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I have never had my nitrates go above 2 in the over the year I've had my tank. Its usually at 0. I keep 2 filter pads above the the bio-balls on the drip plate and rinse them in fresh water once a week. I have a pretty heavy bio-load as well, but I do also have 1 lb of live rock per gallon. Over...

Thanks Lion, I'll continue to use it a little longer, but since he was on it already for 4 weeks just prior to last week for the issue of spitting up his food(which worked), this seems to maybe to be an unrelated issue needing a stronger type of medication, or like Deepsixer mentioned, some kind...

Thanks Lion, I'll continue to use it a little longer, but since he was on it already for 4 weeks just prior to last week for the issue of spitting up his food(which worked), this seems to maybe to be an unrelated issue needing a stronger type of medication, or like Deepsixer mentioned, some kind...

Deepsixer, how long did you give this medication until you noticed him reacting this way and what exactly does he do? The tang only reacts like this after he's eaten awhile, and usually when he ingests a good amount of food. He was only doing it with the meaty foods at first, now even with the...

Did the scaring occur directly after the ich? These blotches were not present on him for almost 4 weeks after the last sign of ich, when I raised the salinity. I don't think they are scars but I hope they are if yours finally went away. They have been the same for about 4 weeks now. He has been...

Thanks Lion, does anyone else agree, sorry I can't post a pic

I have been raising the salinity slowly, it is now at 1.016 over the past four days. His tail fin that is frayed hasn't changed, not getting worse, but what he has been doing is spitting back out the food he ingests after about 1 minute or so with everything he is eating. I am feeding Formula...

I would add a second blue filter pad above the bio-balls and replace one every 2 months or so. Do you have the Pro Clear wet/dry? I have always rinsed the pads with tap water twice a week, easier to clean thoroughly. I have never had a spike at all and nitrates are almost always at 0. I have...

I thought about doing that when he was completely coved but now with his spots at a minimum I figured the fresh water dip would just stress him out more with the water parameters not the best. This morming: Ammonia .1 Nitrite .4> I think maybe I was doing too many frequent water changes like...

The tang has been in hypo for 8 days now, 1.009(refractometer). The spots have cut down a lot but still on eyes about 10 spots on each eye(2 days spots were almost gone) some on the fins and a few left on body. His breathing is not labored and still eating fine. My quaranteen seems to still be...

We are not allowed to post competitors web sites here but if you leave your e-mail address I may be able to help. I have a 90 gal with built in overflows(aga) and the exact wet/dry which I hooked up without a problem. Its been running perfect for 8 months although the skimmer is below par that...

The tang is about the same with maybe a minimal decrease in spots. The ammonia seems to be up a tad this morning(about .40) and I only fed him a few pieces of seaweed last night. Could the salinity at 1.009 be effecting the test kits, I wouldn't think so. I did add Amquel Plus(2nd time in a...

My ph and calcium have always remained consistent just the alaklinity a little low as of late. My e-mail is jktenpro@verizon.net. Thanks NY

I thought this to be true as well until I read some posts saying that a lot of base rock is not as porus and even though it becomes live it dosen't have the effect of real live rock. I was going to buy base rock as well until I read this. I guess it depends on the rock, is this true.

Does anyone know the conversion to dkh, for 100mg/l, I am thinking around 7dkh but these are the only numbers Hagen shows on their tests in mg/l. I know there's a conversion chart out there somewhere but I can't find it. Any Hagen users that might know

I bought the live sand right after the cycle and by critters I mean the pods, worms etc. that make up the live sand. Maybe I wasn't clear enough.

Do most people add live sand periodically? I have been checking with a microscope and flashlight at night and see nothing crawling around anywhere on the sand like I used too. My levels have all been consistent after my cycle and have lost nothing. Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0 PH 8.1 Salinity...

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I have had a 90 gal set up for 7 months now and used to see critters on the sand at night. I added 10 lbs of live sand from an established tank after my cycle. I have about 3 1/2 in of aragonite sand. I also have 90 lbs of live rock, a bunch of Nassarius snails, hermits and 3 fish. Why is there...

I will be adding a cinnamon clown next week that I am quaranteening at the present and eventually a flame and a yellow tang maybe a purple instead, just going a little slower because of the algae. The Mexicans are great grazers but since I had 2 die within a month of each other I have been...