plan on getting some LR from liverocks.com, when my tank comes in. I plan on doing my cycle with the LR. My question is what are the chances of "hitchhikers" surviving the cycle?

I would say the main difference is corals. I'm sure someone with more experience will have a better explanation.

midiman, thanks for the insight and visual it will be most helpful when i order my LR.