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Um... no, using my example: For a 75g tank you would take out and replace 25gs once a month = 1/3 once a month, or 5g once a week (both equal 25g a month), or 1g daily. You are not trying to replace all of your water, you are trying to keep nitrates and phosphates at 0. IF you had problems, such...

Yes indeed. They have no eyes or brain, just a mouth and an anus... they follow the water flow, so you might try and readjust the power heads. Also remember to cover all intake tubes and power heads, since they follow the water flow, they often tend to get sucked up into them.

HI, It all depends on your tank size as to how much. For example: I can do 1/3rd water change on my 90g tank = 30g of water. Once a month Or I can do 5g to 10g water changes = once each week Or I can do 1 gallon daily. To do water changes daily, you would have to have a tub of saltwater up...

I agree with your dad, drilled is much better. If I ever decide to do another tank, I will get one drilled...overflow boxes are nothing but a pain in the rump...clogs, leaks and floods, oh my! It seems to always be something.

Hello, Water change is exactly that...you remove some water from the display tank, and then replace what you removed with new mixed saltwater. Match the SG, and get as close as possible to the temp of what is in the display tank. Each person has their own way of doing things...this is mine. I...

Anemones find their own happy place, it won't do you any good to try and move it.

LOL...Your pictures are really fuzzy...I went by what you described more then anything I could see. Try backing away from the tank to let the camera focus, on a computer you can usually crop a section and get a fairly good picture of tiny things on the rocks. I am no photographer, and I have a...

Hi, They are amphipods. They do look just like little baby shrimp when they swim, but they are a sea bug that comes on live rock. Amphipods and copepods are what your fish nip at the rocks all day trying to eat. They are part of the reason we buy live rock.

They have in sump and HOB...choose an in sump one! I personally like in sump skimmers much better then any HOB I've used.

Don't add a cleaning crew until after the cycle. About the green macroalgae attached to the rocks... Macros can help to stabilize the tank faster, since it absorbs ammonia, nitrites, phosphates and nitrates to grow. Beaslbob insists using macroalgae the best way to cycle, but if you plan to...

Hi, I purchase nearly all of my equipment on-line, the LFSs just don't have the good stuff because they can't sit on it to wait for a buyer. Most folks who shop for equipment at the LFSs, are looking to start out, and want the cheaper stuff, since that's what moves, that's what the stores...

Hi, Please, please believe me...do not get this skimmer! I HATED the one I had, all it does is blow micro bubbles, and it leaks, and floods and does not work well...I only emptied out the skim once a month...that's how long it took to draw anything out...it's a chunk of junk. Don't buy anything...

Hi, One thing they do, they kill snails for the shells. So if you put some empty shells in the tank for them, they will go for those and not kill the snails so quickly... I'm afraid eventually they kill them anyway, but it will appease them for a longer time. I no longer get hermits, only a...

Hi, Light hungry corals will adjust to the lighting you have, you might have to place them in the lower area of the tank until they adjust. I personally don't think you have too much light, but if they don't do well then I have heard of folks doing that. Now as for temperature, most fish like...

Hi, Welcome to the site, I guess we all can put in our 2 cents worth.... Only a water test can tell you what's going on. Get your own test kits, master kits are cheaper then trying to purchase them separately. Even if the rock were enough, you still have to ghost feed an invisible fish for at...

I'm afraid the Grouper and the puffer will eat any critter they can fit in their very large mouths. 90g...I know it sounds large (I have a 90g too) it's actually a medium sized Saltwater tank (more on the small side), your fish choices are going to way outgrow such a tank..

Hi, I'm not really familiar with the fish you have, so I can't really offer advice on if they will kill, or eat each other. How long have they been together? Sometimes the fish just have to establish territory, moving the rocks around will usually work for the old timer, who thinks he is...

Hi, Hermit crabs do not go with any seahorse tank, not even the big potbelly horses I keep. The watchman goby is seahorse safe, but isn't appropriate for a 14g tank...minimum tank size is 30g for them. The water flow is not your problem, the horses are dying because of something else. They are...

Hi, How long was your tank cycled before you added the horses? I have never kept dwarf seahorses...too much work for my taste since all they eat are newly hatched baby brine shrimp. If you like seahorses, maybe invest in a larger tank and purchase some captive bred seahorses, they feed on...

Hi, Both of these fish have a MINIMUM tank size of 70g (Tomini tang) to 75g(Kole tang). The lemonpeel nips at clams and SPS coral such as the fox coral. The other types of corals they usually leave alone. IMO There are no tangs that should be in a tank smaller then the 75g. Any fish that will...