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well that puts my mind a bit more at ease, unfortuneatly I cannot find any PJ's around where I am, do they have a website where you can order online? I do have a big als by me, and I believe they carry the eclipse hoods and parts, I will keep my fingers crossed that something may fit, it looks...

Thank you Jsoong, you have been a big help! I feel much more confident now than when I left the petshop, and have learned alot so I just wanted to say I really appreciate your help, my husband almost gave up! and now we get to look at a beautiful and properly functioning tank. Unfortuneatly this...

so after feeding 3 x daily on friday and saturday, I did some tests today and got a 0 for ammonia 0 for nitrites, and 5 for nitrates, this is good right? and tells me my bacteria are present and working? I also have some fattened up goldfish! My PH however is now reading 6.8 from the red sea...

my biowheel is also squeeking something awful, its driving me bonkers, am I safe to put a little drop of vegetable oil or something on where it sits in its housing and spins to stop it from squeeking?

thanks both of you for your replies, it seems with the free stand offer its a great time to get into the saltwater side of things. With the MH lighting option, I read that these have a tendency to heat up the water, how could I get around this? It sounds like keeping an anemone at this point...

yes my sword is growing nicely, it was quite large when I bought it from the LFS, and in poor shape, so I removed the pot and cut it down quite small so it was mostly healthy new growth leaves about a month ago and planted it in my substrate, and its doubled in size since. I did get to see my...

I did a full run of tests with both my master freshwater test kits and I got the following results: API freshwater PH 7.2 Ammonia 0 Nitrites 0 Nitrates 0 or very slight trace, definetly not even close to 5 Red sea master freshwater test kit PH 7.0 Ammonia 0 Nitrites 0 Hagen Nitrate test...

Thank you! I did finally find it under the aquarium pharmaceuticals brand in different packaging, is there any difference between this what seems to be older version by aquarium pharmaceuticals, than the new version by API? why the name change? Also I found a friend with a pond to take the...

Hi all, I know that bigger is better for newbies, but we plan on moving in the next year or two, so I do not want to get a big tank at this point and have the hassle of moving it, so I thought it would be nice to set up a nano tank and get into the hobby before going big in our next place...

well I am having terrible luck finding a replacement nitrate test kit that is different from the hagen I already have, went to the 3 lfs in my area and they were either out of it, or only carried the hagen, nutrafin and tetra brands, I think I will just bring in a sample of my water for them to...

great to hear! I think you might be on to something regarding the tap water sitting and the PH increasing, it has been sitting since morning, and its already increased slightly, so heres hoping thats the cause, I guess I will have to keep some water in a bucket for a few days before a water...

this may seem like a stupid question, but do you quarantine new invertabrates the same as fish? or do you at all?

thank you, I was hoping it was not BBA, as it did not look like the pictures I was looking at, so that puts my mind at ease a bit more. Could it be fuzz or green beard algae? seems to most closely match the pictures I can find on the internet.

any guesses for the algae? I was going to the lfs today to get another nitrate test kit to test my tank and tap water again. Also for tank mates once the goldfish come out, I had my heart set on 6 cardinal tetras, has anyone had success putting them in a tank with a ph in the 7.4 - 7.6 range...

I took a few pictures of the algae in question, is it hair algae? its not very long and easy to come off, I am hoping its not! and its something that invertabrates or an otto might eat.