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Hi everyone! I just got my aquarium up and running with live rock and have been doing some tests and I would like just a little bit of advice :-) Parameters: PH: 8.2 dKH: 7.5 Sal : 1.023 Calcium: 400 Now, I think my dKH is a little bit on the low side... What do you guys think? I am...

How high does the water level need to be in my sump for my protein skimmer? Im pretty sure I need to raise it, but Im not sure how to raise the water level in the sump. Lower the overflow box, raises the sump level, BUT drops the tank water level.

So I have a few questions! I bought an overflow box that is rated at 600GPH. I bought a pump that is rated at 540GPH. Now, my sump does not overflow, but it is half full of water, and I feel like it is a little too full. It is above the MARKED water level on the sump itself. It is...

So, I've been buying all sorts of items to prepare switching my 55 gal over to a saltwater tank and I was grazing around Craigslist and found someone local that has some very healthy looking live rock that they bought from a friend. Now, I do not have my tank up and running yet, and some of...

So, I've been on quite the break from my aquariums, I'm a double major in college, and just pretty much let my aquarium dwindle down to nothing, everyone slowly died off after about 3 or so years, and I wasn't even fully stocked in the first place! So, I decided that I would clean it up and...

Hey everyone, I just recently got 2 new female guppies from a new pet store in town, and they are both pregnant. They have these smooth looking white markes on their fins and one has a smooth mark on her back. When I first started keeping fish, I always thought this was a sign of a fungus, but...

Hey everyone...I have 2 plattys in my 10 gal tank...When I got them, one of them had a split in his fin. I think I have had them 3 or 4 weeks now...and I have treated with melafix twice and my one male fish still has a split in his fin. He seems pretty healthy now...I'm not sure what to do to...

Hey everyone... Aren't plattys supouse to be hardy ? Gah...Well I seem to be having the same problem with them as I did fancy guppies. I got 3 platies from the pet store...2 males, and 1 female. Well I should have know that was a bad combination...Pet store employees are idiots. But anyhow...

Hey everyone, I have had my tetras for a while now...they are in a 40 gallon and there are 10 of them. The only other tank mates are 3 cory cat fish. 2 Angels will be added soon. The Tetra's fins are all raggy and torn looking. They were like this from the pet store. I tried Melafix and...

Hey everyone... I noticted that my Serpae Tetras' fins are all looking a little raggy. It is very possible that they were like this from the store. I bought them about a week and a half ago now. Maybe even two... It seems that Serpae tetras may have fin issues? At all the pet stores in...

Hey everyone. I wanted to ask your views on how I should handle my PH issues. My tap water's PH is about 8.3 ~ 8.5 . I recently had a PH crash in an aquarium, and now, after about a week. I have got the PH back to an acceptable level. Now, out of the tap my KH is 3. Right now, in my...

Well everyone...this is really puzzling me. This weeked I cleaned up one of my aquariums that kind of got algea covered and...I kinda let it slide to change the water...and what not. Well..apparently a fish died. I was disapointed but I decided to take this as a chance to re-do the aquarium...

Hey everyone! I have not posted for about 8 months, but I miss you all! Lyquidphyre/Katy has me posting again! Anyhow, I want to stock my 40 gallon Tall Oceanic... It currently has the following: Fluval 404 Generic Light (Tons of natural light) Large natural colored graval 6 feeder guppies 2...

Can anyone tell me a good algae eater or eaters for a 40 gallon flat-hex-back tank? The tank is pretty tall and I plan to put angels in it... I had any algea out-break...but it was my fault...Plus I have some natural sun hitting it...so I need somthing to eat it :-) Thanks in advance!

Who here would consider listening to an aquarium podcast? Do all of you know what a podcast is? Well...here goes... What is podcasting? Posted by Dave Winer, 10/21/04 at 10:07:10 AM. Think how a desktop aggregator works. You subscribe to a set of feeds, and then can easily view the new...

Hey all...I was wondering how this sounds. I got a new 40 hex tank and plan to seed it with old nasty filter cartridges that are currently in my tank. I have not cleaned them for 3 weeks. I planned to also use a very seeded sponge filter and some gravel from my tanks. I then planned to add...

I'm somewhat mad at the way people act when someone shows a tank with a large bio-load. Yes its nice to help them and explain to them that they could possibly be overloaded. My issue is those that post: ARE YOUR KIDDING? IS THIS SOME KIND OF JOKE? ...It makes me mad when I see this...So they...

Hey everyone... Im considering some angel fish for my 40 gallon flat hex back... Here are my waters levels PH ~ 7.0 GH ~ 8 KH ~ 3 Are these levels OK for angelfish? My PH can easily change so im very careful with it. My test kits are pretty old so my readings may be off. I'm going to buy...

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/ug_jets.php Has anyone ever seen/done this before? It seems very interesting and it would be AWESOME to stop the need of gravel cleaning!! Isn't this the concept behing reveres undergravel filters?

Hi all... Im trying to plan out what fish Im going to place in my 40 gal hex. Right now all I know is my PH is about netrual 7.2 to be about. Here is what I Might but in it...I do not know how many of each yet though! I would like some clow loaches but I just think my tank may be too small...

If anyone could help me ID my plecos I'd be very happy :-)

Hey all... I was recently in the mall and saw these really small and VERY BRIGHT Cichlids Does anyone know what these might be? I don't have a picture and they were so pretty I'm considering getting them for my 40 gal. All their label said was Afft. Cichlids.

Hey all... I was wondering if I could hook my fluval 404 up to my 10 gallon to seed it for my 40 gallon. I know its overkill but I have plans to have a large amount of fish. Would it be safe to hook it up to the 10 gal?

Hey all.. Can Floruish Excel provide enough CO2 for a 10 gallon tank with say 2.0 ~ 2.5 wpg? Thanks!

Hey everyone... I plan to order the following for my 40 gallon hex tank (Oceanic Contrast Line): (2) Aquarium Systems Visi-Therm 150 Watt Heater *Would one 300 watt do better?* (1) Marineland AirMaster 3000 Air Pump (1) Fluval 304 With Filter Media *Will this filter be good for a pretty...