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Thanks a mint. good info

have several isopods in live rock. I believe they are sphaeromatid. Is there a fish other then the difficult to keep mandarin that will eat them? Chasing them with a turkey baser requires i stay up past my bedtime.

Just a follow up. I am guessing oldschool still works pretty well for me. At 2 weeks our tank has settled in nicely. I did 3, 15 % pwc to reduce toxins during the nitrite spike. on day 12 i did a 50% pwc to lower both no2 and no3. 30 hours later no2 was .25ppm and no3 was 5ppm. day 14 it is 0...

origionally, we stocked our tank with 5 damsels. They have only been at home here for a week. Our largest has been quite aggressive, and our smallest timid. The agressor nips at everyone but the smallest, chasing them away from the corner where the smallest hangs out. We were on the verge of...

Thanks WY

can't imagine doin without.

thanks. am sure i will learn a lot

My last tank was 125 gal. I think it's the topping off from evaporation that kept my nitrates low. not sure how it will go with a third the size tank. It seemed the large tank evaporated quickly and left a nice crusty salt ring behind. I would scrape the salt back into the water when topping off...

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(Posted this to wrong section the first time) I've had saltwater tanks for about 25 years (minus the past 7), and it seems like a lot has changed. Never heard of the fishless tank cycle before reading this forum. Cycling for me has always taking months, and my preparation of the tank before...

I've had saltwater tanks for about 25 years (minus the past 7), and it seems like a lot has changed. Never heard of the fishless tank cycle before reading this forum. Cycling for me has always taking months, and my preparation of the tank before fish is a few days to a week. I know I'm fixin to...

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