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Quote: Originally Posted by 1guyDude Hows that rio mini skimmer....i was thinkin of getting one for my nano but it didnt have good reviews...wats ur opinion? It's too early to tell as far as the skimmer portion since there is no bio load to be collected yet. The section that returns the water...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kiefers stupid ? here but what type of filtration are you using on the 11g? IMO you may need some water mvmnt to allow gas exchange. I wouldn't use a conditioner if there is no live stock in the tank. I have a 20 long and needed to add a nano powerhead to get more...

Quote: Originally Posted by GeoJ Ok just keep tracking the three numbers daily so you can to see any changes as they happen. Normal is bang ammonia then it starts to come down you read nitrite as it goes up then you read nitrate. As the cycle comes to the end ammonia goes to zero, nitrite...

Quote: Originally Posted by GeoJ Ok, why are you getting an ammonia reading after three weeks with nitrate and nitrite reading 0? Did the numbers go up and then come back down in the past three weeks? I would think you are reading a false positive for ammonia because ammonia is the first to...

Ok, here's what you do, gather as many as you can in an airtight bag with SW, place them in a box and mail them to me at 1426 Al.................................. Sorry, couldn't help it. I don't believe you have anything to worry about. I have to drive an hour to buy my bristle stars.

Nitrate @ 0, Nitrite also @ 0.

My 11 gal. QT has been cycling for 3 weeks now and the ammonia reading doesn't seem to fluctuate any (1.0 ppm). I had started the cycle with a raw shrimp and took it out. I placed two very small LR's from my DT in there. My 125 gal. DT never went through the cycle process so I don't know how...

I did a water change today and apparently didn't mix up enough to replenish what I needed so I added about 5 gallons of RO water to put the sump level back up to where it should be, now my salinity is at .021. How do I increase it to .025? I've read other threads, but they've confused me more...

Quote: Originally Posted by dempseyjosh so what i did was drill the hole to 1/4" in and put a piece of pex tubing in it and that helped a bit. What would happen is it would just take longer in between each time it would make the gurggling sound. So then i drilled the hole to 3/8", but then it...

Wow, a lot of that stuff I've never even heard of, but I guess I'll pick up on it as I move along. Thanks for all the input. Garlic, huh? I've got plenty of that around.

I know your looking for stuff like Amquel but ammonia was always the least of my worries. I am more concerned with pests like aptasia or broken equipment. Joes juice/aptasia X Phosphate remover A spare 20g glass tank in the garage and an extra 37g plastic tub. Lots of extra spare parts, for...

I tend to be reactive when it comes to aquarium problems, and was wondering what you kept on hand just in case.....

My lfs swears by this stuff and I've been looking up earlier threads but they are about 6 years old. Does anyone use this? I have the two part mixture for calcium and other minerals, but will this keep my PH up?

I have this algae on my sand that grows like a weed. I collect as much of it as I can with some long tongs but 2 days later it is super long like the picture shows. I'm assuming its from overfeeding because all of my water parameters are where they should be. It has a dark brown color and is...

I recently purchased this "soft tube" duster.

I'm a transplanted CALIFORNIAN and proud of it. Been in AZ for 14 years and can't wait to move back. There's a reason my house deco is ocean themed.

I've purchased a couple of Coralife Aqualight Digital Power Centers, and I can tell you they are a piece of crap. The reviews on these will back me up. I thought I'd give it a try anyway. The digital clock resets about once a week on mine, so the lights don't turn on when they're supposed to...

I had the same problem when I first started ( check my earlier threads). It was fixed by making the hole where the little stiff airline sticks up, just a little bit bigger to let in more air. Then, in it's place put a wider airline.

Here is a useful page I found to explain (or further confuse) facts about lighting. http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Aquarium_Lighting.html Thanks for all your help today.

I have two 36" WavePoint H-5's units end to end with 4 bulbs each, 2 Sun Wave and 2 Super Sun Wave (2 white 2 blue). So 8 bulbs total. While we're on this subject, are you supposed to add up the wattage to find out how much light you have or how exactly does that work? I also placed my corals...