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As for the frozen shrimp...I only pre-soak in vitamins about every 3-4 feedins.

I feed mine live brine enriched with vitamins, and mostly SF Bay frozen Mysid shrimp.

Scotts... I will maintain that no one entrusted you or anyone with a life. The local fish store, or other retailer of any animal more then likely sold the animal to you for one purpose, to make a buck as would be the purpose of their maintaining a facility of some sort to conduct such business...

I did use wood...engineered wood is particle, chip, any MDF types, and plywood.

It sounds as though you may have misrepresented the truth to your wife about a certain tank... But hey...no one can be perfect right? Mine says no more as well (2 now)...we shall see...

They injest air by swallowing it...bouyancy problems are usually associated with the pouch. But as with all live creatures...some are not so bright at times and will mistake an air bubble for a vittle....I have lost a seahorse before due to air...i resupplied an airline to an existing stone, up...

Regardless of how ***** or anybody treats their livestock, I wouldnt think this to be the place to drum up complaints against them...especially for that site which was posted...and believe me when I say I dislike that chain like the next guy...

Chlorine and most places higher concentrations of chloramine...maybe run some carbon for awhile. Could also be some unknown contaminates in the tap water as well.

Adjust your pump via the ball valve to slow it down to where it is balanced...does the tank fill higher then normal (just to skimming level of overflow) when the sump goes dry? If not, adjust your water levels in the sump...each adjustment requires you to wait until the water has cycled through...

When you change your pads...you are taking nitrifying bacteria out of the system. Get pads in which you can rinse, and just rinse them in saltwater...freshwater will kill the bacteria. Also you can add an additional filter for the sole purpose of augmenting the primary filter...i.e...an...

Wonder why one person would feel the need or the place to chastise another...wow.... As for your eel...just tie a shrimp around your finger and poke it in the holes...he will find you like he did last time... And as for your tank...you know what to do and not what to do...it is your tank, so do...

I tried it...didnt work. Tried it again...still didnt work. Followed labeling as for dosage and such

With your seahorses, they need calm water, no air bubbles, tons of smaller diameter things to wrap their tales. Water concerns are the normal params, paying more attention to the nitrates...someone mentioned a tall tank, not really important, unless you intend to breed. They are somewhat slow...

Maybe a new test kit

It is a refuge, a quiet, slow place for breeding, speciies only...fishy timeout, nursery, to place a fish out of the main scene, etc. Many people use it strictly as an extension of the filteration system.

Do a 10-15% water change. Monitor your levels, and adjust the water changes accordingly. If need be...change the 10-15% every two days or so. Oh and use this as a learning experience for you. Everything with marine tanks is slow and deliberate.

Yeah type slower this time...I read slow.

Oh oh...problems already... you took off work to pursue your hobby of fish keeping....wow...you're a gonner...you will have two tanks by the end of the spring....

With teflon tape applied properly, there shouldn't be any leaks, barring PVC defects in the threads or anything else like that.

Thats the exact setup I have with the exception of the sump itself. I went with the Tidepool I (wish I had DIY though instead). I have the SOS draining to a ball valve, then into the sump. The Mag 7 is hooked to a hard plumbed PVC return (1/2) to a ball valve, then anti siphon, then a PVC spray...