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I currently have 35 snails and 20 hermit crabs. I added them when I started getting some rust colored algae growth. A few days later I added a few stars on the recommendation of the guy at the LFS to turn over the sand. This has seemed to have brought the algae growth under control. I used a...

Originally Posted by meowzer Do you own your own test kits? Yes. I'm currently testing for PH, Ammonia, Nitrites, Nitrates, Carbonate Hardness and Calcium. As of yesterday: PH - 8.4 Ammonia - 0 Nitrites - 0 Nitrates - closer to 0 then 5 in color Carbonate - 9 or 161 Calcium - 520

Originally Posted by florida joe speak for yourself. to answer your original question changing the filter media will absolutely NOT change your salinity. For my own benefit why would you think it might I didn't think it would either, but my cheap hydrometer was reading off the charts...

I only used the salt mix for the initial fill. All future water changed will be with sea water. I didn't premix because there was nothing in there when I initially filled it. The aquarium is only a few weeks old. I started with just cured live rock and live sand. About a third of that rock...

Are peppermint's know for fighting with rock dwelling fish like Gramma's? Was I mistaken and they were cleaning them? The lighting is Wave Point T5's with the default two "Blue Wave" and two "Sun Wave" bulbs.

I just recently setup my 90 Gallon reef. I originally bought 70 lbs of precured live rock from my LFS. After setting it up, I decided that I definately needed more rock. I went back and purchased 25 lbs of rock that had been traded in from an established aquarium. Looking back, this may not...

I noticed. You saved the day. I'm glad that I stumbled upon these forums in my panic. It seems like they will be a great resource and I always have a ton of questions.

I put the hydrometer on the counter and beat it like a rented mule until bubbles came off. Most of the bubbles came off and it dropped it 1.026. I feel much better Going to the LFS first thing tomorrow to get a refractometer. Thanks. I was completely freaking out and ready to start doing a...

The change in floss has seemed to cause a lot of micro bubbles in my water. I can't seem to get the plastic arm free of all of them. Do you think this could be what is causing it to read so high?

I have a relatively new (couple of weeks) aquarium that I've been setting up to be a reef. It's a 90 Gallon with Wet/Dry sump and skimmer. I was just changing the floss for the first time. This has seemed to have caused my specific gravity to jump from 1.023 to 1.032+ (the limit of my plastic...