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Originally Posted by nikeSB when i last went to hawaii, they said taking lava rock back with you would result in bad luck. if you think about it, the live rock is actually lava rock. i would toss it... How do I know if it is lava rock?

My in-laws went to Hawaii and brought me back some small pieces of live rock that they found. They kept it in freshwater in a plastic shoe box. They said that the water is smelling pretty foul lol right now. So what should I do with it? I've been neglecting my saltwater tank for about 3...

Originally Posted by ophiura Basically drain it, rinse it out, and start with freshwater stuff :) different substrate, etc. How low maintenance do you want? EG goldfish very low to planted which is a bit higher. well I don't really want plants and stuff, just a really basic tank with only a...

So I have an extra 10 gallon tank that used to be a quarantine tank (I got another one) I'm thinking about turning it into a low maintenance freshwater tank. What do you think? And what would I have to do to it to convert it over, since it had saltwater in it?

yeah i had a diamond goby and he didn't make it lol. and BTW I have a ton of empty shells for my crabs,they just attack the snails and dont' even take their shells

Anyone suggest a good sand cleaner? I have hermits and a huge mexican snail, but I really don't like the crabs, I'm tired of them killing off the turbo snails that I had and killing each other. I also have a brittle star but he doesn't clean the sand at all to be honest.

Originally Posted by BTLDreef How long did you have the Coral Beauty for? I'm glad that you were able to have the LFS test your water just to be sure, you never know and it's an easy rule out. Like the guy above me asked, are you running a skimmer? IMO, I'd run a skimmer if you are not and...

So I just took it apart and cleaned it really really well and plugged it in and it still doesn't work

I think I'll try to clean it. When I plug it in, it doesn't even make a sound like the motor is trying to start or anything.

I'm so mad, all of a sudden my Koralia 2 powerhead just stopped working!! I've had it for less than a year and I don't have the receipt to return it Does anyone have any clue why it would just randomly stop working? This ever happen to you?

Originally Posted by BTLDreef I agree about the ammonia or nitrite poisoning, but it could just have been ich in the gills and the fish could not fight it. FYI, testing chemicals do go bad over time and I've known people to get wrong readings from old chemicals. You might want to bring a sample...

Anyone out there? I'm trying to figure out what happened

Originally Posted by mkroher Sounds like his gills were burned from ammonia or nitrite poisoning. Are you sure the quarantine was cycled? Yes it was cycled, ammonia andnitrite were at 0 and nitrate was at 20 on both tanks and his gills started looking like that while he was in my display tank.

What do you think could have happened to my coral beauty angel? He started looking a little sick a few days ago so I put him in my quarantine tank. He was just lingering in one spot not swimming too much, he didn't have any white spots, but under his gills on his side looked like they were...