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Hey all, I just bought a new Seachem Multitest for Silicate and the results are not what the kit says they will be. The scale that comes with the kit says they should be nearly clear to a deep blue (deep blue being very high silicate) mine are a muddy brown color... and im absolutely sure ive...

my substrate is about 5" of plain white sand (cant recall the brand) but its very small grain.. almost sugar sized. About .5" up to 2" into the sand I've noticed its turning dark gray in spots.. almost black. Is this normal? Ive also had a small Cayno breakout and it seems to be surfacing...

Hypothetically speaking... Lets say you have 4 40W NO fluorescent lights (160 watts all at 10,000K) If you compare this to a MH light at 150W (150 watts at 10,000k) what are the major differences in the two? Your obviously getting slightly more Wats-per-gallon with the NO fluorescents AND...

I bought a 5 pound piece of Fuji live rock about a month ago. After a bit of re-aquascaping, i have noticed 3 very... very ...tiny feather dusters on one side (side i could not see before.) after a few days of observation I’ve noticed that they rarely come out. In fact I’ve only seen them...

My tank is about 4 months old now and this brown fuzzy algae is covering my entire tank.....the glass, the rocks, the filters... everything except the fish. It tends to flurish in areas with low water flow and low light. especially under or around the base of rocks. any help would be...

I wonder, is it safe to convert from a SSB to a DSB in mid cycle? Ive heard that the bacteria that are responsible for the nitrogen cycle reside on the surfaces of your tank. If that is in fact true, would there be any repercussions to burying these creatures in about 2" of aragonite sand then...

Sadly, I do not yet have a digi camera. Hopefully with my fat tax return I will be able to afford one soon. In the mean time I have a substance growing on one of my rocks that needs identification so I will do my best to paint the picture for you. My apologies for no pic in advance :( First...

Hello, First time poster I have decided to make the jump into marine fish-only aquariums. After a lot of research (and I mean A LOT) I decided to buy my equipment and begin my new hobby. About a week ago I purchased a 55 gal tank, 2 power filters (300gph each), a heater, sand, a few tufa...