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this morning I am looking at my tank as I feed my fish and there appeared to be a long centipeded like creature running around on my live rock. Not very big but very fast. Don't Think I could get a picture because he kinda blends in with rock when standing still. Should I be worrried? Could...

my hob filter has extra Grey empty containers. would I take them out to put rock rubble in there? chris

i mixed water and salt in 3 gallon bucket as I filled. LFS store guy told me it would take approx 1 bag of salt for the 65 gallon tank so I just mixed the salt into the water until the bag was empty then just added fresh to fill rest of tank. You know my boyfriend bought me this set up so the...

whew I bet it did take a long time. I just used tap water for the first fill and let it circulate through the filter for a few days. did not seem to hurt anything. I use RO water now for top offs , etc. Chris

im really new at this and I probably did this the wrong way but i put my sand in first then added the water. Water was really cloudy from disturbing the sand when pouring water in. I had the HOB filter running with one powerhead and it cleared up by the next day. I did not have any live sand...

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Originally Posted by milomlo bump Ok Call me stupid but what does Bump mean? I have seen it a few times on the board chris

So Sorry to hear about your tang. I would hate to lose a fish. my 65 gallon has been up for 3 weeks and my ammonia has only gone as high as .25. I keep testing weekly and 2 weeks in a row ammonia and nitrite are 0. Nitrate was 20 last week and down to 10 this week. but I also took out 5...

I don;t have a fuge, Just a HOB filter at this time. I will keep an eye on it to make sure that it doesn't run rampent Chris

the LFS store that I get live rock from is 5.99 lb if you belong to their "pet club" 6.99 lb if not. they also have lower prices for higher quantities Example 4.99 lb for 50 lb or more. and so on. The New ***** I found has LR for 8.99 lb. I bought my Sally light foot from ***** for 9.99 not...

I took a picture of the rock and then a closer up picture of the leaves that are growing

I just have a couple of questions about water and Salt creep. I bought a brand new 5 gallon bucket to premix saltwater in and then also got a pump with an airstone to help keep it aggitated. how long should I let the mixed salt water sit before adding to tank when doing a water change? Is...

When i put him in he went right to work on my one peice of live rock. that one is close to the filter arm that goes into the Tank (has cover so nothing big ie crab or fish) can get sucked up and he was on there eating the algae too. So I could get a couple of more and it would be ok? I wasn't...

found a ***** today while going to look at the new Joann's that opened up (Joann's is really big). Anyway, I talked to the lady there that told me she has had tanks for approx 20 years. I told her all about the dang brown algae I can't get rid of and what my tank was at for readings. she...

65 gallon tank with 7 damsels at this time. The have been in there for about 2 weeks. Tank was set up on 10-31-05. Chris

Ok I tested the tank again today. So Far I have read that when Amonia and Nitrites are 0 ok add more fish. This is the readings I got on 11-6-05 SPG - 1.026, PH - 8.4, Amonia - 0.25, Nitrite - 0.25 and Nitrate - 10 Testing Today these are the readings I Got 11-15-05 SPG - 1.027, PH - 8.4...

I bought a new Live Rock from LFS store on Wednesday. It was in water with Moving water so they cure it at LFS. Put rock in tank and today I notice that one of my damsels is kinda hovering near the top of tank not moving much, and his eyes look bugged out. I tried to catch in net because he...

Originally Posted by mitzel Welcome to the forums . Take your time , tell your BF slow down. In this hobby being in a hurry will only cause problems in the long run. WAIT on buying anymore fish. I'm not flaming you but using fish to cycle is not very humane. imagine breathing toxic gas all day...

Mine came from the fact that my parents used to call me cricket all the time (My mom figured that a cricket in the house was good luck) my brother in law used to tease me saying stupid things like is there any crickets in your cricketnest. So I have used cricket and cricketnest as screen names...

This brown growth that I have. Do I have to do anything to get rid of it? LFS said that I could "shake it off the rock" and then let my filter filter out the particles. is this Ok or should I do something else. BF is Pushing Cleaning Crew already. I keep telling him its too soon. I am going to...