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i made a mistake by using my filter media from fresh to salt water and it's cycling after 6 days.I have three fish in there and my ammonia is0.25 and nitrites 0.25 and nitrates at 20 ppm.i put prime in but i have three fish coming in the mail tuesday.I could set up another tank and let this go...

I've had my puffer for five days and he seems to only like shrimp and he likes to go for the tails for some reason.My question is i want to make sure it's teeth get proper care because i had one before and it couldn't eat because i fed him wrong.Is the shell from shrimp hard enough to keep them...

I thought i was done with the cycle because nitrates went up and i did a water change and everything was good.Have a lion fish going on three weeks and checked today and everthing was of the charts.I did three wc of nearly 50% and still have ammonia at 0.25-0.50.nitrate at 40 and nitrite at...

just curious what others do when feeding ghost shrimp.Some die on the bottom and i don't want a spike in ammonia.scop most with a net.

I have a 75 gallon and tested yesterday and everything zero.Just checked again and ammonia is off the chart.nitrate and nitrite still zero and ph 7.8.I've done around 10 cycles in the past but forgot if i should leave it alone or do a water change.Store gave me a yellow tail damsel so he is in...

I have a emporer 400 and put the correct amount in those grey things they give you.Is this enough flow for it to work?I'm on day three and still at 2.0

I've had my tank for eight years and have had my fair share of mistakes.I have moved alot with different typest of waters and still I'm getting green algae.I keep my light on no more than six hours.Let me start off with I have a 75 gal comments tank with one shrimp and six small fish.I feed them...

I have a 29 gallon with two big goldfish for almost a year and no problems until I used water from somewhere else.I did about a 40% water change and used prime about ten hours ago and everything was fine.I checked this morning and my ammonia is high and nitrates are high but nitrites are 0.Is...

I have a 75 gallon and moved to a place with bad well water.I change my water ten percent every two weeks like I have for 8 years.I have to clean the glass and decorations every time due to this iron.Besides a ro system is there a filter I can use to remove it?I have a emporer 400 and I use the...

I've had two goldfish in a 29 gallon for a year and every thing has been normal. I moved and took about seven gallons to the new place. I tested every thing and it couldn't be better. I have a water softener in this new place and that's the only thing I can think might be causing this. Last week...

I have a bunch of white things in my tank they look like skinny slugs or maggots.i bought some new fish weeks ago and that's the only place I can think of where these came from.any ideas what these could be?what ever they are they cling on the glass and decorations.

ive had my puffer for six months and was a good eater and now he barely eats.ive been feeding him shrimp from the store and krill.i have been trying to get him to eat shelled food so his teeth wear down.im worried this is preventing him from eating.

im into the 17th day in my sw tank and myammonia isn't high but my nitrites are and the nitrates are getting worse.ive changed the water a few times and used prime.i have two fish in there and hope they are alright.from what ive been reading when cycling nitrites will go down while the nitrates...

do the shells grow with the snail?

this is my second blenny and had it six months.all of a sudden it is attacking my spotted rabbit fish.the blenny changed his house and when the big yellow sucker swims past the blenny he goes after him.not to smart.do you think he will get stung with venom?

I bought my first large snail last week in my 75 gal comm tank.do they just eat off the glass?the only algae in my tank is the back glass

I bought a yellow wrasse yesterday and couldn't find it anywhere.i went looking threw the sand and I found him.once in awhile I will see it but keeps hiding in the sand.is this normal?

I have a 75 gallon comm tank and just purchased two 800 gph wave makers.i was just wondering how most of you have them set up.one on each end?all I have is a small air stone and have been having problems with cyno so im hopping this will help.i plan on getting a r/o system when I can.my tank has...

there is a great deal on salt from amazon and was wondering if instant ocean is any good

I have a 75 gallon community tank and was wondering if I could get a mandarin to eat foods

is a wave maker different then a power head or is it just another name?

I had a blenny for over a year and he ate all the time,algae pellets,flake and Mysis shrimp.it died for some reason and I bought another one and want to make sure it gets the right food.i have hair algae but it doesn't seem to like it.i have tried seaweed strips in the past and they don't eat...

are fish like dogs,as far as they will eat eventually?i bought a lawnmower blenny six days ago and he hasn't ate yet.i had one before and they ate like crazy

I read a lot of threads where people don't use carbon in the filters.i have a emperor 400 and when I buy the filters they already have carbon built inside.if carbon doesn't do anything why don't I just rinse them out and save money?

I have a 75 gallon community tank with one power head good for 50 gallons.i was wondering if I had more flow would it keep my sand alittle cleaner?