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My 30 gallon tank is now stable and has been up for quite a while now. I was given another 25 gallon tank with some live rock that is not so live anymore. My question is, could I use the water changes from the 30 gallon tank to fill and cycle the live rock in the 25 g tank? I know that is...

Okay thank you. I will check here locally and see what I can find

I picked up two timers and alternated the times so only one head is on at a time. Also if I use dry sand what sand do I get?? I am thinking about switching it out this weekend.

I just didn't know how beneficial it would be. And since they may be to powerful to have them both in the tank at the same time, I was thinking alternating would allow for the current changes and still not be to much for the fish to have to swim though.

Can you or should you put power heads on timers?

That's what i was hoping to do. Right now I have a cash shortage and thought about keeping it for a while. I have a secondtank I an going to eventually set up as a quarantine. Smaller than my current tank. 25 gallons I think. And I was going to hopefully use it to help with the transition...

Thank you for the reply. The brand of the power heads was wavemaker so I didn't think they were anything special for that price. I would love to eventually get a mandarin goby as previously stated. But I understand that crushed coral will not work. When I get the extra money I will switch it...

Update: I recently purchased 800gph wavemaker power heads. I got a good deal on a set of them. I know they are probably not the best ones but they were in my budget. I still have not bought any more fish. Very gun shy now. I did how ever put some crabs in the tank which seem to be doing very...

I really appreciate the advice. I hope no one thinks I intended to kill the damsels. I was told by my LFS that would be an easy way to cycle my tank. I hadn't heard a hour the shrimp until after I had already our the fish. But I was assured by the LFS that bit would be okay. I have taken my...

Okay that makes perfect sense to why my SG rose. I mixed the saltwater to have a lower SG to compensate for the higher SG in the tank thinking I didn't want it to change drastically. I currently do not have my own test kit. I have been looking into getting one. But have not pulled the trigger...

Thank you for your reply. I was using the damsels to just cycle my tank. I found out how aggressive they are and planed to take them out before adding other fish. So I was kinda glad at that. But just concerned why they died. Didn't want to spend money on a new fish and have it die. I have a...

I do not make my own RO water I get it at the LFS. I do add my own salt. And measure the SG with a CoralLife hydrometer. I buy 5 gallons of RO water at a time and then mix my salt in. I top off using that. I always add so to not shock the fish if there is a temp change. Always let it come back...

Hello, New to the saltwater world and had two damsels die within a day of each other. Tank set up is a 24x24x12 it is considered a tall tank. Over the back filter. Live rock and crushed coral bottom. I had my water tested the day my one died. Must have died while I was at the pet store. The...