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Been out of fresh water for a while and a friend's tank has ich. There are neons and other community fish in that tank and most of them have ich. In the past, I've used both the salt and increase heat method and also medication with success. Was wondering what the preferred method is now...

My main tank is a saltwater tank and I use Ocean Nutritions Prime Reef as one of the main foods. I just noticed that it says it's also for Fresh water fish. http://www.marinedepot.com/aquarium_fish_food_ocean_nutrition_dry_flakes.asp Does anyone here have experience with this on fw fish?

Just trying to figure out an easy way to deal with water loss, not only from evap, but from adding a skimmer to a nano-tank. With evap, it's easy to just add more fresh water. But the small amount of water loss due to the skimmer will throw the salinity off. Just wondering how I would know...

I need to know if Im reading the directions correctly. Do I add the recommended dosage every 24hrs? At which point do I stop before I add too much medicine?

A couple gold fish in my tank look like they're developing ick. I have 2 rubber lipped plecs in there that look ok. Is it ok to add salt to the tank with plecs in there? Just wondering if they were extra sensative to it? Thanks

I was looking for basic lighting for my gf new 55g tank. I was about to order a Coralife T5 fixture when I thought about how I would find replacement bulbs. In the pic, it looks like it contains 2 48inch T-5 bulbs. Bigals doesn't even carry 48" T5s, so where am I suppose to find replacements...

I just bought a used 55g tank that didn't come with a hood or light fixture. It's the standard 48" long size with a center brace in the middle at 24". This setup is going to be for a friend so I'll only need normal fluorescant lighting. My question is which of the following setups would you...

Will oto's and pleco's be ok to house with gold fish?

I currently have a Whisper 60 along with a couple canister filters on a red-earred slider turtle tank. Only reason I bought a Whisper for this tank is becaues the filter media was really cheap to replace and anyone with RES turtles know how messy they are! I also had a small Whisper 10 or 20 on...

I bought one of the new Penguin Bio-wheel filters with the transparent housing and noticed that there is a bit of green algae growning on the bio-wheel. Is this normal and is it ok? The wheel looks like it's still spinning at a normal rate. Thanks

I've searched through various forums and generally the consensus is to favor a certain brand over the other. I currently have a Penguin 170 and mini, Whisper 20 and Aquaclear 300 HOB filter and they all have been working fine for years. Below is just my experience based of no scientific...

There are little white worms floating around in my tank! They are about the diameter of hair and range from 2mm to about 4mm long. At first, I thought they were just particles floating around, but when looking very closely, I can see them squiggle around. Getting a pic will be impossible. Does...

I started to do a fishless cycle on my 46g tank with a raw shrimp on February 25th. A couple weeks ago, my ammonia dropped to 0, nitrites about 5ppm and nitrates about 15ppm. As the shrimp rotted away, my ammonia stayed at 0 and nitrites stayed constant at 5ppm. Nitrites would not decrease...

Anyone have any experience with the Malaysian Driftwood from DrsFosterSmith? Price seems pretty good, but I guess thats the price you pay for not being able to select specific pieces...

When I do a search and try to click on the links provided by the search, I get an error stating Document Contains No Data. Anyone else get this problem?

I'm doing the fishless cycle with a raw shrimp method. I'm using 1 shrimp in a 46g tank with the temp at 80 degrees. Within 1 day, I tested for ammonia and detected 0.5. Is that normal to get a reading that high in just 1 day??

I have a Ebay 100gpd 6 stage RO/DI system and a Hanna TDS meter. Here are my readings: Tap - 179 After the first 3 stages and RO membrane - 13 After the first 3 stages and RO and DI - 11/12 And after the final carbon - 15 Waste - 240 I understand that teh 100gpd RO membrane does not remove as...

I bought the SCWD for my 72g RR tank that is still in its plumbing stages. I had originally planned on using it inside the built-in overflow and my plans have changed. I had it hooked up for less than a week and only in fresh water when I decided to scrap the plumbing and redesign everything. I...

So Im still putting my 72g system together and was planning on doing 10-15g water changes every other week. 10-15g per w/c is a lot more than I'm accustom to being use to smaller 10g tanks. I was wondering if you guys just poured the new water in all at once or slowly over time?

So Im still putting my 72g system together and was planning on doing 10-15g water changes every other week. 10-15g per w/c is a lot more than I'm accustom to being use to smaller 10g tanks. I was wondering if you guys just poured the new water in all at once or slowly over time?

Just wondering if you guys are using two heaters or just one large one. My one heater will be enough for my tank, but since it's not set up yet, Im wondering if I should buy another one and have two separate heaters for backup.

Does the flourite ever wear out? Im wondering if it would ever be necessary to replace the gravel. Thanks

On my 10g nano, I'd like to add some macro, but do not have room for a fuge. Would putting the chaeto directly in the tank be ok? Since the 10g is a fowlr, I only have normal fluorescents on the tank (15w). Would the chaeto be ok?

I know this site is primarily supportive to liverock.com and I've seen tons of beautiful rocks from them. I'm thinking about ordering lr from two different sources just to get a variety of rock. Has anyone ordered from http://www.reefermadness.us/ They have MANY different rocks...

It has been over five months with no signs of ick. Just today, I noticed 1 little white dot on my yellow tail damsel. My question is, if it has been this long with no signs of ick, how could ick get into the tank?