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Yes, this is the same tank when I joined in 04 so it had been going for some time when the heater exploded. We tested so many times for nitrates and have gone thru so many kits its ridiculous. Finally got to the point that as soon as you actually add the final drops to the test tube it...

It was the bagged stuff from the LFS - all I could get my hands on at short notice. It looks great - but the water is still a bit cloudy - thats from the new sand right??

Those feather dusters will pop up everywhere and in the strangest places - they are alot of fun to watch.

Thank you for the response guys, I do appreciate it. It has really been a heart breaking experience. I've had most of my fish for a couple of years and several of the fish had lived thru some rough patches but always pulled thru. I am just going to watch it for awhile then.

I posted this message earlier today in another section and have not had a single response so I thought I would try to see if anyone would help me here. I have just totally redone my 55 Gal. tank after loosing everything. My heater exploded in the tank and long store short, no fish are left...

I have just totally redone my 55 Gal. tank after loosing everything. My heater exploded in the tank and long store short, no fish are left. After trying everything to get the nitrates down, I finally removed all the LR and took out and replaced all the LS added about 10 gallons of the original...

I have been doing a 5 % water change once a week now as my lfs said it was messing with the other levels.

The tank is 55 gal. Would it be wise at this point to do a 50% water change?

I had a heater explode in my tank in early December. My LFS is baby sitting my fish for me. We did a 5 gal water change a day for 10 days to get rid of the smell and hopefully the bad water. I have done several more changes since and the nitrates just won't come down. all of the other levels...

Can anyone tell me if a skimmer not operating properly (or not at all) will cause a rise in the nitrates? Will it help reduce them if a buy a new one?

Yes, they are relatively new to the area and so far I love them. I am also very happy to report that all of my fish survived. My serpent starfish was still alive when I left the lfs the only thing I am worried about was the sea cucumber - he wasn't looking to good. I don't have many or even...

Thank you for the advise guys - I finally got thru to my LSF and told them what had happened. Get this - they are baby sitting my fish for me - how fantastic is that!! We are doing a 5 Gal water change daily and have added carbon. Hopefully within a week or two my fish can come back home.

The problem is the water stinks. It smells burnt. There is a haze in the water. If I remove most of the water and replace it with store bought salt water won't that start another cycle and kill everything?

At 2 am last night my heater exploded in my 55 gal tank. There was a lot of sparks with the raw element sitting in the water. The smell is something terrible. I started getting all of the glass out of the tank, only then to realize that the fish were all in major distress and dying fast. I...

I have an existing tank that has been up and running for over 2 years. I have just been given a lot of rock and dried corrals. I don't have alot of rock in my tank now but was worried about adding any of this rock incase it started a cycle. I have dried the rocks etc. though there was no...