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i tried ph buffer and i do all my reg. water changes. i have 2 -1200 maxi-jet power heads for movement of the surface water. as for cal. i use a buffer every day that i add. alk. i dont have a test for but i will go get one now. if its to low. how do i rasie it and viseversa. michael

hi i have a question about PH. i have had my SW tank for about 2 years now and i have never had my had at 8.2 it more like 7.8 to 8.0 i have had the same live rock 30 pounds and same agernite sand that i first had. i do all reg. water changes and keep up always on my maintnce. well i would like...

cool sounds great. i will try that ! i dont use my flash on the tank because i have my light on. god knows thats bright enough lol. thanks for the help!

i would just like to say this site is great! i view your photo gallary all the time. and i see all these great pictures. i have a 4 maga pixal digital camara. and a tank i would love to show you guys. but i have a 4x96 watt pc light and it shows a horrible glare and all you can really see is the...

gosh i hope you are right! i hope things are ok. i worked so hard to get to this point. and i just want thing to go smooth.

so small peices would work? cool about how much should i put in the filter? michael

so you dont think it will get to the point where my fish will die? michael

Hi i have a few question on moving my 55 gallon long sw water tank. i lived at my recent home for about 1 1/2 years and i just moved i have 4 fish and a 12 hermits, 3 star fish and 30 pounds of live rock . i kept all sand and all bio filtration. even left some water in the bottom of my tank...

sounds great. all info very helpfull. what type of live rock do i use for my wet dry and how much? do i use a light on it? if so what type. thanks again michael

hi i have a wet-dry filter for my 55 gallon salt water tank. i would like to know more about these filters(pro"s & con's). in line with my filter i have a 25 watt uv light. it seems to work well. but i see that it dont pick up stuff thats floating around the tank unless it close to the overflow...

hi i have a question about live rock i bought about 1 1/2 years ago. since then i have had just normal florescents on it nothing special. i just bought a 4x96 watt pc light from orbit a day or 2 ago it will be here this moring from fed-ex. My question is i have a little bit of nothing on my...

i have a wet dry system and a t-tech power filter that sets on top of my tank. in line with my wey dry i have a 25 watt uv ster. and my maintenance is 10% every week maybe even 15% about 10 gallon water changes i and i check all water levels to make shure their fine. also i will be buying a hqi...

i use distilled water for my water changes now . is that ok i am getting a ro di unit when i get my taxes. i have used tap befor too. i know the tap nitrates are 20ppms as for alk. i have bought test strips and its says its fine what should it be at? steve you say it could be the nutrients in...

hello i have a few questiions about nitrate my tank is about 1 year old and all fish look great. i just had a baby and time has been slim to none. my nitrates are about 40 ppms . i know thats bad. i now have a little more time to care for my tank. i have seen a big change in my ph its way low...