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you are still mid cycle, dont add anything till your getting zeros, if you do a water change now it will take longer to complete your cycle, the brown stuff is diatom algea most likely, lots of new tanks get it, if its getting bad allready you could maybe scoop some out with a net, but it will...

a wet dry/sump or a refugium---or a truck load of LR and a skimmer

I put mine on the bottom of the tank and throw a little sand over thier booty just to anchor them a little bit, at first I wanted them to face out of the tank also, but the feather when open will create some drag and pull them a little bit to wichever positions offers the least resistance, so...

In a 10 I wouldnt do more than 2 fish, and get rid of one of your clowns, when they get a little older thier terratorial tendacies will come out and one of then will die, a ten is just way too small for 2 diff clown species, if you still want 2 clowns get the same species and they might mate...

If you are going to have 200lbs of LR in a 75......skimmer and a couple powerheads and you could bypass any kind of filter, LR is THE BEST filter out there, Bioballs are a trate trap too, seriously, with all that LR you would be fine with just a skimmer, good waterchange schedule, and blow off...

Originally Posted by ryanhayes9 did you think that with the aquarium, salt and a test kit you could get started? for my 29 gallon i have invested over 200 dollars and am planning on spending atleast 200 more start when you have all your equipment and lr etc.etc. I wouldnt get rockin till you...

true you really really have to want to quit, if you dont you wont

yeah but if we could get a couple batches from all over, im sure we could gain some kind of perspective, im tired of opinions or "well ive had luck with this......" lets just find out allready that way when people ask we could ask what they want thier water at and give more accurate info

REALLY I thought the board would be excited, or you all dont really want to know how your salt checks out! AH HA thats what it is!

really! Well those guys are much more attractive than most!!! I thought they look cool, the other ones look horrific!

what was in the salt that killed them?

ive tried carib sea, and now tropic marine, i think the new stuff dissolves faster- people on here usually like it but its a little more$, im trying to get some people to send me enough salt to mix up 1 liter so I can go test diffrent brands on some lab grade equipment but no one even noticed...

someone might have some tricks, but turn of your ph wait 20 min and see if its still there, when I turn off mine stuff falls within 5min

i was in the same position as you, only wanting fish, some live rock, but once you spend more time in the shops and on the net,eventually you will want to try a little frag of mushrooms, maybe some star polyps,so cheap you dont care so much if you lose them, if your water is good, they will...

yeah havnet seen them in a while but, those guys were little they could be everywhere!

I have seen those in my tank, are they really really really tiny? Mine were. Wish I knew what they were

I have asked a number of LFS people and they basiclly tell me if your running powerheads, its going to happen, I HATE IT

Ok folks check this out. My step brother works for a large water company, hes one of those guys that go out and take samples from nature back to the lab to analyze...EVERYTHING. I am going up to his lab to have him test my water with pro/lab grade equipment. So I was thinking since I have access...

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i hand feed my shrimp to but sometimes worry that im going to contaminate my tank with something on my hand!