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Yeah I'm curious also. I have at least 30 of them in my 55. How many is too much?

The dial must be misaligned with numbers. If your digital temp and stick-on temp agree then heater is wrong. If it cycles on and off then I would keep it and just ignore the setting number. go by your digital and other temp readings. Good luck with the bigger tank. -sawsman

water, razor blade and some elbow grease. never heard of a liquid that will help other than good ol H2O. -sawsman

OK. is there a light that tells you when the heater is cycling on and off? If there is does it stay on steady? It sounds like a bad heater. :thinking:

sometimes problems wont go away by trying to run away. There is probably a drug problem in ST. Marteen also. I've been there also and I know there is definately an alchohol problem and STD problem also. I agree with volunteerg, talk to someone like a counselor at school.... they're there to...

a couple of heaters that I have used in the past never actually matched up with the arrow on the dial and were as far off as two degrees. My guess is your heater setting is off. Turn it down until your temp readings are where you want them and if they remain stable then why worry.

Your digital is probably ok. I would turn your heater setting down one degree per day until desired temperature is met and remains stable. 83 is not too high in my opinion. The fluccuation is what you dont want. You can buy a stick on type thermometer just to compare to your digital if your that...

once in a while squid or chopped silverside. and yes, 150w MH 12.5k's x2. -sawsman

only when I'm in the shower

I work at the worlds largest open pit copper mine in the water service depatment. South Area Water Services, and everyone says I'm the "man". thus sawsman. By the way.... we run the states largest Reverse Osmosis water treatment plant (3,000 g.p.m. all year long!).

My anomone's doing fine! I wish I had a video also. Dont you ever wonder what we're missing when we dont watch our tanks? -sawsman

alexis31, Welcome aboard! If you do a search at the top of the page you will be able to find tons and tons of information on most any subject, fish or equipment. this will help you out greatly.

Originally Posted by AzOcean709 I don't agree with the 10 to 15 minute deal...i acclimate everything the same. I put everything in a bucket with a heater. . i put the animals in the bucket. my tank stays at 79 degrees, my bucket is then put to 79 degrees, with snails i drip faster than i...

thought I'd share this story: The other night I was watching my tank from across the room. As I was watching my Clarkii clownfish was poking into the LR quite oddly. As I stood up and was walking toward the tank I noticed the clown had pulled a HUGE bristleworm (~4" long) from the rock and had...

yes drip method is fine. I might add that you'll want to keep your specific gravity at >1.024 and calcium at >400 ppm for snails. -sawsman