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Always dissolve any powder buffers etc that you are putting in your tank with corals, in my own experience API buffer max. it seems to highly agitate corals and they shrivel up. using either tank water, RO or distilled water in a cup. if it's dissolved it wont be so much of a bother. funny...

i reckon do a slight water change, keeping all fish buying to a minimum for now, and add something to re spike the ammonia ( i used fish food) and restart the cycle, and if you must have something in there, try something small like a snail and that can help in continuing the cycle and help aid...

dont worry, it was only one luckily and on top of cooking the little pest, i also burried the part of the rock it was residing as there was a really nice specimen on the other side.

hey all, i had the fun of obtaining a heap of coral from a store and within one of the pieces i found an aiptasia anemone, actually the funny part was i didnt realise they were bad until i was reading up on peppermint shrimp and found they eat them, after i saw a picture and identified i...

i know with my saltwater tank, it took over 3 months for the water parameters and nitrogen cycle to actually happen, maybe your tank isnt ready? also wat is your SG? particular fish dont like certain salt levels, i tend to sit on 1.026 and my clowns and corals are fine, have your actually...

i had the fun experience today of attempting to remove rocks from my little maingano's (grumpy's) mouth. it was a very different experience, after noticing for a few days that he hadn't been eating, i decided to take a look in his mouth, from reading in books that a major problem with...

hello there, i was testing my saltwater tanks water today after starting a cycle about 2 weeks ago. my water tested at a ph of 8.2 , ammonia 0.25 ppm , nitrite 0ppm, nitrate 0ppm, and salinity of 1.028. i personally think that the water is not ready but i thought i'd ask to get other peoples...

also had a look at the api test kits , they are the same for salt and freshwater tanks, by looking at the individual bottles saying for use with saltwater / freshwater :) might help some people save a bit of cash with that :) ive tested this theory, the nitrite one is for both, and the high...

yes i do know about cycling tanks. dont worry, no fish is going in there until the first nitrogen cycle has passed :)

the water around this area has a few fish near the shorelines, , especially near the rocks and at the river mouth( where i obtained the water) dont worry its a saltwater river. the brown algae is tiny little bits of hair like substance that eventually builds up and forms large clumps. so...

how exactly could i connect up a sump to a top load biochemical filter with the whole top covered ?? :P

thanks alot, this is very helpful, so it would be better to obtain water from out far in the sea :) ill make sure to pack some plastic jerry cans in the boat next time :), supposedly i heard that if the water is placed in a cool spot for about 10 days, this should guarantee that the water would...

haha also how do you use a refractometer, im looking at one and it seems you look in the end of it ?? any ideas ?? lol

okay, ill look into the pure water, i am cycling the tank at this present time, as for the aeration, would just an air pump, going through a bubble curtain and the pump be sufficient, or would it be best to look into a skimmer?. as for refractometers, would ebay be a good place to purchase...

hello there, i just today set up a saltwater aquarium ( there are no fish) so far this tank is a 20g, that used to have freshwater fish in it, so firstly i took everything out and cleaned the whole tank down with a cloth ( no chemicals) after the tank was spotless, i decided to wash some...

nope, she had swollen up and i didnt really think it was right to perform an autopsy on her. lol. but now i have another fish with i think looks like a parasite, which im going to get treatments for today :( im just soooo glad this sort of stuff doesnt happen with my cichlids in separate...

smiles the lovable bristlenose is now riding the underground river :( a.k.a. shes going out to sea. :(

heres the picture of her underneath as you can see, she has got little red bumps on her. from looking in her mouth i cannot see any pebbles, ( they would be blue if any) unless she has swallowed them completely and they are blocking her intestines. below is the picture of her belly and her...

i believe the white growth is her flesh sticking out of her skin, which is not gone. shes swelling up alot now, and has what looks like internal bleeding. i believe there is a pebble in there, but cant actually see as she is never facing the right way. is it even possible to remove the pebble...

latest update: she looks like she has a little white growth on her, and her bloated-ness hasn't changed. sort of looks like the white thing on her is her flesh protruding from the skin. Also she is still going to the top for air. any ideas?? i don't think she will live for long?

great looking tank, i would have never thought of something like that lol. my themes in 2 of my tanks are blue rocks, pirate ships, barrels, terracotta pots/ breeders and lots of anubias barteri, hardly a theme at all. lol. you have done a great job :)

that's hilarious lol, you should take a picture, that's pretty hard to come by :)

hello there, today i woke up to find my bristlenose catfish( smiley) has bloated up alot. at first from watching i noticed her mouth fully opened and she went to the surface for air. after researching about bristlenoses going up for air due to lack of oxygen in the water, i decided , although...

wow, thats rather interesting , that would probably explain why two managed to die, and all my other fish are fine. thanks heaps, thats real good information u contributed :)

haha yea, i normally take out about 10L , its not too bad at the moment. the fish seem fine with it. im more worried about my electric yellows, which dont seem to be eating much. which causes a heap of waste as for non eaten food, which will probably spike up a high ammonia reading. that tank...