Recent content by doza

no, i was just using regular tap water. i thought that might cause some issues since i didn't have this problem when the tank was in DC. only when i moved to ny. wasn't using bio wheels on the filter. i actually had the filter media removed and was using it just for water movement.

Had an unfortunate incident a few months ago while i was away. Had a friend feeding my 55 gallon tank for the week and when I came back, everything was dead. According to him, my anemone died a couple of days after I left. I'm guessing it poisoned the water and killed everything else because...

I just did the same kind of move a few months ago (DC to NY). I was moving a 55 gallon. Here's what I did without a single casualty: I bought 2 rubbermaid bins. They held about 20 gallons a piece I think. I split the LR evenly in between the 2 bins. I put all of the fish in one bin and all...

I am a little concerned about my eel. When I brought him home from the store, I noticed that he had what looked like a little fleshy string hanging off of him. He didn't seem to notice and the guy at the store said that it was normal. He's been in my tank for about 3 1/2 weeks now. He eats...

i have been browsing around various aquarium websites and stumbled across this one: http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/categ.cfm?siteid=21&pcatid=15 They have a whole list of sharks they sell as well as a great barricuda in the miscellaneous fish section. My question is, do people actually...

I was just looking in my tank and noticed a small white organism walking on the aquarium glass. It couldn't have been more than .5 millimeters long. After further inspection, I noticed that there were actually a lot of these things walking on the glass. Neither of my fish (a tomato clown and...

Well, eventually I would like to try to raise some corals in the tank. I really don't know the different types yet (this is my first aquarium), so I would probably get the ones that are the easiest to maintain. Can you recommend any that would be good for a beginner? That being said, what...

I am trying to set up my 55 gallon s/w aquarium. What would the lighting requirements be? I plan to have a few fish and live rock. I do not have any sort of lighting assembly yet and I am trying to figure out which one I should purchase (as well as which bulbs). Any help would be appreciated...

I am in the process of setting up my first aquarium. I have read The New Marine Aquarium about 5 times so far. :) I have the following setup: 55 Gallon Glass Aquarium 2 50 Watt Heaters 2 Powerheads (200 GPH each) 1 Seaclone 100 Protein Skimmer 1 Tetratec PF300 Filter Right now, there is...