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We have a Penguin Powerfilter 350. We have live sand and about 20 lbs of live rock. I will definitely go get some liquid testing kits. What makes nitrates go up?

We have had our tank for about 8 months and want to start getting some corals. However, I want to make sure that our water is stabilized first and I am trying to find more information. Here are our tank parameters: 55 gal - 1 clown, 1 blue hippo, 1 diamond goby, 3 peppermint shrimp, 1...

Thanks for the info. I had not thought about not putting the store water in my tank. Just assumed it was fine.

I assume by LFS you mean the store that I bought him at. He seemed to be pretty active in the store. Thanks for the tips on acclimation. I will definitely do the water addition next time. How much time do you spread the water addition over?

He just died. I would still like to know what I should have done differently. This is the second goby that I have lost. The first was in the tank with the clown and doing fine. Then I put the blue hippo in and the goby jumped out of the tank over night.

salinity 1.022 nitrate 10 nitrite 0 alkalinity 300 pH 8.2 I didn't do anything to acclimate other than placing the bag he was in into the aquarium for the temperature to level out and then put him in. He swam immediately to this particular rock and started putting sand in front of the...

I have a 55 gal saltwater tank with 1 clownfish and 1 blue hippo tang. I bought a goby on Friday and put him in. He went under a rock and I didn't see him come out again (today is Sunday so basically about 48 hours since I put him in). I could just see his head under the rock and he was...