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huh, good thought- I'll take out the ammonia filter for now and see what happens, thanks

I've got a marineland 350 and 280 hang on the back filters with charcoal and ammonia reducer for the optional filtration area

Thank you very much. I'll ghost feed a few days and keep watching. Also that gorilla crab is gonna be hard to catch! I only saw him once at night in poor lighting and when I went to the computer to ID him and came back, he was gone. I'm thinking before I add stuff I'm going to try the glass...

Hi all and thanks up front for the help! I have a 65 gallon tank that's been up and running for 12 days. I have 50lbs live rock cured from store and 60lbs live sand. My intention has been to cycle with LR and sand as basis. My test values have been: Day 1 Day 5 Day 8...

Ok I'm 1 week into the hobby and excited to see stuff growing on my live rock. Tonight I was super excited to see the first moving thing in my tank. My excitement was very short lived as I have now positively ID'd him as a gorilla crab. He is about the size of my thumb nail. My question is...

All I bought is equipment there so far. But my friend has gottem at least a dozen now with no problems

I've been to pet extreme and tropical haven. I like Pets choice on Tully road too, they are pretty clean and the 2 people I've encountered there had advice that's pretty much in line with what I've seen on these threads

lol. I'm spoiled cause I grew up in Tahoe and now I'm in the Modesto area blech. I'm planning to cycle with just the live rock then when done cycling will add a few snails then hopefully if that goes well a clown fish or a pair. You got an Ich outbreak already, yuck. Is your 30 the quarentine...

Anything I should be wary of when going to look at a used kent hi-s filter reverse osmosis with deionizer.? The seller doesn't seem to know what the model gallon/day is, but from the pictures it looks like a maxxima 35 or 60. Also are these things difficult to set up? Per the manufacturers...

thats the size of my tank too! I just started mine this week. What are your plans for it?

Nice! I started this week too and was at first alarmed when the sand didn't settle. Then I had to stir it all up again afterwards as I originally put the LR on top of the sand bed and had to rearrange. So tanks been up 2 days and I'm just now able to see everything clearly! I'll be following...

OK first readings. Ph 8 Ammonia 0.25 nitrite 0 nitrate 0 Specific gravity 1.025 My question is why is my Ph slightly low if my specific gravity is high. My plan is this week I'll replace evaporated water with salt water mix and recheck everything again next week. Also could my specific...

Fish only for now, as this is my first time. Will anemone work in a FOWLR tank? I like the look of them, but I'm also worried about putting anything potentially poisonous in the tank (got stung by a Portuguese man of war once and its made me very shy of such things) Also I'm debating a QT, if...

Okay biowheels not important, do I have enough filtration between the marinelands and the live rock? I see a lot of people like the sump setup. Should I see how things go and convert in the future?

Okay going to move the sand and put the rocks directly on the glass bottom. Also at the store today I'm going to get 2 powerheads and a test kit. I agree next time I'm going to do RO water from the store and mix it myself. But I thought for the base, first time I'd pay the 1.10 a gallon for...

....And came upon a yard sale with a big aquarium sitting on the front lawn. It looked pretty sound and there weren't any scratches, I thought, what the heck I had an aquarium as a kid (goldfish and catfish, not at the same time) it'd be fun to do one again. I had 60 dollars on me and it just...