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Yes i do plan on having corals. Not sure what kind exactly but as much variety as possible. I spoke to my lfs today and they advised me to have 2 smaller powerheads to create a better flow. What gph shoild i be looking at? Thanks

I have recently upgraded my aquarium. I now have a 36 gal tank and i am looking at buying powerheads im doing research but getting confused. How many power heads should i have? How powerful should they be? Thanks

I have added stress coat. Will this help at all until i get chance to go my lfs? What brand did you use?

Hi guys. My royal dotty back has fin rot. It was no longer eating and isnt moving much. He was fine yesterday. I have already done some reasesrch into treating the fish and it all involves quarentine I dont have a quarenteen tank. Is there aany treatment i can use without quarenteening the...

Just for the record. And before anyone pees in there tank., there is no ammonia in urine. Also just be patient it will all eventually happen. It seems to take forever but finally it will be happen and both you and your fish will be glad that u waited. Just keep testing your water and...

Hi. I have a tank slightly smaller than yours but from research i have done you will probably find that 2 clownfish is already too much for your tank. You have to remember that saltwater fish are fro the ocean so are used having large open spaces. Personally i would leave it with the 2 clowns...

The situation..... My 10gal has finnally cycled. My lfs has got tiny blue regal tangs. I know that generally these fish would be too big to live in my tank but i am going to get a much larger tank set up by aprox august next year. The question.... How long would it take for the tang to...

Didnt know anything like this existed. Thank you. If it is making the ammonia less toxic will the bb still know it should be removing it? Should or will this extend the term of the cycle?

Never thought to do that but i will be doing. I have tested my tap water just out of curiousity. I think i just need more patience than anything else

Off tho by more live rock over the weekend. Thanks guys!

Ph is 8.0-8.2 depends what time i test it. Ammonia has been at 0.50 for last few days. Nitrite always has been 0. Nitrates been at 20ppm for about a week

What are they in basic terms?

It has been on and running for about 4 weeks but ammonia has only been visable for about 2 weeks

I used pellets to get ammonia initially. Then i was told to add a cuc. One of the snails died and i just left that in there to build up the ammonia. Other than that i have just added pellets every few days. I must have some nitrites because i i have nitrates at 20ppm but they have never been...

I test it daily at the moment, i have had my lfs check it for me a few times incase im doing something wrong but they have had exact same results. Is there something i could be missing i thought nitrites was just water and drops. Quick shake. It is always blue as blue can be.. the nitrate i go...

I have got live rock in there already my only worry is that i have a cuc of 3 hermits and 2 snails. I now know i would be better without them but i was advised to put them in by my lfs and since found it is a bad idea. To reword my original post: I know if i add more cured live rock i am...

I have a bacteria additive thing i got with my saltwater conversion kit. I have been adding this weekly. And i have had no nitites register on my tests but i am getting 20ppm nitrates. Not sure how when i have never seen nitrites.

I had advice to do very regular water changes to keep ammonia levels down and to stop any harm coming to my cuc. I am interested to find out more about prime though i dont really know what this is.

Yes i did more about a 25% water change recently not much differance to be honest. I plan to pick up some more water from my lfs over the weekend and do another change to try and keep my ammonia levels safer

What is prime? Sorry im very new.

Hi Guys, My tank has been running for a about 4 weeks, ammonia has been present for about 2 weeks, i was thinking about adding more LR, is this a good or bad idea at this stage?

Yes thats brilliant advice thank you. I havent had chance to read the article u linked to me as i have been in work. As soon as i get hone and can take the infornation in properly. Water change is now next on ny things to do. Sorry for any spelling mistakes i an now using a touchscreen phone...

i did read that i shouldnt change the water so i havent done any changes as of yet as it would remove some of the beneficial bacteria, i have changed my filter to see if this would help. It does make sense though if it reduces the ammonia, how often do you think i should be doing water changes?

live critters, snails crabs, anything in my live rock and i am also adding a few pellets every few days

Thanks Andrew, ammonia is at around1.0ppm sometimes slightly lower i believe thats ok but not too sure. I have not seen any nitrites but Nitates seem to be at about 10-20ppm. Do you think i need to take any action with regards to the health of my snails and crabs?