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t5 lighting on a 26 gallon aquarium, temp is about 78, ph 8.0, nitrites 0, nitrates 20, ammonia 0 and salt is at 1.022

Im adding coral to my tank for the first time. can anyone please direct me in the proper way to add the coral and to get it to stay in place in the tank?

The lights are on a 12 hour timer. the salt level is at 1.022 the ph is 8.8, ammonia 0, nitrates 40, nitrites 0. water temp never changes.

Its not an air head its a power head sorry. I just moves the water around. The protein skimmer is Deltec. I did a 6 gallon water change just now. thanks for the advise.

I got t5 lights for my 26 gallon aquarium for christmas. Now I have green covering the glass and green covering the sand and some of the green in thick on the sand almost to a gel point. what is this and what can I do to get rid of it. I have a filter with carbon, air head and protein...

the ones that help to bring down nitrates. not sure the names off hand Originally Posted by Ilovemytank What do you mean by plants ? what kinds ?

what do you recommend to get the nitrates down the fastest? Originally Posted by jag2232 Could be that he's built up a tolerance to whatever the problem is that's killing the other fish. I don't think your nitrates are a problem but I'm just using this as an example of a similar situation...

Interesting you say that, I used Bruces hard wood floor cleaner 2 days before the fish died. But it was on the floor. If you need to reach in the tank what do you recommend for putting on the hands or washing the hands with? I have reached in a few times. But why is my coral beauty surviving...

that is correct no physical signs of the fish being sick. I have had the coral beauty since august and we got the tank in july. Havent used any cleaning products around the tank. the coral did have what looked like a white hole in the side about a month ago but that has healed up nicely. the...

If you add plants to the tank do you need any special lighting? I have basic lights as its a new tank, hopefully for christmas ill be getting the special lights. Originally Posted by Ilovemytank 1-1.5 lbs per gallon is the rule of thumb. But you don't have to follow that rule. I think the more...

The thing on the far right is a deltec protein skimmer and under the clear this in an aqua clear air head. the filter is a marineland for a 100 gallon tank. i was told to over clean and you cant go wrong. I was told the mariland filter is good because you can put all sorts of media in it. by...

Attached is my aquarium, it needs work I know, suggestions? for christmas im getting the special lights.

how much live rock should be in a 26 gallon tank? is a filter and protein skimmer with airhead adequate? can you put plants directly into the aquarium for removal of nitrates?

none of my fish have had any signs of physical disease. this am the clown was swimming just fine and this evening was on its death bed. If the coral beauty is a host what do you suggest. she looks just fine, no ick or anything present to the eye. I googled chadeo macro algae and didnt see...

The nitrates are that high because I cant get them lower. Any suggestions? I use RO water. The 1.025 is what is has been and I recently lowered it to the 1.020 at the recommendation of a marine fish store. Im new to this so trying to figure out what to do. My clown fish is basically dead...