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Very cool!! Congrats

Pineapple sponge... harmless filter feeders.

Any silicone that is 100% silicone...

Some water changes will help... otherwise get a good two part additive such as B-Ionic and does both alkalinity and calcium to bring things up. We do need to know what unit of measure you're using... like Laddy asked, is it 3.0 dkh or meq/l??

Try giving it a good cleaning before buying a new one. Soak the parts in vinigar... What type of pump is it??

Originally Posted by BrendaC I have a calcium kit coming and a KH kit... Is that Ok? What are your calcium and alkalinity readings??

Bristle worms... they are beneficial scavengers.

You should be fine with the 65-70lbs of rock. The 1-1.5lbs per-gallon is just a rule of thumb... surface area is the most important thing. If you notice two different rocks of the same size can weigh substantially different due to the density of each. As all rule of thumbs in this hobby it's...

Sorry to hear that... the PT is one of my favorite fish too.

No it's not nessesary... although there is a differance between running carbon and running a bio-wheel. I'd remove the bio-wheel and run carbon once a month or so.

Softies do not need MH lighting... what lighting did the AquaPod come with??

Originally Posted by shrmnator i guess your overflow box defies gravity and the water overflowing into it doesnt splash slightly to make bubbles that can make their way into the tube... I'm not sure why you got offended (I'll have to read back through the post) but what Hurt is saying is...

You could get by with stock lighting in a FOWLR... nothing special would be needed.

LMB's are algae eaters... although mine eats anything I put in the tank. Like toungetwster's he is nice and fat. He still feeds off the glass and rocks all day long but he's always first in line at feeding time. Mandarin are meat eaters feeding mostly on pods and such in the tank.

Originally Posted by Hurt The water is not going through it fast enough and the air bubbles don't make it all the way through. That's why the settle in the top. I agree... the only failure I've had with my U-Tube overflows was once when I slowed the flow through my refuge. The flow was not...

Originally Posted by diane4 Did that wall first start out green from algea and then covert to coraline algea for the pretty pink, purple etc? Any advise on how to get it that way and how long did it take? Yeah algae covered the back at first but the coralline quickly took over. Coralline...

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Don't use damsels or any other live animal to cycle the tank. The water is toxic with ammonia and nitrites which is harmful to the fish. You can use a uncooked shrimp to cycle the tank. Throw it in and let the tank cycle for around 4-weeks or until the ammonia and nitrites reach 0. The number...

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This may be overkill but I change all my sediment and carbon filters plus the DI filter about every 6 months.