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Can anyone tell me weather it it is safe to use Flourish plant food in my planted tank that has Ghost Shrimp in it. If I am thinking correctly the shrimp are sensitive to copper and the flourish does show a slight amount of copper listed as one thing that is in it. Going to be setting up a CO2...

I have a 90 gallon planted tank and seriously considering a CO2 system, can anyone recommend a kit I could buy that is a complete system A lot of what I have seen doesn't to be the entire system. Some have no tank , others no diffuser , or counter etc. Any recommendations would be appreciated.

Does anyone here use a Reef Octopus HOB 1000 hang on back skimmer? I don't have the option of a sump and was looking into a protein skimmer , I have read good and bad reviews. Anyone here have a hands on experience with this unit?

I have a 29 gallon oceanic biocube setup with tank , stand , pump ,refigun light and High Intensity light setup, filter cartridges, in sump protein skimmer. I had it setup as an established saltwater tank and recently took it down and upgraded to a larger tank. I am located in Connecticut so...

Hello and hope everyone is doing well , been a member here just away for a while , why? I have no idea.:facepalm: Currently still have 90 gallon freshwater community tank that has been running without any issues and all healthy and happy ; also just finished upgrading my saltwater from 29...

I have a question on shipping/transporting fish and how long they will survive. I was away on vacation and a LFS where I was had some Panda Garra cats that I have been looking for and unable to find in my area so I wanted to bring a couple home but the girl at the store insisted that they...

I am looking for some trios of guppies for breeding. Probably a total of six ( 2 males & 4 females ) would be fine. If anyone has any they are looking to sell please PM me and let me know what you have. Thanks.

Can anyone tell me if this would work for a sump set-up. It is going to be made from a 20 gallon long tank and will be supplying a 55 gallon tank. My biggest question is really the height of the baffles and the spacing at the top and the bottom of the baffles to direct water through the...

Hope someone can answer a couple questions regarding adding anenomies to my current FOWLR tank. I currently have a 29 gallon biocube that is well established and home to 2 clownfish , a midas blenny , a pink spotted goby 2 cleaner shrimp and a few blue legged hermit crabs. I have been...

In the past 24 hours my 2 cleaner shrimp and 1 fire shrimp have molted and now are missing. Could my hermit crabs and / or strawberry crab have taken them for an easy meal with a soft shell after their molt. I can't seem to find them anywhere. The shells from the cleaner shrimp both had eggs...

I have a question about DIRO water use. I just purchased a filter so I am able to filter my own water at home for use in my FOWLR saltwater tank. I was wondering if it would be best to also use DIRO water for my water changes in my freshwater tanks as well , this would eliminate the use of a...

I just picked up an established tank and after removing the live rock to transport it home when I went to put the rock back in I found a sandworm in the cooler I transported the rock home in. Is it OK to have it in the tank? I hope so since I went with the assumption that he was in there so I...

I recently picked up an established 29 gallon biocube and was wonder on if I could maybe add a couple more fish to it. It currently has 2 clown loaches , a blenny and a gobi as well as 4 or 5 hermit crabs and 4 or 5 snails. Is there enough room to add a couple more fish? I would really like to...

I am looking to put 2 discus an electric blue ram and a skunk loach in my community tank and was wondering if it is OK to do so. Currently the discus , ram and loach are in a planted 10 gallon tank and I want to get them into my 90 gallon community tank. The 90 gallon is planted with live and...

I am going this weekend to pick up a 29 gallon biocube saltwater reef tank that is fully established and was wondering the best way to go about it. I have heard from some that say leave some of the water in the tank and move it with the fish in it and others say to completly drain to prevent...

Just picked up a free 10 gallon heavily planted tank ( and I meen heavily ) with 20-25 zebras and 2 panda garra suckers. I drained half the water to get it home filled it with water , did another 50% water change and changed the filter. This morning I did a water test and it was off the charts...

Just wanted to say a quick hello from the wonderful state of Connecticut. I always had a tank or two when growing up and always enjoyed it and still to this day seem to be an addict. Currently a heavily planted and overstocked 10 gallon tank that was a free craigslist find ( I am trying to...