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well figured id make a post since i have not for like 6 months or more =p i wish my tank was alot fruther along than it is, its like my fish live in the projects - so i feel bad i was planning on spending alot of cash on some lr & everything else i need / want real soon, but thats changed...

was just reading about random stuff and the thought popped into my head if you could save old water change salt and reuse it.... somehow forcing the water to evaporate quickly back into its salt form... annnnd then scraping it all back up and reusing it, or re-adding water or something... lol...

been trying to find out if the 2 are compatiable or not but the info i have been finding isnt clear what so ever, but i guess some people have had bad things happen and others it works out ok i just got a cleaner a few days ago and have been looking at cleaners other than snails to take care...

ok so ive been away forever it seems and im sure there might be something DIY better out i dunno but i saw and liked the idea so i went out and built it this prolly should be under the DIY section but here goes =p when i went out and got all the parts i picked up a extra fish net thinking i...

http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=JJ1117 anyone have any exp. with this thing, or something like it? linked to someone else as a suggestion but curious myself if its any good... making one is just as easy i guess but hey! :)

so finally the place i orderd my overflow and pump from emailed me back and he said he didnt even realise that the tracking # he gave me wasnt for both items! =(( i guess he found everything out and apparently it was shipped yesterday so if its not here tomorrow which im highly doubting, and...

whats the ideal way to keep them alive for feeding over the week... ive looked around off google and such i have not really tried here alot yet but already seems to be a wide range of ways or ideas looking maybe at something i can use just homemade or home found things to hold them and keep...

so i dont have my LR.com yet but i did kinda get the itch and not want to see the tank empty anymore lol. there is one piece of cured base rock from my LFS to help seed my sand some, a day later the tank was completely clear and all my readings are looking really nice now if i do plan on and...

i know there are alot of people that dont ever have to do water changes because of how their system is built and manages to self-sustain so to speak what allows you to do such a thing... if all of your water readings are always say.. ammonia, nitrite and nitrate 0... pH always in the right...

this prolly should be in the hardware forum but i was not sure.. i was thinking about using one in my sump, a AquaC Urchin in sump skimmer.. i put the baffles in already after getting my mag5 pump and getting the "footprint" dimensions from their webpage { for the aquac } .. but my...

i got my mag 5 today, wow lol that thing is a beast and its not even half of the bigger ones =) i did not get my overflow with the same shipment, drop-shipped =\ .. so i want to go ahead and get my pump in there and pipe it into my tank. how do you secure it in the tank tho it keep it from...

so my shrimp i used to cycle is just about completely gone... almost, just about ... close... whatever :) all that is left are a few pieces that keep getting sucked up against the side of my PH.. my ammonia is at .15 ppm { id guess because the shrimp is still giving off ammo.. or would you...

i see some people with a 3 baffle setup in their sumps.. after the overflow line there is the first baffle, which is of course to force bubbles or whatever might find its way there.. up and then the 2nd that is an inch or so up above the bottom of the tank to stop bubbles or whatever...

well.. starting to think about my potential fish list for a 29gal tank thats as much as id like to say near the end of its cycle.. prolly at the mid-point welll im a total nub to any aquarium and ive made it this far :) . ive done plenty of reading, research and questions about equipment...

I have had my tank cycling over 3 weeks now. The shrimp is pretty much completely gone.. but there are still some pieces floating around { was a rather large shrimp :) }.. My ammoonia is very high, off the color chart. My trites are between 0.1 and 0.15 and my trates are 10-15. Now i...

I dont know if its better to let the shrimp just kinda cruise around where ever the water flow takes it or if its better for it to remain in one place or anything. I doubt it matters much as long as water is flowing over it at least somewhat.. My shrimp keeps finding its way to my...

SO! I have my 29 gal cycling finally, have been busy otherwise it would have prolly be fully cycled by now =\ I have my shrimp in there, along with heater and PH and my 3ish inch sand bed. I got a filter from a friend the other day, to help filter out debris because it was driving me...

so i have read alot about the use of styrofoam under a tank, not to balance really, but just to remove some stress off pressure points the tank might have... and to help keep the heat in its a new 29 gal, so it has the lip under the tank, where the glass is raised off the surface alittle bit...

well ive been a troll here for about a week and figured it was about time to sign up and say hi :D ive read and read, and read.... and read, and read some more, there are a just a few things that im alittle stuck on tho.. i recently bought a 29 gal ~( would have been larger but ugh, no room...