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Good idea goatnad but too much work. I looked into it a year ago and said forget it. Thanks tho. It will be saltwater and I will have the standard common saltwater fish. I'm considering adding a couple of sharks but I'm not sure yet.

ZxC, Sure, but the larger the fish the larger the stomach the faster they hunger. Assuming monthly maintenance.......

I'm setting up a 2600g cylindrical aquarium in a few months with a filtration room and I don't really want to have to feed a tremendous amount of fish every day. What options do I have to get around daily feedings? Dimensions are 6'w x 11'h. An auto fish feeder will not put out enough food...

Put all fish in 5g buckets during the move. Also, replace half your substrate. Put the other 50% in a 5g bucket. Do a 50% water change. Put the rest in bucket to make it easy to move.

I'm interested in what is in YOUR toolbox? Favorite tools? Favorite foods? What chems do you depend on? I would like to compare and contrast what I carry. Thanks!

Fisher, wouldn't that show up with increases in ammonia and nitrites?

I tested the tap water with 40ppm results. I tested the kit on RODI to make sure it works. I understand the lighting idea. I believe the brown gunk all in the filter is nitrifying bacteria eating off the nitrates. So I'm not 100% sure it's algae. There is zero light in the sump area. When I...

Here are the photos

So I run a maintenance company and have a client with the attached 164g freshwater tank and sump. Livestock is one adult massive pleco and three medium angelfish. No live plants. Only carbon for chem filtration. I have been working on her tank for two months and cannot get her nitrate levels...

It's gravel so siphoning it out won't work so well. Plastic cub? You mean tub?

I have a client with a 4'h tank that wants to replace her substrate. What kind of heavy duty tool can I use to scoop it out? I would use my typical net but it's small and plastic (bends). Ideas?

Hey, what is this growing out of my live rock? It doesn't move around so I don't think it's a worm and it never goes back into the rock. It's like tentacles. ....and it is literally growing from the solid surfaces of the rock.

So I have a client with a 164g tank, 20g sump and this, what I assume is a canister filter. Is this an old school eheim 2217? In one picture you can see the drain and also the intake with the shut off shut off valve. I added a close up of the info on the back of the pump to help ID. Thanks for...

Is the bala shark also called a silver shark? I found the bala and silver shark to look a lot like it. The white fish does not have big lips like the kissing gourami does. I saw a few google photos of the kissing gourami without large lips. Is it one of those traits that doesnt apply to all of...

Hereis the white fish.

These are freshwater fish in a clients tank. I don't know freshwater very well. Sorry for the low quality. Thanks. I do not have good photos of the second fish. It looks similar to a silver trout with a split caudal fin outlined in black. His dorsal fin is outlined in black also. The pleco...

Found this in a clients tank. Black algae? It hasn't killed anything but it also wasn't touching anything. There were two nice size pieces. Also, do you think that's aiptasia or a duster. She has a nice size aiptasia crew and established tangs. Thanks.

Okay, I cant put 2 + 2 together here. Please help figuring me with this logicm 200g w/ 65g sump against an outside wall with a closed blind windowright against it. 32g Biocube. Same room inside wall 30ft across the same room. Stock everything. Biocube temp = 80F DT = 70F I get the...

Hey everyone? So we addressed nutrients but only one person addressed having this bright light on for 11hrs a day. Hey, get a timer, set moon light to come on @ 7:30am and turn off at 10 am (sunrise). I know sunrise is a different light spectrum but at least you can tell the fish to wake up...

So I was talking to Coralife about their skimmer when I pulled it out of my Biocube 32 and saw these jelly like, weird bubbles on it. Is this algae? What's up? It looks like water droplets but they are think jelly-like things that do not move.

Well, it is in full bloom today so nothing bad so far. This is a goniopora?

I'm aware that clowns will try to find a host of most anything but I'm more concerned with the star polyp (lower right corner), do you think they are damaging the polyp? Also, the candy apple zoa has spread to the coral up top on the left. First, what it the big soft coral? Do you think the zoa...

Actually, I didn't acclimate to water quality, only temp. But that makes sense... I noticed that he was a little more active this afternoon, hopefully I saved the guy.

It was set in the water for several hours.

Would you guys keep me in mind if you run across parts? Price is not a thang. ?