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I’ve set up a 75g freshwater tank about 3-4 weeks ago and the water has turned cloudy and greenish. Why is this and what can I do? I used all RO water to set it up and there were not traces of Ammonia or Nitrite after a week in a half so I added some gold fish. I have two hang on the back bio...

Not sure what else to say. As I mentioned above it's not eating. I can see the clumps from far away so they a fairly large and are along the rear fins only.

I just got a Angular Butterfly in and have it in QT. It's not eating and it has these white clumps on it's tail. Looks kinda like clumps of powder sugar. Any idea what this is? How should I treat it? I think it's twitching a little.

Is it wise to use RO/DI tanks? I ask because there would not be much water circulations in the tank if it was only used twice a month for aquarium water changes. Would this not lead to raised levels of Nitrite or ammonia?

What should the TDS be for a saltwater aquarium? I know TDS meters are used to measure the effectivness of RO/DI filters, can it be used to know when to change the water in an aquarium?

Lagger....yep that was me. I've heard great reviews on live aquarium and their stock so I've decided to give them a try. Before I was purchasing for the LFS so I figure that may have had something to do with it plus I really like the coral beauty and it’s suppose to be one of the hardiest...

I've had my Coral Beauty for about two weeks and I've not seen it eat. Had it in QT and just moved to main tank. The water quality is fine and it's the only fish besides a clown and some shrimp in the tank (90gal). It seems to be healthy and swiming normal. No signes of disease. I've tried...

My fuge light produces a great amount of heat and I was wondering how long should the light be on to keep up the Marine Algae? Would a mini fan help with the heat?

I’m getting a lot of micro bubble in my DT from my sump. I’m not sure that is has a true bubble trap see the picture below. What can I use to reduce or eliminate the bubbles? I was thinking some sort of sponge between the baffles.

I’m trying to set up a sump and I need help figuring out where everything should go. The bulk head is on left so the overflow box would be connected to that. I’m planning to have a fuge with sand LR & Marine Alga in the middle. I’ll have a skimmer also. I’m guessing I’ll need a thin bed of...

I'm getting a sump and don't want to run my biowheel filter on the main tank anymore but would like to keep the Biowheel populated with bacterial so when I use the filter for QT it will have enough to keep the Ammonia and Nitrite down. Could I just place it in the sump? Will I get the same...

I want to have a fuge set up on my new sump. I was wondering what I need to get it set up. I’m purchasing some extra LR rubble and sand. I hear I could put Chaetomorpha Algae in there also. Anything else? What are some of the basic to setting up and maintaining one?

The tang is less then 4''. I ordered it online so no returning. My main tank is 90gal with 110 +pds of LR. Nitrite is zero. If the nitrite does not drop soon I guess I could do a 10gal water change on the main tank and ditch all the water in the QT. I could also swap one of the biowheels on...

I have a media filter that came from the main tank also....it's been there for ever. How often should I change the water? Will the fish be ok with a small trace of Nitrite?