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I actually don't add anything to my tanks except trace minerals but the ammonia I am sure is from the at least 2 shrimp that I was not able to find as they are under rock work somewhere but I am sure the cleanup crew will get to them, also I pulled out as many of the snails I could find that...

He wouldn't of been able to put anything in it at the moment as the child lock has been on there for about 2 weeks, the sump is in the stand so without the child lock I knew I would end up with all sorts in there =P. With the silicone i put in 7 baffles, 5 I did the day before so had plenty of...

One thing I am wondering is I need to go into town tomorrow (I live very rural) and I am thinking I might pick up a little chromis or something and introduce it as I cannot test for anything else but that would be the best way I can think to make sure the water is cleared up now. I know it...

And thx pegasus for the link, yep sounds like that could be what did it, the sand was from the original tank so probably 5 years old, when we moved it the first time it never had anything in it and the gfo and carbon were going during the cycling. It did smell pretty bad when I moved it and it...

Thx he broke the heater about 2 weeks ago, I only noticed the crack like 5 days ago and it wasn't leaking, think he had started it and it took this long to become an actual crack, it started to leak so had to pull the tank 3 days ago I think it was. My clown now has cloudy eyes and is swimming...

So we got into aquariums about 5 years ago with a little 20 gallon fresh water, within months we had a 20 gallon nano salt water to and from there it just got addictive. I spent lots of time researching eco systems with no mechanical filters, we first had hang on back refuges but then progressed...