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I have recently installed a Coralife Super skimmer to my 46 FOWLR. The instructions state "After the 'break-in' period turn the pump adjustment valve to the open position . . . ." How does one know when the break-in period is over? The instructions state 24-72 hours. Is there a sign (ie the...

yeah, I have an adjustment and no the bubbles are not clouding the water. You cannot see them unless you are up next to the tank. Thanks

So are ANY microbubbles a problem, or just large amounts?

I recently installed a Coralife Superskimmer on my 46 gal fowlr. I am using the HOB application. Despite the microbubble difuser, there are still some microbubbles in my tank. They do not really cloud the display, as they are barely noticible unless you are right in front of the tank. My...

I clycle my 46 gallon with a raw shrimp- Just one decent size. I left in in for 2 days. The tank cycled fairly quickly and I did not see a HUGE spike in ammonia.

I would add the clean-up crew and then wait a week or so on the fish. Others have added the fish and then the clean-up crew and have had success as well. If you have a quarantine tank, you could order them all at the same time and put th efish in the QT tank.

46 bowfront fowlr. I have lost count of the total lbs of rock, but is similar to yours. My livestock includes: 2 false percs foxface firefish toby puffer 10 hermits 2 mexican turbo snails The puffer gets along well with all inhabitants, although he pecked at the snails a couple of times when...

I use the marine combo for my 46. I use the saltwater 4-pack that contains marine cuisine, emerald entree, omega 3 brine, and squid. I cut off 1/3 or 1/4 of a cube and let it thaw very slightly and then toss it in the tank. Every thing breaks up quite nicely with the circulation (with the...

I have a toby puffer in a similar set0up and have not had any problems.

I went rock (again more base than live) and now have a skimmer oredered after my tank has been going for 2 months.

I think the live rock is a very good idea as well. It greatly improves the biological filtration, in addition to providing grazing/hiding for your fish. To save money- as you are doing a fish only tank, you could get away with a few live rocks and more base rock. The base rock is much less...

no I did not., and I know that this is something that I eventually need to do. This is my stupid way of mixing the water- I mix the water in a 5 gallon water cooler jug and roll it around the floor and shake it several times during tthe day- I know a power head would be much better, and I...

Another newbie question- I did a water change today (10%). I mixed my own (RO with IO salt). I mixed the water yesterday and did the change today. I usally mix the water for two days prior to a water change but only did one this time. There are white crystals in the water that looks like...

I did the change a couple of hours ago. Thanks

Thanks, dmjordan- Yes I do have livestock- a small foxface, a toby puffer, a firefish and two false percs. I also have 8-10 hermits and 2 turbos. n2theblue- thanks for the advice. I think I will adopt that or a similar strategy after the next water change. 30 hours after the mishap and...

Has anyone had success keeping peppermint shrimp alive with a toby puffer swimming about. I am considering adding shrimp to my 46 gal fowlr. Thanks

It has been about 24hrs since my rinsing blunder, and there has been no increase in ammonia whatsoever. Still reading .00. DO you think I am ok? I have yet to do my water change. I will do it later today when my 19mo old is napping. She usually adds an extra degree of difficulty to the...

I am using crushed coral- put it in before I found this site. I do a 10% change every 10 days. I mix my own sw, using ro. I mixed my water earlier today, in prep for tomorrows change.

should I decrease feeding? or something similar? I have a regular 10% water change planned for tomorrow- should I go ahead with that? If I do, maybe I should not sweep the substrate as I usually do to preserve any bacteria there. Thanks for all your input.

how long do you think it will take to see whther or not my ammonia is going to rise?