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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!

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...

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...

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...

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...

The last few days some small white worms have started to show up in my tank. I have heard people talk about them. Are they a bad thing? Or are they one of those things that won't ruin your tank but some people just don't like them and pick them out? If you see my other thread, I do have a...

I got a small coral skeleton from LFS. They were selling those in with their smaller pieces of live rock (they call it rubble rock). I thought it looked cool. Today I see something that may or may not be a coral. I had not planned keeping them so have not researched them. But one of the circles...

I am having my LFS test my water for my new 10 gallon tank. They have tested 3 times so far (every couple of weeks or so). This time the employee found phosphates at a level 1. The problem is, the tank has no fish or critters in it yet. Just rock and sand and whatever is growing on the rocks. I...

I have a 10 gal that is cycled and will get its first critter next week. If I like doing a salt tank and upgrade in size and creatures some day, I want to know what other people do to care for their tanks if they are going to be gone for more than 3-4 days. I am already dosing the tank every...

My 10 gallon tank has been up for a few weeks. I added cured live rock a couple weeks ago. I assume when I have my water tested this week it will be cycled. Assuming it is cycled, I am going to be getting my first critter for my first salt water tank. I feel like when I brought my kids home from...

I put in my live rock about a week ago. Today I noticed a small white critter on the rock. It is small and white and definitely moved since I can't see it anymore. It looked like it might be s little star fish with some missing legs (?). Is this a good rider, or a bad rider? Do I let him stay...

I had my water tested yesterday. Kh and pH were low so they had me get reef fusion2 to dose every other day. The water I got at the grocery store is RO so I will start to do water changes with that 10% per week (I had started with tap, but changed my mind after thinking about it). After a couple...

I picked up some Glacier Water at the grocery store tonight. When I googled it at home I was not able to find out much about it. I am planning on having my LFS test this water along with the tank water and my tap water, but I was hoping to find some specs on what this company does. This is the...

I am just starting out on a 10. I filled the tank using tap water. I am going to give it a try knowing I could switch to other options later if I need to. What would be an indicator that the tap water is not working out? Algae? Dead inverts? Dead fish? Bad water readings? I know that RO makes...

Yesterday I filled my 10 gallon. The salinity was 1.026, I adjusted that down to 1.025 this morning. The water is still not clear. It is the color that tannen has when driftwood is added to a fresh water tank. It is clearer today than yesterday and there are no particles floating around anymore...

I am going to be setting up what I thought was just a FOWLR, but I also plan on having a few inverts. I am assuming that even with the inverts, the tank is still considered a FOWLR and not a reef, because I am not interested in corals. I started up my water today for a 10 gallon (yipee!) after...

I am starting up a small tank and researching. There are differing opinions about whether it matters if you add inverts first (CUC) or fish. My thought is that inverts are used for cleaning, but if there is no fish to clean up after, then why do they need to go first? Lots of people say CUC...

How big should my little kribs be before I move them away from their parents into another tank? Last time I tried to leave them with the parents and no one made it. Trying to get a few to survive this time.

I have had an anubias growing on a piece of driftwood for a couple of years. A few weeks ago white spots appeared on the driftwood. They are small and don't seem to have changed since I first noticed them. Any ideas of what these could be or what it means in my tank? Stats - 10 gallon tank...

I have been doing fish tanks for over 3 years and finally got a python. I was so excited because of the way people raved about them, but using mine was a disaster! It hooked up well enough, and siphoned water and debris out, although slower and not as strongly as I expected. Then it came to...