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just dont get caught removing it. dont need to be spanked for a minor federal offence. Id pull rocks from there if i thought it was legal, alright, and ethical....

how often do you test? I mean, is this a jump of 20 ppm in a few days, a few weeks or over a month?.

I picked up my AGA 40 gallon for $100 from the LFS. WalMart do some 'okay' tanks. Mine seems to carry stuff they dont even have online... (my local sore) My local 'Super Wal Mart' doesnt carry the same tanks the other store does. WalMarts arnt the most reliable source for merchandise. Hell...

Well, coral is generaly not 'live' but if you mix in some live sand once the tank is established, you will get a large increase in the organisms in the floor....

If you want more rock, Id add base rock under the existing rock. This base rock will quickly become 'live' with the amount of organisms around it. you can put as much rock in your tank as you want. But each peice of rock will displace some water so you have to ballance the amount of rock with...

I would. If its been sitting for a while, it probably could do with a clean. Id just use some warm soapy water and give it a thorough scrub. The warm water will help break down any grease, and the soap will remove any nasty bacteria that might be lingering. The filters. Id just replace the...

Id just get some of those pads and slide the sucker on the floor with just taking 50% of the water and 50% of the rock out. My tank has been up 5 days and in the last 3 the ammonia levels have spiked drasticaly. The first 2 days the ammonia was bearly visible. With that much live material in...

Yup. Sounds like a seriouse stress reaction. Test your water!. Alk, Ammonia, Ph and so on. Did you keep your old tank usable?.

Salt is salt, it comes down to whats avalible and your personal preferance. I use Instant Ocean simply beacuse it desolves fast and is readily avalible from my Local Fish Store. You dont seem to have said what size your current tank is. Ill guess 40Gallons (cause thats my size). 10 - 20Lbs of...

So your saying that you have to manualy drill the hole to let air into the pipe to prevent syphoning?. Your sump doesnt look like it has that much room. How big is the tank? (in inches) and how far down into the water does the syphon tube run? (in inches also..) Im interested to ork this one...

When I get my bigger tank. I fully intend to hook up some UPSs from a computer dealer. The pump draws little power, and if Im still running fluresents, they dont have much power draw either. I also intend to have myself a large solar generator on the roof of the house. (Possibly a small wind...

Does the same job. Less chance of flooding should the power go out (unless the sump is totaly enclosed and tight scealed.) Takes up a lot of room on the back of the tank. Usualy simpler to setup. Good for smaller tanks. Can be a bit of an eye sore. I have a hung skimmer on my 40G. When I...

Not worried about fishiees.... None in there yet. :-P

Im just writing this to keep me mind fresh and perhaps let others see how another newbie did it. Ill edit this post as things progress, and with a bit of luck, move it entierly onto my website (when its ready). DAY 1: After some shopping around, I settled on Pet Harbour in the wal mart complex...

What kinda clown?. Just browse the website, find a fish that looks "Colourful" and then read when the site has to say. Then go off and read more somewhere else. Try to pick sometihng that has the words "Easy" under 'care level'

Well yes. You can do that. But I wouldnt put that nice dark charchole filter in bleach (Id just by a new one). That would just turn it into a plane'Ol filter.

Percula can apparently be somewhat teratorial. I was advised to add my 'Nemo Fish' last if at all possible, or at least add a fish or two in first before the clown.

Another good question.... Does bleach kill bacteria?

Well, five days into the new tank. My ammonia levels havent topped 3.0ppm and theres been two bits of shrimp in there for the last 2 days. Ill fish em out and monitor the Ammonia levels. Time to get a braod spectrum test started I think. Wow. I managed to pull one peice out fine. Had a thick...

From what I understand... Thats correct. Bubbles in the tank are potentialy bad since this can produce "Bubbles" or 'Foam" (like a protine skimmer) on the surface of the water. This foam can buildup (like in a protine skimmer) and since there is nowhere for it to go, just keep building up...