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How long should I let it soak in bleach water and in the dechlorinator?

Thanks for the info......I'll get started. Really excited to get the new tank up and running.

I purchased a Klein Butterfly on Friday afternoon. I brought him home and got him all settled in my 55 gal tank. Right off the bat my Yellow Tang and Angel started to harass him until the light went off for the night. The next morning when the lights came on, they started all over again. I moved...

I have a 30 gal and 55 gal saltwater tanks. Someone has given me a 110 gal tank with stand. I was told that it was a saltwater tank when they purchased it used but they never had the money to start their own. I asked if it had been used for anything else while they had it, and was told no. Well...

Thanks for all your suggestions and help. I really appreciate the info on the baking soda and we didn't know about the mixing of RO water in advance. Good to know. We'll try the baking soda tomorrow morning and cross my fingers tonight that there won't be any more casualities. It's amazing how...

The last things I added to the tank was the yellow tang and the flame angel about 3 weeks ago. I have 2 powerheads on each end of the tanks. One is pointing toward the front and the other is pointing toward the back. Besides the sump underneath I have a bakpak protein skimmer. The only thing...

The bad thing is the closest LFS is an hour away and the soonest I can get there is tomorrow afternoon. Do you think that is what happened to both the crabs and the butterfly? I can understand the butterfly, but I was really surprised to find the crabs. I thought they were pretty hardy. I guess...

Originally Posted by oceanboy13 first off when did you start the tank number 2 in my opinion that's alot of fish for the 55 gallon but those are my thoughts (can't say much i do the same thing) but anyways and like the other ppl said u should let the water mix overnight before u add it to the...

I can't get a picture. We moved late last year and in the process I lost my camera. Coulda' bought a new one with all the $$$ that's gone into this new hobby though. We didn't know that we were suppose to let the water sit for 24 hours before adding it to the tank. We have an electric hand mixer...

I just noticed the tang trying to slide between 2 rocks to get to a cave where the cleaner shrimp is. Usually goes in thru the opening in the back of the aquarium. Could this be why his fins are torn looking? It the dorsal fin and the ones on his side.

I forgot to mention that after we were done, I added some seaweed on a clip that had soaked in Garlic Guard for about five minutes and the tang wouldn't go near it. I changed it out with regular seaweed and he was much happier I've been adding the Garlic Gaurd to the tank in the past about once...

We mix the RO water w/ salt in a huge tub and bring it up to temp before we add it to the sump and the tank. We check the water before adding it in. The salinity is now 1.022, the nitrate is 0, the ammonia is 0, the nitrite is 0, and the pH is still 7.8 By the way we also have about 65# live...

I'm new to this posting thing, but I read the posts all the time. I really need some advice from someone. My husband and I are new to the saltwater hobby. We have a 55 gal and a 30 gal. The problem is with our 55 gal. Yesterday afternoon I noticed that my horse shoe crab wasn't acting right...