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I've done many water changes since I set up my tank and I was wondering if I should keep up the weekly change if my Nitrate doesn't go above 5.0?

I bought a Clown and a Royal Gramma 2 days ago from the only local shop that carries marine fish. They have horrible conditions but these fish hadn't been in the shop more than 2 days. When I brought the fish home they wouldn't eat and I found them both dead today. I have a PH of 8.2, temp of...

I hate to flood the board w/ questions but I guess that's what it's here for. My 1 1/2" Percula Clown tends to keep in the back right hand corner of the tank. All my water parameters are very good, he eats well and the fish was bought 3 weeks ago from a very reputable dealer. I was wandering...

The tips have a hint of brown but I have zero actual experience w/ these creatures and I'm worried at it's near solid white coloration as I've read that that is bad.

I asked my LFS if they could order me some snails and the guy said he could get Turbo Snails. I only have a 30 gallon tank. If I get Turbo Snails should I only get one and if not what should I get?

I just got a protein skimmer. I was wondering how long it takes till it starts collecting crap? Also, do I leave it running all the time?

After 12 days in my new tank my tank has completely cycled. My concern is that my Live Rock looks pretty bare. When I got it it looked incredible and now it pretty much has just some green and red left but for the most part is bare bones. During the very short cycle the Ammonia and Nitrite...

I use NLS in my freshwater tanks w/ Omega One flake. What should I use in the marine tank?

OK I got my tank set up w/ water. I have a 30 long tank I have a emperor 280 filter Jager 150w heater AC powerhead. Getting skimmer next week. Lights I was told I didn't need till the rock cycled the tank (true/false?) I received my live rock today. I put it in a bucket w/ tank water and gave...

After years of fresh/Cichlid tanks I'm in the planning process of setting up an empty 30g long for saltwater. The thing I'm certain of is that I want to use a False Percula Clownfish. The advice I need is what to stock around it? I really like the looks of the Yellowtail Blue Damselfish, so if...

Prior to setting up this tank I had it's filter(AC500) on an established tank for 3 weeks. I set up this 29 gallon tank w/ crushed coral. I put the equivalent to 6 cups of established gravel into the new tank. That was about 10 days ago. I've been testing for Ammonia since the 3rd day. Well...

I started a fishless in my new tank today. This is the first time I've tried this. I took a bunch of gravel out of my established tank. I put seven frozen krill in there. And took one of the nasty filter sponges out of one of my established filters and just dropped it in the tank. My question...

I have a ten gallon tank. It use to house a baby Gold Severum and two small plecos. I guess one of the fish gave the other fish Ich. One of the plecos and the severum died. My question is will enough Algae continue to form? I figured that it would due to the light but I wasn't sure if their...

I got a betta today to put in my 10 gallon tank. What, if any fish can I put with this Betta?

A friend of mine has a hexagon tank that is seriously cloudy. It's been this way for like two months. They have done a gravel vac. They have done several partial water changes. All to no avail. The filtration is good. This tank is in a dark corner with a hood w/ no lights, does anyone think that...

I feed my fish once a day. I have the following: 1 Green Terror - 4" 2 Jack Dempsey's - 3 1/2" 1 Jack Dempsey - 2 1/2" I feed them all the flake they can eat in three minutes. Then I float about a half teaspoon of pellets on a shotglass for 10 minutes and drop those in....they don't last long...

A friend of mine has a 30 gallon tank with two Parrot Cichlids. All of the sudden this tank is super clouded by thousands of these tiny little hair fine worm type things. I cant really describe them any better than this. Does anyone know what these things are and how they can be dealt with?

I started six weeks ago. I have a 55 gallon tank. I have a couple live plants and a couple fake plants. I have several caves made of Quartz and Slate(sanitized well). I have a Eheim 2215, an air wand, and heater. I have 1 2 1/2" Green Terror that I got for free. I have 3 small Jack Dempseys that...