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Hey Everyone! I'm new to this and need some help IDing these hitchhikers. I'm pretty sure the three anemone looking things are aiptasia :( and I think the one below it is a bristleworm? Haven't seen him since I took this picture the other day, he may have become a midnight snack....oops! The...

Well, I got 2 new ammonia tests, an API one that does total and and a Seachem one that just does free. The total level is still a little elevated, about .5 ppm and the free reads under .25 ppm. I haven't put ammo lock in since 4/7, which seems to have helped the readings. I also did 2 15% pwc...

I don't have my log with me, but I think ammonia got to about 5ppm before it came down. Should I stop dosing with the ammo-lock? I'm starting to wonder if maybe that's giving me false ammonia readings. I was going to do a 10-15% pwc tonight and another 10-15% tomorrow. Is that ok?

Hey everyone! I need some help, I think I've really messed things up. My new tank went through a cycle, or so I thought. Ammonia went up, then Nitrite, then both at 0 ppm and Nitrate at 5-10 ppm. I added 2 small ocellaris clowns (about an inch each) and 4 crabs for cleanup. That was about a...

Thanks for the links melosu. The rock I got is Florida reef rock from reefcleaners.org, sorry don't know how to hyperlink from my phone. It looks very porous from the pictures. Hopefully what I get is just as good! Sorry to keep asking so many questions, but does anyone have a recommendation...

Thanks again guys! I took jnam's advice and ordered 50# of base rock from reefcleaners and I started reading up on fishless cycling. Any suggestions on reliable places to get live rock online? I looked at one of my local stores but I'm not sure what good live rock should look like. This was kind...

Thanks for the response. So basically, if I want to keep my tank truly FO, I would have to go with something like Instant Reef artificial live rock for decor and rely on my canister for filtration. Would that be enough filtration? I'm only planning on having about 6 or 7 fish and eventually some...

Hey everyone! I've been trolling these forums for a few days now looking for advice and decided it was time to join! I'm brand new to this and want to avoid as many rookie mistakes as possible. I've seen a lot of good advice on here and hopefully some of you more experienced aquarists can give...