Recent content by Feolaf1

Ok thank you both for the advice! I was going to use natures ocean white #1 live sand. I was also going to use artificial corals etc but was going to put a good amount of seachem matrix ,fluval bio max or something similar in my canister to boost the bio filter capacity but I may add some rock...

I am setting up a new 65 gallon tank and have read what I can about deep and shallow beds. Most are saying either go with like 1/2" (SSB) or 4"or more (DSB) of sand but according to the manufacturer it says to use a minimum of 1 lb per gallon. That would mean about 20-30 lbs or the deep would be...

Thank you! I ll do that and see how things improve. Going to do a water change this weekend as well. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Thanks! I wouldn't have thought feeding that small amount once a day would be too much. I was substituting the cubes for the pellet food occasionally but would cut them up as well. The full cube was way too much. So I should try feeding them the same quantity but every three days instead...

That or I could up my water changes to every week or every other week and clean the sand bed out really well. Though I may have to move the fish into a quarantine tank while I do so. I've been pretty on top with maintenance other than I ignored cleaning the sand bed until recently. The sand...

Thank you all for the advice! I feed them once a day with pellet food that contains Vitamin C. I also switch in frozen shrimp and frozen seaweed here and there. With the growth of algae in the tank they have plenty to graze on. Ok so I have one person for and one against messing with the...

When I mentioned about the gravel I was referring to the sand bed. what I meant by that was that I hadn't vacuumed the sand bed much at all while doing maintenance so that is why I thought it could be the problem. Whats the best way to remedy this? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I have a 40 gallon fish only tank with live sand. It is an established tank (well over a year after moving from another location) seems no matter what I do it becomes over grown with green algae and have had no luck keeping fish healthy other than the damsel which has been in there the whole...