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I am changing my 30gal hex over to saltwater and want to make sure I am doing it right. I added my water and salt the first day and when it cleared up good I added my substrate, CC, about 2 days later. Then I added some lr and water out my 125gal yesterday, which is about a week later. Now...

also, when doing a water change today, is it ok to mix the water and add straight to the tank without giving the salt 24 hours to dissolve. I usually schedule the water changes and have time to prepare the water but not this time.

I could be overfeeding, I am still new to this and not sure. I am feeding 2 frozen cubes a day of different things. I switch up everyday. I feed bloodworms, mysis shrimp, squid, krill, brine shrimp all frozen and sometimes pellets and then also those dried shrimp to my puffer a few a day. He...

Can someone please tell me what to do? My nitrates are at 160. They are showing the dark red which is the highest on my chart. I can not even imagine why they are suddenly spiked like this. I did a water change about 3 weeks ago and changed out my filters. At that time my nitrates where at...

it is brown and white and about a foot long

Can anyone tell me what kind of moray eel this is?

I have had my 3" porc puffer for about a month now and in the last week he has bitten chunks out of my copperbanded butterfly and my clown. They are both dead now. Puffer is all that is left in the tank. Any suggestions on what fish I can add that he wont eat?

I have a porc puffer. Puffers sometimes have a hard time releasing the air/water that fills them when they puff up....this is why it is dangerous for them. It can kill them.

I feel like I need something that will eat the leftover food on the bottom of my tank...it is too small for me to get it all out. Any suggestions on what kind of fish or scavenger I can add to my tank for this purpose? So far I have: porcupine puffer...3" copperbanded butterfly....3" Perc clown...

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180gal tank.....with 70 gal sump, 2 serio 2600 with controller 180 gal tank all rocks and fish and lights 3 250 watt ARO metal halide setup and 4 48" VHO hood is complete. ASM G-4 skimmer with all mods. Deep sand bed Refuge. I am thinking of buying this used tank....does this seem like a good...

2 days.....I got home with him Tuesday night.

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ok i checked water: amonia...0 nitrite....0 nitrate 20 ph.....8.4 salinity....1.022 Should any of these cause him any problems?

ok I will check my water parameters, I checked them yesterday and they were all good. I acclimated him that way because thats how the lfs told me to do it and since I am new at this I didnt know.

he hasnt puffed any until a few minutes ago...i tried to put a frozen shrimp unpeeled in the tank near him and he puffed a little and went right back down. I drove over 2 hrs to get him because none of the lfs around here get them. I called before time so they had him ready when I got there...

He has only been home for 2 days but he lays at the bottom of the tank under a rock kinda hidden....and he wont eat. Is he sick?

how much do i feed him? I keep hearing not to overfeed but how much is overfeeding? I cant get him to eat anything right now. He has been home for 2 days now and nothing. I put a frozen shrimp in but he doesnt acknoledge it and its been in there for hours so I guess I should take it out...

Gizmo my new puffer!