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Last summer I bought a 250ml bottle of phosguard from my LFS. It said to use 250ml for 65-100 gallons. A month ago I bought a 500ml bottle from Amazon. It says to use 85ml for 50 gallons. Those are drastically different amounts. Can anyone explain this to me? I have a 20 gallon tank and need...

I have a 20 gallon tank and use 2-3 gallons of salt water per week. On Amazon I can buy a 25 gallon Instant Ocean salt package for $15. I can buy a 200 gallon package for $40 but it will take a year to use it all. Is it bad to buy that much and store it for that long? Thanks!

Well that was fast. On Friday she was swimming and eating and seeming to do okay. Then yesterday she disappeared and wouldn't come out of her hiding spot. Then today I wake up and she is dead. I was surprised because with my fresh fish they usually linger for days. She did not have a lot of...

My LFS gave me Metroplex from Seachem today. I haven't opened the package. What can you tell me about this product. The gramma is doing fine. She is eating and coming out and moving around the tank more (I have had her about two weeks - she is settling in). The first two spots have dropped off...

Did my PWC today. I did 3 gallons instead of my usual 2, and wiped down and cleaned out the equipment in the tank (which I normally do). I am going to have LFS do another water test this weekend, and I assume everything will be in line as usual. Now I wait to see what happens.

I have the gramma, and B/W ocellaris, a peppermint shrimp, an emerald crab, and a trochus snail. It is a 20 gallon tank. I had a 10 set up since last summer and just upgraded to the 20 and added the gramma a few weeks after set up and good water tests. So there is not any direct treatment...

I had hoped I was wrong when I saw a spot on the fin of my new royal gramma. But another spot showed up today. Time to learn how to treat ich in my marine tank. From what I have read, using heat won't work the same way it does in a fresh tank. Copper won't work because I have inverts...

I set up my FOWLR tank last July, and am happy that I have a healthy covering of coraline algae on my rocks and tank. The problem is that it is starting to show up on the sides and front glass of my tank where I don't want it to cover. What is the best way to get it off? Is there an easy way, or...

I have been running a 10 gal FOWLR for a few months. I have LFS do water tests and all had been good so far. I lost an emerald crab early on, but got a another one later on and he is doing well. I am in the process of setting up a 20 gal. Given my limited storage space for water and my budget...

I have a 10 gal with a b/w ocellaris, trochus snail and peppermint shrimp. I had an emerald crab before the the shrimp came. When it was just the crab, the snail and the fish, the crab was out daily, and the snail was on the walls all the time. Once I added the shrimp, the crab molted, came...

I set my tank up mid July. I have been having the LFS do water tests. I have been buying things to adjust my water params. I have been figuring out a regular maintenance schedule for cleaning, water changes and and dosing. I finally had two water tests in a row where the params were stable and...

Okay. I think I am adding the salt slowly, but not stirring at the same time. I am stirring after it is all added. Maybe that will help. The heating pad is an intriguing idea since I mix and store my water in the basement where it is a little colder. I bring it upstairs the day before I use it...

My shrimp showed up! I have seen him 2-3 times now under my blue light at night. I don't see him much but I know he is in there. Is it possible that over time he will come out more, or do they stay hidden most of the time?

I have a 10 gallon. I do 10% WC per week. I use RO water that I get from the store. I use Instant Ocean salt mix. I mix my water in a bucket by hand. I make about 3 gallons at a time. I mix to 1.025 SG. I do not have an extra power head and heater to use for mixing water. The mixed water usually...

That would be good news. How long does it take them to come out again? When we had hermit crabs (land ones) they would disappear for several weeks at a time for molting. I want to know at what point to stop looking for him.

So I finally went to nudge the thing. Definitely not something that is alive. The question is: was it the molt and the shrimp will come out in a few days, or was that the shrimp and he didn't make it? This morning he was on a rock and looked at least alive. So I am guessing that was the actual...

I am new to shrimp but the antennae are up and legs are moving a bit. It does not appear to be the molt. Maybe he is picking stuff out of the water as it goes by because that is easier for him right now. We will see what happens today. If he is still around tonight then maybe he has a shot at...

Right now he is stuck to the filter intake. He was flattened against it earlier but seems to be holding himself up now. Not much I can do but watch and see if he gets stronger.

I got a small peppermint shrimp for my 10 gallon a week ago. I drip acclimated him and put him in. Never saw him again. I figured he died and it was just wasted money. Today he showed up on my rock, but he is clear as glass. He appears to be alive, just not pink. I am glad to see that he is...

Okay - I guess that is good considering this is a 10 gallon and people say it is hard to keep a 10 stable. We will see in the long run.

Just saw a "bug" on my rock. 3 ml long. Brown. Maybe 6 legs. 2 short antennae. Too fast to get a picture of. Then I saw this guy: I just keep adding to my pest list this week. Can anyone tell me what my new additions are and what I should do with them?

I did post this on a another thread but haven't gotten a positive ID and what to do or not do with it. It is not a great picture. This one is about 1/2 inch long, but now I see others on other rocks that are smaller. They may be spreading. I can do a better picture later this week if that will...

Thanks so much! I am gone for the weekend but will tackle all of this stuff next week!

This week I found out I have a phosphate problem because LFS did not test for phosphate and it was leaching out of the live rocks. Solution: phosguard Today I find what I think is a rogue coral and turns out it is likely aptaisia. Solution: I am thinking about taking the rock out and using...