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I have a 55 gal FOWLER as well. I use just a dual HOB filter with a carbon filter inside as well. Keeps the Water clear and eats up a lot of the smell that would be associated if I didnt have the filter. In reality though you would want to get a sump set up with a protein skimmer. It will...

About to get some inverts to establish a CUC. Should I QT them? My QT doesnt have a sand bed and its clean as of now so what would they eat? Any input would be greatly appreciated.

So I used Cupramine to treat some ich in my QT and used my pump and hose frequently to do water changes ect... Can I still use the same pump and hose to do water changes in my DT? Just worried about my inverts... I dont think it would be a big deal but just wanted to ask first since inverts...

I used Krylon branded flat black. Looks great!

Poor guy got stuck in a rock and I ended up haveing to pull him out... Didn't fair too well so i had to get rid of him. Tough loss... Thanks for your help anyways!

I used the bag method... Placed the bag in the water to adjust the temp of the bag water to that of the DT for 15 minutes then added 1/2 cup of DT water to the bag every four minutes until the bag was full. Emptied half of the bag water in the sink then repeated adding 1/2 cup every four minutes...

I forgot to add... He does seem to be breathing heavily.

I have quite a bit of surface movement comeing from my powerhead. my temp ranges anywhere from 76 - 80 degrees my salinity is at 1.025. No spots on that fish at all... it could be stress from acclimation??? This was my first time acclimating a fish. Like a said though, the other clown is doing fine.

It had cycled for about 6 weeks before I added any fish.. 20 lbs of live sand 60 lbs of dry live rock. Could it be my Phosphate levels?

Just bought my first two clownfish from LFS about 4 days ago. I checked my parameters before I acclimated them and water was perfect. About two days ago one of my clowns (the smaller one) started acting really shy, swimming a little different, and not eating. (Feeding them Emerald Entre...

Okay so I finally bought a 20 Gal Brute starage container with a top to store my RO/DI water in. I have a heater and a pump going through it right now to keep it aerated. Should I use a seperate container or buckets to mix my salt water in? I have 2, 5 gal buckets from Home Depot that I can do...

Thanks for all the replies guys! I am going to start with two clowns. And then maybe add a CUC two weeks after. Its just a little unerving adding my first fish with this being my first time...

My tank is fully cycled and i dont have any fish or inverts in there at all. Just live sand and live rock. Can I go ahead and get a clean up crew or should I get a couple fish first? if so how much/what kind of a clean up crew would I need? :thanks:

FIRST FOWLR TANK!!!! I have been cycling my 55 gal tank for a good 4 weeks now with live rock (60lbs) and live sand (20lbs 2 inch sand bed). I have been doing 20% water changes weekly with RO/DI system. Last week I had a raw shrimp in there just to be sure my ammonia was at its highest. During...