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Hi there. Newbie looking for some advice. I set up my 12 gallon saltwater FOWLR in June of last year. For the first 4-6 months things went great. My water was clear, my fish seemed happy and healthy, overall no problems. Then one by one my fish started dying. I should restate that...they...

I have had my tank up and running (cycling) for two weeks now and want to start thinking about some landscaping. I don't really want anything that will increase the maintenance as I am new to saltwater and want to get the hang of keeping the water quality pristine first. I have a couple of...

Its against an interior wall away from the heating and cooling.

I just tested the water using my new non strip test kit. These are my results: Current Temp 82.9 Ph 8.4 Alk 3.6 (way too high, right?) Ammonia 1.0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate - did not test - I was guessing that if I had no Nitrite there would be no Nitrate. Is this correct? CaptainAhab - I have a...

First off, thank you guys for the help, I really do appreciate it. I am going to see if I can find someone to house the fish today, but I am not hopeful. The locally owned store near us went under which really leaves me with PetCo and PetSmart. I don't know anyone who has a tank up and...

Me too! I'm assuming that the QT tank won't take long to set up (meaning I only set up the main tank a week ago and don't have a QT tank currently...will it work?). Should I just follow these instructions will I be ok...

** Warning - I am going to ask a question that will make some of you cringe ** Hi there. I started up my tank before finding this site and was relying on the advice of the LFS which was obviously wrong. I have a brown starfish and one convict damsel in the tank. The damsel is not looking...

Hi there, I'm new to the forum. I just set up my first saltwater tank a week ago ago. I just found this site today and have been reading about all of the mistakes I have been making (listening to LFS, adding fish to cycle, adding PH Balancers, getting strip test kits). I got the tank and...