Recent content by barrman

For the first ones i got i just put them in because i was told by my lfs that doing so would be ok, but after the ones that were not acclimated died I acclimated the next ones for almost an hour by floating the bag and slowly adding water and that didnt seem to make much of a difference.

The temp in the tank is around 78 and i havent heard any clicking, what would that be?

I might have had some calcium but my lfs told me that there was none in my water. I use instant ocean salt. my parameters that i know the exact numbers for are ammonia- 0 nitrate- 0 nitrite- 0 ph- 8.3 sg- 1.025 and for my ca after adding some calcium supplement it was at about 280 and i have...

Theres plenty of algae in the tank for them to eat, i actualy have a emerald crab in my tank that is alive, i got it yesterday but it acts very odd, its always on it back and it looked like it was clawing at its eyes and around its mouth. it seemed almost like it was disoriented or something. i...

My SG is around 1.025 and at first i tried just putting them in because the guy at my LFS said that would be fine, but after they died the next ones i acclimated by floating the bag for about 10 mins then adding a small amount of water every 5-7 mins for almost an hour, i dont have the stuff to...

Hi everone this is my first post. I have a 55 gallon tank with 2 clowns and a firefish goby and i have been having trouble getting snails and hermit crabs to stay alive in my tank. i got my water tested at my LFS and they said that my ammonia, nitrate, and nitrite are all 0 and they even checked...