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A co-worker just but a small 2 gallon tank for his daughter. They have an internal filter and no heater. They started off with two male guppies. Within one day, one of the guppies was dead. A day or two later, they introduce another male guppy. Overnight, the new guppy was dead. His water...

I'm looking for a 30g aquarium (36" x 12" x 16") tank preferably with a wooden stand in Central NJ.

I currently have a 15g high tank. I'm going to soon upgrade to a 30g. When I go to the bigger tank, I want to also get a ne power filter. I'm not sure what to get. I went to my LFS and they have 5 to choose from. I want some opinions on this different filter; which have you used, which should be...

I'm planning on building an Air Driver Counter Current skimmer for a 30 gal. aquarium. What size air pump and powerhead should I buy to get the right amount of air and water into the skimmer? Thanks

I have a 15g high FOWLR tank to which I added to clown fish last weekend. I think they are Ocellaris clowns and not percula clowns. The blank lines on either side of the white stripe is very thin not thick that's what makes me think they are ocellaris. Also one of the fish has a black...

Can someone recommend a decent RO/DI unit from Ebay. I did a search there and came up with many and I don't know which I should get. I have a 15g high tank now but will probably be switching to a 30g in 6 months or so. As anyone bought a unit from Ebay. If so, were you satisfied? Thanks

I'm currently running a 15g high tank. It's got 20lbs of LR in it and 20lbs of aragonite sand. Currently there are only 2 ocellaris clowns and several snails and 2 hermit crabs. In about six months or so, I was planning to upgrade to a 30 gallon tank. My question is, how do I go about moving the...

I've attached a picture of some brown/rusty growth on my LR. Can someone identify it? Is is diatoms? Will it go away on it's own. Today's water readings: Ammonia - 0, Nitrite - 0, Nitrate - 20, pH - 8.1, SG - 1.0223. Thanks.

I have a Skilter 250 that I modified by using an air pump and wooden airstone. Since this modification, I've seen an increase in the amount of foam that come out of the top but nothing spilling into the collection tray, maybe it's because I only have two fish. Modifing the Skilter this way makes...

I'm just starting a new aquarium in a 15g high tank. It is 18.5 inches tall. It currently has the same 1 bulb floresent light and black cover with the flip open lid I used when it was used for freshwater fish. The cycle just fished and I only have 5 snails and 1 small blue leg hermit crab. The...

Are the Nitrite and Nitrate readings measured for a saltwater aquarium expressed as Nitrogen (N) or are Nitrites supposed to be expressed as Nitrite (NO3) and Nitrate expressed as Nitrate (NO2)?

I'm using LR to cycle. I had a few 0.25 ppm readings of nitrite only a few days after the cycle started.

My 15 gallon aquarium has be cycling for 23 days. I have been using Aquarium Pharmeceutical's Ammonia Test Kit. For the past 7 days, that kit was reading 0.5 ppm and the Nitrites have been 0 ppm (also using Aquarium Pharmeceutical kit). Out of curiosity, I took a water sample to my LFS for an...

I have a Skilter 250 that was recommended to me by my LFS. It is noisy as I'm sure most of you know. I've read alot about the modifications that others have done to quite the unit down. The modifications I read about involved the addition of a wooden air stone into the skimmer tower. None of the...

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