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On my crawdad there is what appears to be white fuzz on his shell. What is it? Sry I cannot get a pic of it atm.

I will be using conditioned tap water for my 10g FOWLR. I know I run the risk of battling algae, so what critters should I get to fight it if it does become a problem.

I am starting up a 10g FOWLR. My first SW tank. I want to use a fine sand, but am not sure whether it will be more of a pain than it is worth. I am thinking about going with Ocean Direct Carribean Live Sand. Specifically the 20lbs of Fine Oolite. Is 20lbs enough for a 10g or too much? What...

I would like to get some small/short little plants to adorn the front of my 55g. Kind of like a carpet. They need to be hardy because I am a newb. I have no CO2. Tank parameters: 7.8-8.0 pH 0 Amm 0 No2 10 Nitrates 74-78 degrees. Any ideas?

What do I need to know about Powerheads? I am currently planning on converting two tanks. A 10g and a 55g tank. What is the appropriate flow rate for those two systems? How many powerheads will I need? I also heard that for a 10g nano you can forget the powerhead and simply use a 10/15g HOB FW...

I typically do not like the traditional fake aquarium plants as they look fake. But the plants from the fake flower aisle of JoAnn Fabrics not only look better, but are cheaper. My concern is whether or not they are safe to stick in my tank and whether or not they will leach dyes and whatnot...

I got a 55g tank pretty cheap off of a fellow. The tank is pretty dirty, but my biggest concern is with the filter. The filter has a lot of algae/black lichen (i guess) in it. I need to get new filer cartridges as it doesnt have any, but the sponge thing (forgive me, I'm still a newb) has some...

I decided to test my tap water so as to get a control set of parameters: pH: 8 Ammonia 1.0 Nitrites: 0 Nitrates: 0-5 (dark yellow) I used the API Master Test kit. I'm concerned about the amount of ammonia in my tap water. What do you think?

A few months ago a crazy ice storm ripped through my State and left 600,000 powerless for weeks. About 4 months earlier a brutal wind storm knocked out power here for a week and a half. Unless you had some kind of generator your reef was toast. I am wondering whether or not you could claim the...

How long should I leave the tank light on and when should I turn it off? Do fish sleep? Is light 24/7 Unhealthy? I think I scared my crawdad last night. He usually is out and about all the time, but when I changed the water he went under his broken pot and won't come out, not even to eat (he...

I set this 10g tank up on Sunday (my first). Let it run for 24 hours and then I bought a crawdad and an API test kit. Here are the results: Monday (Day 1): pH 7.6 Ammonia 0.50 Nitrites 0 Nitrates 0 30% Water Change Completed after test. Tuesday (2): pH 7.6 Ammonia 0.25 Nitrites 0 Nitrates...

I desperately want to get into SW tanks and create a nice reef. Sadly, I am lacking both knowledge and money. I'm taking steps with it though. I decided to buy a 10 gallon freshwater tank to get some of the basics down while researching both FW & SW. Once I get that down, I'm going to buy a...

I've only been a member here for a day or so, but I was wondering if the extreme load delays that I experienced all day long were normal here? I mean, It took 10 minutes for me to load up the forums & threads using two different browsers on a broadband connection.

I am a complete newb to aquariums. I just bought my first 10ga tank to introduce me to the hobby. What I really want to get into is SW reefs, but wanted to master freshwater first, which I understand is easiest (cheaper to screw up too). By July I'd like to switch over to SW. Anyway, in...