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Your water supply probably has phosphates and it took time to catch up...is the cloudiness green or white..probably green... Algea in the tank is probably hair algea...a very opportunistic type of microalgea...it is wicked...once its cycle starts it will die off when nutrients are low, decompose...

You may also look at your return gph to the tank...I have 3 different overflows and they all suck the air straight through.

At this stage..I wouldn't really see how LR would benefit him in such a small tank...the Penguin is sufficient. Let your tank run its course...it will come about.

He will keep it too. I had a dwarf blue do that...he kept the shell too..for a very long time.

Yeah his EW&F poster is right next to his Jefferson Airplane poster...

Nope..I do my research online...as well as draw from prior knowledge.

I have one stand which is stained inside and the other which is nothing inside. No problems with either and no difference in either's condition.

lobstergrabber... Ahh...a fellow ghetto hobbyist...always looking for different cheap ways to easier accomplish our tasks... I felt very lazy last night as I was completing the water storage situation in my basement...I made a platform...tied into two 32 gallon trash cans with PVC with a T to a...

Clear the sand away put the rock on the botton...replace the sand around the rock...next time your fish does what he does it wont fall on him...

Thank you for not taking my post in a fashion it wasn't meant. Enjoy the hobby and as I stated...continue to ask your questions...after some study...you will better understand what the answers you get are.

Same "salt level" as with any marine life... The difference between the two you listed is simply a unit of measure...somethings are measured one way and some are measured another... One is specific gravity which is the amount of salinity water can hold at a certain temp...as temp will effect the...

If someone was cleaning the sponge with freshwater you may have a point there Squidd... But if they are rinsing it in saltwater...then removing the sponge would cause an amonia spike as with the amount of water flowing through the 300 would ensure a very strong portion of the tanks bio activity...

Brown hermits? Blue dwarfs? What kind of hermits...the little ones are somewhat aggressive...but small enough to just keep an eye on...the bigger ones are aggressive and have the butt to toss their aggressiveness around.

Yes it is a very good site...when one steals links...as I did...it is best to steal them from the big dogs...NM Reef etc...

Ever see a starfish in high nitrates? Does it die right away? Or does it become very sluggish and then die later on if the conditions do not improve.

That would be the idea of a portion of the pads function...filter the large chunks out...smaller particles passing through the sponges/pads...could still be trapped in the balls...you would still need to clean the balls just not as frequent. With the sump on my 90 I use about 3 1/2 gallons of...

I think sponges would be worse for collection of gunk versus bio-balls...due particularly to the tighter pores... Same as with the bio-balls...when you do a water change...retain the water...put your sponge in it squeez it...just like rinsing a kitchen sponge.

Yeah that would work then...

Calvindo... Your opinion is noted...but I am not so sure a gathered your point...

Something in the 10 for the macro to attach to is always a good thing...the light you stated should work ok. Your could always get a clip on utility light and put a grow spot bulb in it as well... As for the water swapping...i dont believe that woudl be suffice in removing or diluting everything...