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How slowly should I raise the salt? Should I use saltwater from my established reef or fresh made saltwater? Like change out 1-2 gallons of fresh water for saltwater? What SG should am I going for? 1.015? Thanks! -TheChad

Hi all, We picked up a couple of small (1") Green Spot Puffer fish from our LFS, they were in the freshwater section and in the same area as the tropical fish.. After we purchased them and I got home, I was doing research about them as I never believe my LFS (Experience learned from...

I figured it out... The Coralife ballast has the starter inside the ballast. The Oddssey ballast the starter is behind the bulb socket... So I cut the starter out of the Oddssey cap and wired it into the 4 wire coralife harmess! -TheChad

Hey all, I have a Coralife 6x UV Sterilizer, the ballast has gone out (This is the 2nd time), So rather than pay the outrageous price Coralife wants for a new ballast, I purchased a Odyssea UV Ballast from ebay for 1/4 of the price and just figured I would cut the cord and solder/wire it to...

Did any of the off spring ever live? or do they die?

Hey all, I bought my son a 10g tank with 2 Cobalt Blue Lobster's for his Birthday last June.. At the time of purchase, both Cobalt Blue Lobster's were of virtually equal size and were in a 10g tank together on display at the LFS. Since June, 1 has stayed pretty much the same size...

Exactly right!

It's the same NM rating as VHO actinic.... Really it's actinic... It's suppose to be accent light.. I have HQI's for coral..

I ended up ordering these: Aquarium LED Light Reefbar 36" inch 3ft 453 Actinic Blue 27W 36 Coral Moon | eBay They are fully dimmable, though I just ordered the 2 strips and 1 power supply. At a later time when I look into changing out everything to LED, I will look into a controller to do...

Can you suggest one? I know that not all LED's are created equal and with saltwater there's the whole spectrum thing to deal with.. Thanks! -TheChad

Hey all, I have a Coralife hood, 2x 96w CFL & 2x 150w HQI's.. I replaced the Magnetic ballasts with electronic ballasts about a year or so ago and all has been well with the HQI's.. Last week the CFL ballast(s) went out, So now I am at the cross road, Do I just put new CFL ballast(s) in, or...

Okay. So the 20g freshwater (tropical) tank was good for awhile, But now It's lake green. I've tried changing a few gallons of water, I've tried changing 90% of the water.. No matter what I do, within 48 hours, the water is lake green. I have tried Algaecide, The water itself is green...

Hey all, Okay, so I have a Coralife Digital Thermometer - Digital Thermometer | Coralife Marine & Freshwater Aquarium Supplies I also have a AA 3008 Digital Thermometer With Dual Alarms - Digital Thermometer With Dual Alarms I also have a regular mercury-type Aquarium thermometer...

I ended up purchasing the finnex controller and Titanium heater from http://www.kensfish.com for $64.40! I will post my results once I get it up and running! As for the temp difference variation on my old ViaAqua, that may or may not be a common issue with having the heater in the Sump. The...

I'm not against another ViaAqua product. I just want a digital controller type this time.. I was looking at this unit: Finnex Aquarium Controller Titanium Heater 300 500 800 Watts HC810M 800U | eBay it's a 500w Titanium Heater W/Digital Controller, but Doesn't show Current Temp and Set...

No One!?

Hey all, My 350 watt ViaAqua (VA-350T) Titanium Header just up and quit yesterday, I came home and my tank was a few degrees cool, sometimes my son touches the knob on the control, so I turned it up and it never came on, I turned it all the way up and no response. So After several years...

The tank has been running since February, shouldn't it be cycled by now? Yes the biowheel filter has a carbon/sponge filter, which I have been changing once a week as it get's completely clogged. It doesn't ever get clear anymore. Even immediately after the water change, it's cloudy. I...

Hey all, I couple months back I bought my daughter a 20g freshwater tank, It has a bio-wheel filter on it. At first, when the tank was cycling, it would get cloudy, I would change 5 gal of water, and it was crystal clear. Now it's cloudy, I change 5 gal of water, and it's still cloudy...

Thanks for the input. I went to a lfs which deals in both saltwater/reef and freshwater fish, they did not have either of the products you mentioned, they also said they sell 10's of thousands of fish and have never sold or used an RO conditioner... I'm not saying they are right or wrong...

No. I have some for marine, but nothing on the shelves for freshwater.. -TheChad

Yeah, I don't really trust the people at petsmart. But at the time, I figured they knew more than me about freshwater. I do use this site (Thus the post), I use this site alot for my Salwater/Reef. I actually expected to loose fish, but wasn't real concerned as they are cheap, unlike...

Hi, I have had a reef tank for about 6 years or so now, but my 6 year old daughter wanted a pet and a fishtank is all I could talk the wife into! I was going to get her a Nano Reef, but they were too expensive and I found out how inexpensive freshwater fish were comparted to saltwater and...

Anyone? It's a Model: PSW-350. I am even willing to purchase a different pressure switch and change it out if there is a different one that allows more adjustment? Thanks, -TheChad

Wow, got the new ballast's installed, what a difference, the bulbs start up MUCH faster, after running all day the ballasts are just bairly warm (Instead of too hot to touch) and NO MORE BUZZING! These ballasts are very nice! I went ahead and ran 16 gauge wire up to the HQI Sockets from the...