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Isn't temp flux a reason for Ich? That's what I've been told.

Want to put a hippo tank in a 55gal tank but have read they need at least this size tank the only thing is a have about 70# LR taking up space is it still OK to put it in there.

that's the plan

It's sitting on top of the plastic cover that came w/ the tank years ago. The temp is 82 right now. I'm going to put a fan in the canopy and hopefully bring the temp down to 78.

I have PC's about 210w on a 55gal tank.

I have a 55 gal and want to add on a refugium. Thinking of maybe a 20 gal high tank. Want to elevate the 20 gal and put it to the side of my 55. I have a backpack skimmer was thinking about putting it on the 20 gal tank and leaving the pump in the 55 to transfer the water to the 20 the...

How far should I place the lights away from the water?

Pet store I go to had about 10-15 of them in a tank this weekend. Some kind I always see.

When your shrimp molt to you leave the old skelton (if that's what you call it)?

23 and stil alive.

So I can just live the little guys in my filter pads? I've been brushing them back into the water when I clean the pad. Did some one say they don't even clean their pad?

What kinda glue do you use to glue a rock w/ a coral on it to LR?

Anyone else get these little bugs in the filter? Kinda look like a centipede w/ an antena.

I'm just repeating what the LFS guy said and I'm dabbling w/ it a little myself. He said that he runs his as high as 800 sometimes and that's fine as long as your alk is b/w 12-13 dkh. That way you know that the calcium is being used up. I'm finding now that my nitrates are little high so I'm...

The way I understand it there are pros and cons to warmer and cooler tanks. Warmer tanks supposedly allow things to grow faster and fish to reproduce at faster rates. Kind of like an incubator, but if an outbreak of something bad happens in your tank it will spread quicker. Haveing your tank...

My colt's are constantly laying on there sides, but haven't had them detach from their base, yet. How long was the colt secured to the rock?

Dumb question I'm sure, but do you throw away your razor blades when they rust?

Thanks for the reply. Buddy was telling that there is this powder that you can buy at the grochery(??) store. You stump into the carpet then vacum. Say's it's good for a year. Says he'll bring it over later cause he stil has some.

My dog has fleas unfortunately he's in the same room as the tank alot. LFS guy said setting off a flea bomb will destroy the tank. Anyone else know what I can do to get rid of the fleas?? Without killing the tank.

Was at my LFS yesterday and they had about 10 royal grama's in one tank. The guy that runs the place has told me that you could do and now I have seen it done.