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I am using a Penguin Bio-wheel 330 on my 30 gal tank. When I do my 10% water change every week I take out the filters and spray off all the brown gunk with the kitchen sink sprayer. Is this the correct way to do it? When the filters go back into the Bio-wheel they are saturated with tap...

I have a 30 gal tank and am using the All-Glass triple tube lights. The light (s) still have the original bulbs in them which are 1 1/2 years old. From what I have read the bulbs will "wear out" over time. I was going to order new replacement bulbs but there is so many choices that I don't know...

Couldn't get a clown this weekend so I brought this little fellow home. I think he is a escaped convict! lol

I lost my other clown today. Water checked out just fine. Shrimp,gobie,snails all ok. I had this clown a little over two months. Sometimes I feel like I just rent fish instead of owning them. Now I gotta figure out how to tell my wife I need another 40 bucks.

Here is the goby I bought Sunday. He is alot of fun to watch. My sandbed hasn't been this clean since when I first started.

Can someone tell me exactly what kind of fish this is? I bought it today as a banded goby but I can't find any pictures on the internet that looks exactly like it. I want to learn more about it. tia

If anyone read my post from last night you know one of my clowns died. Now I must decide to either get another clown or just be happy with 1 clown and a couple other type fish. I know I am limited on how many fish I can put into a 30 gal tank. Clowns are my favorite but I also like cardinals...

The smaller of the 2 false clowns died this evening. I bought them in January and one grew alot larger than the other. The larger one was the most aggressive. It would go after the food alot more and the smaller seemed almost afraid of the larger one. I noticed the smaller one also had some torn...

I know its not often anyone gets excited about base rock but take a look at this beautiful piece of rock I picked up last Saturday. I can't wait until it gets some coral line algea on it.

While at my lfs today I picked up about 15 lbs of base rock. This stuff was in a cardboard box,dusty and dry to the bone. I want to add it to the 30 lbs of active live rock that I already have in my tank. My question is after I rinse all the dust and stuff from this rock will it try to cycle my...

I saw a banggai cardinal fish at my lfs for the first time yesterday and they are holding it until next Saturday for me. I did some searching on the internet last night about this fish and the only thing that I am worried about is that they seem to be finiky eaters. I am putting it in with 2...

Has anyone used SeaGel phosphate remover? It seems the best of both worlds since it has phosphate remover and carbon in the same bag. It is also alot less expensive than the other phosphate removers.

The reason I ask is that I am starting to get some hair algea on the sandbed. I watch closely when I feed my 2 clowns and they seem to eat 90% of the food and what makes it to the bottom is quickly eaten by the 2 shrimp and/or crabs.

As per the advise from people on this web site I bought my 2 clowns some new food today. I got some mysis shrimp and spectrum pellet food. Now I have a couple more questions: I tried a few of the pellets when I got home from the lfs this morning and they sank straight to the bottom. Will the...

Its time to do my 1st monthly cleaning of the quartz sleave on my turbo-twist 3x uv filter. I looked at the directions and it does not say how to clean it. I'm confused and don't want to dump a bunch of water on the floor or get the bulb wet. Any experianced help would definatly be appreciated.

I got 2 false pecs for my 30 gal 1 week ago. For the past two days one of the clowns will swim around normally for several minutes and then always goes to one certain spot in the tank and lay down in the sand. He will stay there for about 5 minets and then get up and swim around for awhile...

What food/foods should I use to feed clown fish to keep them happy,healthly? Please give specific brands of names and how often and when I should feed then. TIA

I am thinking of painting my tank stand and was wondering if the paint fumes would somehow affect the water quality in my tank.

If anyone had seen my post about a month or so ago you know I have been battleing very green water. I tried algone,extra carbon,water changes,posphate remover and nothing helped very much. I hooked up a coralife turbo twist uv sterilizer last night about 5:00 and I just turned on my tank lights...

I have taken my bio wheel 170 off my saltwater tank and would like to now use it on my freshwater tank. Of coarse I will change the filter and bio-wheel but was wondering if there is anything that might cause a problem doing this. I have cleaned it real good in fresh water but there is still...

After reading alot of pros and cons on this web site about uv sterilizers I have decided to go ahead and order me one. I have a couple of questions first. Which one/size should I get for a 30 gallon fish only with live rock? It seems from what I read that the flow rate is very important. How do...

How do you get rid of green water? I have been dealing with this for 2 months! Water tests are fine, snails,crabs,shrimp still alive from what I can see when I drop in a little food every few days. I have been running Al-gone for the past month and it hasen't done anything. I did a 18 gallon...

After almost 1 year of trying saltwater ( and being frustrated for most of that time) I am going to try tropical freshwater. I feel like this will be somewhat easier on the budget and the nerves. I have a 30 gallon tank and want a community setup. I have already bought a book on freshwater...

I've got about 30 lbs of live rock that is not as bright and pretty as it once was 10 months ago. It has alot of browm algea on it. Is there a good way to take it out of the tank and give it a good cleaning. I've tried using a turkey baster but that just blows the "dirt" around in the water and...

I'm looking to buy a uv sterilizer for my 30 gal folr. What are your suggestions?