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Squishyfish Great tank - you added alot of LR in 3 months, love the design and the corals

What is the best time to do a water change, 10-15% weekly or do a 40-50% on a monthly basis?

Question I have a 100 gal bowfront that is about 6 months old. I started out with regular sand grade 1 and 2. (approx 100lbs). About 3 months ago I added 40lbs of LS to make the base about 2-2.5 inches. Will the original base become live and how long does the process take. Also, can I add more...

Thanks for the info Dan, Iwill try tonight. Sparky

Can anyone tell me the correct way to propagate a colt coral--do you cut the frag inside the tank or out. Also are there preferred methods of attaching it.

SquishyFish The front of the curved ares was constructed using 1/2" MDF (medium density board) with cuts on the back side every 1 " and 3/8" deep. On the sharp bends I made the cuts every 1/2". We then use oak veneer and glued it to the front. If you look closely at the original photos you can...

You people have been great, here is a picture of the bar almost complete. I do have a question--I am having trouble with a lime green algae covering the rocks and large fake coral, the tanks is 5 1/2 months old. Will this alage cycle out, phosphate is .25, ph 8.4, sg 1.025, nitrites .1, nitrates...

Squishyfish You are right, that has been a design issue from the start. How to make the top spill proof and still have access to the tank. Right now the best design we came up with is to make the top a solid conter top and lift it off to do the maintenace. I plan on making a beach scene with...

Hi everyone, New to the hooby, just like to share my photos and get some feed back. Tank is 100gal bow front started in May of this year-pics are from the beginning--more to follow.

Other than 2 net method is there any other way to get at a fish for QT. I do not want to take apart my LR and other tank decor to get this Yelow Tang out. Tank is about 30in deep and already have been up to my arm pits in Salt Water with no success. This guy is quick and knows every nook and...

Water quality seems to be up to par SG 1.024 PH8.4 Temp 77.5 NH3/NH4 .0 N02 0.2 NO3 5.0 O2 4.0mg/l Alk High All numbers fairly consistant. Tank about 8 weeks old. 150gal tank water change weekly of 22 gals. UV filter fluidized bed Protien Skimmer Filter Sock Only one eye cloudy and one fin...

I have a new yellow tang that after a week has developed one cloudy eye. And a cloudy spot on on of it's front fins about 3-4mm in diameter. Seems to be rubbing and scratching on coral and rocks. Is this infectious and if not what type of meds are recomended? Thanks for you input.