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Kole tang or bi color angel or black nox angel (dwarfs) royal gramma lyratail anthia or 2 orange striped cardinals 3 green chromis redheaded goby or hifin red banded goby this is for a 55 gal tank 50 lbs of LR & 60 lbs sand is this too much? Because I'll have to order my fish food online all...

The directions on the c-balance say to add equal amounts of parts A & B to the aquarium. Required dosage is based on alkalinity, which should be maintained between 2.5 & 3.5meq/L It also talks about the calcium level but I haven't gotten a calcium test yet. Is this saying test my alk & if...

I added 50 lbs of Marshall Islands LR & 60 lbs of sand yesterday. Today I finnished aquascaping & sprinkled all the small loftover rocks & some shells on the sand. I'll take another pic of it today when it clears up some more. It looks really good today. Lots better so far than my 1st tank.

Has anyone heard of this technique. I read somewhere about making one side of your tank slightly dimmer than the other so that fish or inverts that don't want as much light can feel more comfortable on the slightly darker side & the same for the inhabitants who want the brighter side. Out of my...

Ok it's been a while.......I just got my Marshall Islands LR in just now & it's all in the tank. Beautiful I'll add. Should I go ahead & aquascape it to it's final resting position now or leave it all spread out on the bottom of the tank till it's done curing then set it up? Next, I also have...

I just got my test kits (Salifert) yesterday & I decided to see what the pH currently is in my tank (new set up, only saltwater in it at the moment) Well, on the pH test kit the results I got was the 7.7 on the color chart. Now I have read that anything below 8.1 is a dangerously low level. Is a...

How long will LR be ok out of water? I had to order my LR from a place in Long Beach & I live in Missouri. It shipped Greyhound on Monday & was supposed to come in today but so far it hasn't arrived. It might come in on tonights last bus, if not I sure hope it shows tomorrow. I think it was...

Yes they are part of the clean up crew but I am thinking of skipping them on this next tank because of the fact that their lifespan is so short & I don't have a LFS to keep replacing them. Also since hermits can be detrimental to featherdusters. Wouldn't it be just fine if I skipped them & used...

This is my 2nd tank and I'm making sure I do things the right way this time since I know so much more than with the 1st one. I read it some where that when curing LR have the lights off for a while then gradually increase the lighting over time so there's no algae outburst but I can't remember...

My LR will be here on Wed & I was wondering if it would be ok if I got a jump on getting my bacteria going while we're gone over the weekend. Can you use a pinch of packaged tuna? (that's all the seafood I have in the house at the moment & no point going to the store for 1 piece of shrimp) The...

We are having our house packed up on Monday for our move this week & it just donned on us........what do we need to do to empty our RO unit? Do we just take the canisters off & empty the water from them? What about the filters.....won't they mildew or something. Should we just let them dry out...

Refresh my memory, how many watts of light per gallon do you need just to get growth on LR. (no corals) Isn't it something like 2 or 3?

The current lighting in my canopy is 4 55 watt compacxt flourescent smart lamps. This is for my 55 gal. When I restart my tank in a month after we move next week my lighting needs to be replaced. I plan on having 2 bulbs on each timer so simulate dawn & dusk. My questions are....... #1 Should...

Since I got my RO unit I have only changed out about 1/4 of the water (5 gal per week) in my 55 gal fresh tank so far & the clarity of the water is amazing. I can just imagine how crystal clear the water is going to look in a month when I get to set up my 55 gal as salt water with all RO water.

I got my 3 stage RO from ARS today. It's all set up & it's running at 48 psi. We did let it run for the required time first also. We tested our tap water with the TDS meter & it tested around 170 ppm. Our filtered water tests at 7 ppm, is this about right? The lower # on the TDS is the one we...

How can I ensure there are no nuisance inverts to infest my LR when I get it? I will most likely order my LR online. I plan on curing my LR myself in my main tank to start off. Ofcourse the tank will be bare bottom in this process. Is it good to dose the tank with a treatment that would kill all...

I added a hawiian feather duster in my 1st tank & really loved it. I also had lots of small ones appear that came on my LR. Is there anyone on here that are addicted to keeping them? I'm just not interested in corals yet but like the idea of keeping lots of these in my next tank. I would like to...

I'm curious of how much water is displaced from the original tank water capacity once the average porous LR is added. Like my tank, it holds 55 gal of water....but say I add 55 lbs of Fiji or Mashal Islands LR how many gallons of water is actually left on my tank? I know that's actually the...

In my book "The Marine Aquarium Problem Solver" by Nick Dakin, he states in the quarantine chapter that: "Once a fish has been purchased & introduced into your quarantine tank build up a prophylactic dose of a copper-based medication to 0.25mg (1.1mg /gallon) over the next few days and test...

Here's another good one for ya. I understand why we test for our other stuff like Ammonia , nitrite, nitrate, & calcium; but I'm having a hard time understanding pH & Alk. I asked about pH a few days ago & the site I was given was all Greek to me. Can someone give me a short reason for testing...

Ok now put this in laymans terms for me. For the people to don't use a RO or RO/DI unit to filter their tank water, what happens to their tank & fish over time as a result of not filtering out those hard metals from their water?

Ok I know the ultimate way to go is using an RO/DI unit but I have questions. I'm way new on this subject. What is the difference between RO & RO/DI? I read the DI is mainly just to give an extra polish to the water, if so then I don't see it as a must have. I want it for the tank & my husband...

Is it really necessary to add suppliments if you do not have corals in your tank? With my 1st salt tank I was told to add C-balance to help my liverock. (for the coraline algae I guess)

If I were to try doing your skimmerless & filterless method. How would I go about it? Would I need the filter at 1st & then take it off when my LR gets going? And of course I'd keep them both (fltr & skmr) standing by just incase I needed them back on. I'm sure I'd have to go really slow adding...

Last week the tank overflowed as I was filling it, a few days later the air hoses to our bubble wall came un done & water covered the floor again, just now one of the green connections on my python cracked & water spraying all over the livingroom...........then as I was refilling it the old way...