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Hi everyone. I'm at the end of my fishless cycle and my ammonia and nitrites are dropping to 0 within about 30 hours now. With my nitrates around 80ppm or higher. I thought I would see an explosion of diatoms by now. Should I keep dosing until I see an outbreak? I originally was forced to put...

Hi everyone! I had a little set back with my bowfront this past few weeks and had to completely trash the whole tank and stand and buy a brand new one. Of course this took me a few weeks to purchase so meanwhile, my brand new live sand and rock (some live, some dried out from an old system) had...

Hi everyone. So I'm completely at a loss this morning. Last night our tanks bottom seam started to give way and we had to completely remove everything from the tank and put it into tubs. Thankfully its just live rock and sand and no inhabitants. Hadn't even started my cycle yet. So I guess I...

Hi again everyone! As of now, the new 72g tank is sealed properly, the tank stand is reinforced and I'm collecting the rest of my tank needs! So excited!! So my question today is, i have a fairly old protein skimmer im using until i go buy a new one. The current one is a venturi style with the...

Happy holidays everyone! Still working on leak testing but only just started and I'm wondering... would i need to reinforce this stand? It's a 75g bowfront. I'm planning on doing a sand bed around 3" and live rock. This is the tanks original stand and it's probably around 10 years old. Looks to...

Hi everyone. I need some advice. I am currently trying to reseal a 75 gallon bow front. So far everything has been going fine. The tank is completely devoid of silicone, clean and ready for its new silicone. The problem is I can now see water under bottom pane of glass between the plastic trim...

So I just picked up my new tank, and realized it's a 75 gallon and not a 55. I now need to upgrade my lighting. It'll be a reef setup. Hard and soft corals if i can. I need suggestions. Any advice would be great! Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone! I'm looking for some options on my substrate. I've used crushed coral from my LFS in the two tanks I've had in the past but my new tank I was thinking of going the deep sand bottom route. Of course the LFS is trying to talk me out of sand and into crushed coral. Any opinions or...