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Ok so here's what's happend so far Filled tank on 30 Dec Added LR on 4 Jan Test Ammonia and Nitrite for the first time today - No2 was somewhere between .05 and .1 really hard for me to distinguish Ammonia was 0 Where would that put me in my cycle? When we set up our tank. We pulled the...

Ok I put plants in my tank to help w/ my nitrate lvls. Do mystery snails come from plants? I noticed 3 Tiny snails in my tank today. Is that a good sign? Or a bad one? I don't want 3000 snails..

Ok I'm a little confused. My live rock has been in two days. When should I start testing my tank to check the cycle. I read that it will take a couple weeks for the rock to cure. Should I hold off on testing for a couple weeks and then start checking levels?? My tank is seeded with bacteria...

Ok so I'm reading different articles on curing live rock and finding conflicting info. I see some that say to do 50% water changes every other day. And some that say to let it ride until it completes it's cycle. Can I get some experienced opinions here? Andari

So while my tank is cycling I've been researching the fish I want to add later down the line. I'm unsure on how multiple species of tangs will do in the same tank. These are the fish I would like to add in the long run and I wondered if any of you guys new if they would be ok together. From...

I followed the lead of someone else decided to post a thread for my reef aquarium progress. Hopefully I'll be able to see more progress if I look back now and again.. :) I'll add a list of my Equipment soon.

I setup my 75 gal with substrate and got my specific gravety lined up. I tossed in a couple shrimp to get the cycle started. Now I'm reading that when I cure my live rock it will pretty much make it cycle all over again. We already had good bacteria from our bio stars when we moved our old...

Ok so I"m always begging for trouble. Because we hate trying to maintain the Tall 47gal SW we have we decided to upgrade to a 75gal that is 48". Here's what I did so far. I made 15 trips to the shoppette for R/O water using a 5gal jug. :) Added heater. Added crushed coral as a base with...

Can you kill live rock? The sills went out on our tank when we first moved here and 50gal of water went everywhere. We had to put our live rock in a utility sink for about 5months because we couldn't afford a new tank. It was in sw but didn't have a light on it. We had some worms and they...

Ok I was referred over here from the FW forum. What type of plant ensemble would be good for a 20gal FW tank. Some general questions. When should you add plants to the tank? Mine is just starting it cycling process? Is there a limit to the number of plants you should add per gal? I have...

I know I'm going to get burned for even going here but have a a bit of a delima. This may be a SW question but hear me out. I'd tried for months to successfully get my SW tank up and running. I found that my Nitrate levels were pretty much always to high and no matter how many water changes I...

I'm still trying to get my tank up and running. But always seem to have high nitrates no matter how many water changes I do. So here's what I did. I tested my water for nitrates and it seems that my water has about a 40 in Nitrates before I ever put it in the tank. My husband decided to try...

/bump - lots of views and no responses to this one. I've been treating my blue hippo for ich and he is doing much better, But there is this very nasty place on his face under his eye. Is it common for ich to stack? The spot is very raised and all white. It's much larger then all the other...

I'd like to start feeding my fish live food. They've been stuck on Frozen and flake for a while and I'd really like to add more variety to their diet. Can anyone give me advice on how to get live food. I live in the middle of nowhere and can use any tricks of the trade you guys have. I have...

Ok, my Blue Hippo tang developed ich shortly after purchasing him. I have had tang and 2 clownfish in a QT tank for almost 3 months. I did the hypo treatment, but the ich came back on my tang about 2 weeks ago and he still hasn't recovered. I'd really hoped that I'd taken care of the problem...

I understand all of the treatment to do for my blue hippo tang. He's only been in the tank about 3 weeks and has come down with a case of ich. I also know that I need to move all of the fish to QT. My question is what size QT tank is best for 2clowns and 1 Tang. I've seen that a lot of...

I have a 47 gal SW with LR and LS and I'm very insecure about how the cycling is going. It's been running almost two months now. It has reach the point where the Nitrates have spiked. Is a water change really all I need to do at this point? It spiked to about 30 3 days after I added my...

I had to start from scratch when my 50gal saltwater decided to come unsilled all over my living room floor and I just got my new tank. It's been circulating for about 3.5 weeks. I had to go to california for a week and when I got back there was green and red algea growing in my tank. Even...

Ok the mass death of damsels stopped after my last post. I have one lone survivor left in there (Murphy) and he's been thriving. It's been about 2 weeks since the others died so I'm thinking I'll wait a couple more before adding anymore. Should I still add the shrimp like you guys talked...

Ok I just started my aquarium a few weeks ago. I used live sand and live rock. I gave it 2 weeks to cycle and I started simple by adding a few damsels. My fish keep dying and I can't figure out why. On a side note I did find and remove one large bristleworm and 4 small ones from the tank...