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Sorry if this has been asked before but I have not made it through all the posts yet. :) I see the mention of DSB (deep sand bed) in fishfreak's post on amonia to nitrate. He mentions that DSB can get rid of nitrate. How does this work? Also are phosphates a problem in saltwater tanks? If...

It could also be a leach. I sometimes get those in live foods from the LFS. When they are "walking" around a container, they look like a worm (but have suckers on both head and tail) and move like you say.

You mentioned an ammonia test kit. I dont think they are necessary. The kits you really need for fresh water are nitrate and phosphate. Once the tank has cycled, you will not have ammonia unless you dump a ton of fish in at once. You know you have finished the cycle when your nitrate kit...

Everything I have read says not to bother trying it. Not only is there copper for most of the condensing coils, but there is lead used to solder the tubes together. Another thing mentioned in my search on this topic was condensed indoor pollutants. Because of the volume of air that moves...

The main reasons for algae problems are high concentrations of nitrates and phosphates. A test kit for each is a necessity as well as a good journal of what the levels are over time and what you have done that works and does not. If you can eliminate either nitrates or phosphates algae cannot...

I have set up many freshwater tanks in past years and have found the quickest and easiest way to cycle the tank is to place a filter sponge from a cycled tank in the new tank. I am curious to know if anyone has tried to cycle a saltwater tank like this. Or are the bacteria needed for salt...