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Hi everyone, I had GFI (ground fault interrupters?) outlets installed by an electrician for my tank. I have the power strips plugged into them and when I hit the test button on the GFI outlet, everything in the tank shuts off, so they're working correctly, right? That was question #1. Question...

Hi..Im fairly new to the hobbie as well..BUT..I made the mistake of getting a Horshoe crab. Not 2 days later he started knocking over my rocks..theyd be tipped over in the morning. I read where they eat all the goodies in your live sand too..so as soon as he came out and made an idiot out of...

Just my 2¢. I paid $69 for my Prizm online at a popular online store. Cant you order from the USA that way? Also..they have em on ---- now and again. :p

Hey Nanook, Yes..thats snow..cheers from Buffalo! It occurred to me as I read your last post, my PowerHeads have sponges on them which have NEVER been rinsed. I'll do that now..in s/w this time. Thanks..and I'll toss a snowball your way!

Hi Beth, I wondered about the test kit too, since everyone seems healthy. Maybe I'll have my fish store test my water. Thanks for the L/R info..I'll wait until things stabilize. I assume that whenever I do add it, I'll go into a cycle...I wish Id had enough $$ to add it in the beginning, but I...

Would it be safe to add a large piece of LR at this point?

Hi Nanook, Thanks for answering. I have only 3 pieces of L/R and I was rinsing my filter under the tap. I think I was overfeeding too, and Ive cut way down. I havent vaccuumed the substrate, I tried it and it sucks up the sand but I think the cleanup crew does a fair job of cleaning. Should I do...

I read and read and researched before I started and THOUGHT I was doing it all right. I've had my tank up 6 weeks. It's a 55 gallon. I have about 80 Lbs of live sand, a few nice pieces of live rock, all added at the beginning. I started with 5 Damsels and returned 2 of them to the store after I...