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This is very timely for me too. I am feeding little Danio (glofish). In SW flake food is the worst food and that is what I had tucked away for who know how long. What is the best food for Danio's. I have frozen blood worms I have not tried yet and I have been thinking about purchasing some...

Your kidding! Man, I have more reading to do. I thought I had to have an air pump. The filtration system is enough, is what you are saying?

I have finally found a good pic of the little hitch hiker I have. After a great deal of reading I think this one may actually be ok. Does anyone have any experience with one that looks like this. He hangs out in the rocks and has a smooth body so I don't think he is the bad, gorilla or tebby...

All great advice, and I will take them into account. Thanks! One last question, I have a little Aqua expert 600 airpump (used, but works great). Never had to buy an air pump before. Will this work for the size of tank? Sorry this is probably a silly questions. It bubbles and looks good to...

Thank you for your advice. Your right the eco complete was expensive. I will save it for my planted aquarium later this summer. As for the bio wheel, it is a hang over the back maybe I am using the wrong term it was given to me, but I can certainly replace the carbon with filter material...

Thanks for you thoughts, I had planned on staying away from cichlids:) Here is a few more pieces I am aiming for: ph of 6.5-7.0 Temperature 76-82 degree. I was leaning more toward the 76. As far a the CO2, that is still a bit up in the air for me. I do not want to have any kind of a reactor...

I should add that I have done a bit of research and I plan to add the plants first then slowly, after the cycle add fish a couple at a time. I think the same rule of 1 " of fish per gallon apply for fw so I want to make sure any clean up crew does not get to big. As for inverts I am finding...

I have been successful with my saltwater tank that I started a year ago, and I credit AA for most of it. So now as I embark on a present for my new grand daughter who loves my SW tank (but her parents don't want the work of a sw tank). I am wanting a check before I move any further with a...

Thanks guys. I have had them in my tank but they did not quite look the same but I have never seen them that small before, so I am sure you are right. I do have the tinfoil ready to go though.

I reached in my sump to adjust the heater and I found these alien cave dwellers deep in my sump where there is no light. Any idea on what the are? I went through the usual references and I can't find anything like them. They don't act like and animal because when I poked it with a pin (not...

No, it really does not look like any of those. I went back and bought it, so as soon as it opens up I will take a pic. Now that I have looked at it closer. Its tenticles are purple half way down and then it turns white. Not just the very tip like your pics. Then the base is orange from...

If an anemone has an orange foot regardless of the tops appearance, is it a Chondy? The LFS has an anemone they are calling a LTA but it has an orange base. There are two clakii that are hosting in it, so I am not sure. It has pink tips and looks Haitian to me, which is Condy if I am not...

Roka, Oh, I misunderstood you. Thanks for clarifying, I do that too. I thought that the increased surface ripple decreased your Ph? cccapt, Thanks for the article that is exactly what I was looking for. I will read it this evening.

Roka, what do you dose with? Are you dosing to raise or lower? I hate to high jack the thread here, but I have noticed that my Ph has been slowly creeping lower and lower. Last night it was 7.9! I have been researching and there is lots of info about why Ph goes up, but not why it drops. I...

Thanks for the info. I had not put a heater in the hospital tank because I knew it was a cold water starfish, but it did not make it anyway. I was still sad and my daughter was upset that she killed it, since she already though it was dead when she picked it up. Thanks.

Has anyone ever kept a common (sugar) starfish in their aquarium? My daughter went on vacation to Oregon, and picked what she thought was a dead starfish off the beach. She put it in a ziplock bag with no water. When she unloaded her suitcase to give it to me, we were surprised to see it was...

Thanks for all your comments, it calmed my anxiety. I have moved the r/o into the fish room. My back thanks you all.

It has been a while since the original post but I would like to recommend another step. Since I understand you to say you are painting the trim. I would prime it first with a spray paint bonder. This will help hold the paint on if you need to get a little more aggressive with salt creep...

I did go get a faucet adapter to hook it up to the utility sink we have in the fish room, thanks. You don't have any problems with the softener though? Water chemistry issues? Maybe I am worrying for nothing and it will actually help the filtration process.

We have had our r/o system hooked up before the softener for a while now but it is on the other side of the house from our fish room and tank (tired of hauling water). So we want to move it closer but the only water faucets on that side of the house are after the water softener. Do you think...

What is your tank temperature? Now and in winter? Mine stays on the sand bed year round. I have a story about like yours. We thought a bright green toadstool 4", we had bought was dead (it never poked its polyps up after we got home). but the shell it was on had some cool mushrooms on it so...

will do!

My star fish love Sinking Carnivore Pellets. They come crawling out of everywhere to get them. My crabs fight for them. I got them through foster and smith. I think they are Hakari but don't quote me on that. They are a pretty large pellet though, so if your guy is real small he may be...

Good move!! I wish I had started bigger. I have a 72 gal I wish I would have gone with a 125 at least.

cmor, by article did you mean the link to the forum about his breeding rg? I did get that and I loved it. My male is doing all of that mentioned. But my other fish has no interest in him. If you meant a formal article though no I did not get it.