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hmm.. quite possible ... I'll see if I can pick up a test kit and let you know!

about 4 days ago I added the first fish. 2 three-stripe damsels and then on Friday I added a tomato clown. So far they all look in excellent health... active, eating etc. But previously everything else looked happy only 4 days in too. I guess only time will tell.

Yes the tank is 2 months old .. It took about 3 weeks to cycle These were the measurements when I put them in. date Temp Salinity PH Ammonia Nitrite Nitrate 9/23/02761.02358.20010 Alk = 2.8

The tank is 2 months old. The stars were serpent stars and the snails were a mix of 10 Turbo and 20 margarita. Here are the stats Date Time Temp Salinity pH Ammonia Nitrite Nitrate Alkalinity 10/17/02 18:45 78 1.025 8.3 0 0 10 3.2

There was a lot of algea .. but the cleanup crew seemed to eat it all up pretty quick.. Now with much smaller population there is much more algea. My nitrates are a little under 10 currently. They have never gone over 10 since the tank cycled. Pretty confused! I can't imagine what else could...

I haven't done a water change yet as the tank is just 2 months old and all my levels look good. I have been doing top offs due to the evaporation. Initially with conditioned tap water but now I only use what I have run through my RO/DI. Some folks on this board thought there might not have...

So at what point would you say that you have safely acclimated live stock to your tank ? ... A week, a month ? I starting losing some snails and a brittle star(which fell apart.. most disturbing) last week after 3-4 weeks of looking good in my tank. The water levels look great but the LFS...

cool... very helpful .. Thanks for the advice!

cool.. thanks for the help!

Hey.. anyone know of any food for like brittles and crabs ( mithrax and sallys ) that will sink to the bottom. I am having trouble finding food for those guys that I can get down to the bottom of the tank where they always are .. thanks, Dan

I don't have a whole lot in there now.. A couple of damsels.. some snails, hermits, 2 brittles. It's a 90 Gallon tank. I am topping off now with RO/DI.. I got the maxxima HiS. Just measured nitrates at 10 everything else was 0. I lost a couple of crabs which might have caused the nitrates to...

Anyone know the general rule of thumb for when to do the first water change ? .. I've had my tank for about 2 months now. It cycled after 3 weeks. I have only done freshwater top offs up to this point and figured it is gonna be time soon. thanks, Dan

cool .. thanks.. Just curious .. I just started using this thing.. wasn't sure if I had something wrong... although... There's really nothing to mess up!

Anyone else notice that their RO/DI produces like 4 times as much waste water as it does product water ? .... Not sure if I should be disgusted I drink that crap or looking for where I went wrong! In case you were wondering I have the Kent Marine Maxxima R/O-DI 60 GPD Hi-S

same thing happened to me... Just turned up belly up one day in the front of the tank. No clue why.. pretty creepy actually! . Both of mine were really active, they didn't seem to hide much. always scavenging.

If it is the lack of food ....... Any suggestions on what to add to the tank to supplement the diet of stuff like mithrax, lightfoots, hermits and snails ?

The tank is 90 Gallons with 90lbs of live Rock. He is definetely dead with 2 of his legs ripped off and laying next to him... actually looks pretty creepy. I would think if it was water my brittle stars would have been the first to go since I hear they are sensitive...but I don't know... I'm...

ok.. had the tank for a little over a month got my cleaning crew as the first thing I put in a little over 2 weeks ago and now in the past 2 days I have found my first 2 casualties, a sally lightfoot and an emerald mithrax. No real signs of sickness .. I just come home from work and they are...

are you using something more sensitive for the aquarium shots ? The lighting is perfect!

hey Rye what iso are you using for those pics ? I assume that is not a digital camera ? Just a film SLR ?