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Thanks for the reply's everyone. I will let the tank sit for a little bit and regroup from all the chaos lately. The nitrates were extremely high when the fish were in the tank too however they were doing fine up until the move, so now I am under the assumption things went haywire after the...

Yes, there was major disruption to the gravel/sand bed lately. We moved the aquarium from our restaurant to our home about 3 to 4 days before the crash and so the gravel was definitely mixed up and messed with significantly. That may definitely been the cause of the crash. do you think this is...

I tested the nitrate level of just the water from the RO machine from the store and it tested at 0 because we wondered the same thing. The test came back with a 0 reading so its not that. We have stirred up the gravel/substrate in the aquarium so that maybe caused the Ammonia spike as we have...

I have a 150 gallon saltwater aquarium that recently had extremely high nitrates, like off the chart nitrates. I added Amquel Plus to remove the nitrates. Instead of doing anything to the nitrates it actually made my Nitrites spike which killed my entire tanks inhabitants! I was so shocked when...

Hello, I have purchased two pincushion Sea Urchins just last week, acclimated them for 2 + hours, and put them in the tank, they did fine for the first few days, and now it appears as if the one was on the glass and fell off hitting the live rock and laid on the bottom of the tank with its mouth...

Hello, I just moved my 150 gallon aquarium from a business to my home two days ago. I kept and hauled approx 50 gallons of salvageable water from the tank. I Added approximate;y 100 gallons of new water to the tank. When I put the tank up, I cleaned everything really good from the live rock to...

I need opinions on a lighting system I am looking at purchasing. The light system I am looking at is a 72" Aquaticlife T5 HO. I am looking for a good light system for a good price that will be able to give off nice lighting and will be able to keep anemones and possibly some corals. This is...

Hello, I have an Aquatic life compact flourescent lighting unit on my saltwater aquarium, and I have recently purchased a Heteractis Magnifica Anemone, and am thinking it will need more lighting than what my light unit gives off. Right now there are two 36" AquaticLife 96 Watt 10000K Marine 700+...

Hello,   Thank you for your input. I was off on the tank dimentions, it is 72 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 28 1/2. I have the Ocean Direct Live Sand in my aquarium, however it is not fine sand, it is more like a fine gravel, I would rather have fine sand for the aquarium. That is sad to hear the lighting...

Hello all,   I have a 150 Gallon saltwater aquarium set up for approx 3 years now, and have been in the saltwater keeping for approx 5 years. The aquarium is Glass, and is about 72" Long, by 32" high, and 24" deep. The lighting set up I have is a 72" Aquaticlife Compact Florescent light fixture...

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I have a 150 gallon saltwater aquarium with just two 36" low grade double tube florescent light hoods. I have been having troubles with both lighting units for a long time now, and I have been replacing the four bulbs it takes about once a month, which adds up to about $100 a month because the...

I have a 150 gallon FOWLR tank and I am wonderinf if I can mix the two types of clowns together. The stock list for the tank is 2 False Percula Clown fish,Yellow Tang, Pacific Blue Tang, Emperor Angelfish, Mandarin Dragonet, stripe Damsel, 2 purple fire fish, square back Anthias, Blue Linckia...

I have a 150 gallon saltwater aquarium that has been up and running for about 2 years now. I have about 180 LBS of live rock in it, and about 2 inches of crushed coral accross the bottom of the tank. I have heard that Live sand is way better than crushed coral and I should get the crushed coral...

I had a yellow tang that had the same thing happen! his whole body turned rust colored, and ended up dying a few days later. Now I just got in a new yellow tang from SWF.com on Friday after about 1 year and a new tank from the previous sick tang, and the new one now has a spot on his side that...

Thanks for All your responces. For filtration I have a 150 Pro Clear Wet Dry filter w/ built in protein skimmer. Instead of the Bio Balls I replaced it with Live Rock Rubble. Then I have a FLuval 404 canister filter hooked up which has in it: layers of filtering cotton throughout, bag of carbon...

I have an on-going battle with nitrates. Right now the nitrates are off the charts and I can't get them down. I have done water changed before and it does not help at all, I have used liquids for re-moving the Nitrates and they do not lower them. I did a strip test just today on it and it was...

I am in need of some advice. I have cheap lights on my 150 gallon aquarium. They are Coralife aqualight Dual linear strip lights with One 21 watt 10K and one 21 watt True Actinic T5 fluorescent lamp 34.375" L X 3.5" W X 1" H One on/off switch and built-in ballast Sleek black aluminum housing...

Thanks for the comments. I think i will get the two firefish sometime soon. I just bought a copperband butterfly fish online here, So I am going to try my best and keep him alive. I have both frozen and live brine shrimp for him, so hopefully it will work out in the end. I am going to pass on...

I have a 150 gallon aquarium with abt. 150 lbs of Live rock. I am looking to add some more fish, but I am not sure on how many more I can really add. Heres the list that I have in my aquarium right now: 1 Yellow tang, 1 Regal Tang, 1 Powder Blue Tang, 1 Madarin Dragonet, 2 false percula clown...