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Maybe check your nitrates If those are high, your fish maybe healthy but corals don't like it...

Yeah I am super excited! Tomorrow I am getting a shipment of 5 sexy shrimp! I have been working on getting my nitrates down for the past few months and I finally succeeded in getting them down to about 5. So finally, after 6 months I get to add something new to my tank! I am super happy and...

AlMc~ Okay....I added a piece of live rock to the QT....Hopefully it will hurry up and cycle. I want to do it right but I am ready to go and get a new fish! I wil make sure to grab the Amquel Plus next time I am out and about...Thanks for the info...

Hmmm Did this fish eat at the store before you bought him? It sounds like you are doing a good job of offering a variety of different foods to him. Keep that up and hopefully he will accept it. Also, you might trying feeding him and stepping back from the tank a bit so that he is not intimidated...

I actually dont even have the sponge in the DT yet....I don't run it with sponges so I would have to put it in there for awhile, let the bacteria colonize, and then add it to the display. I do have a piece of live rock that has been in my display and would be easy for me to take out (its not a...

Is it a waste of money and a bad idea to buy the refrigerated packages of live bacteria? I am sure that I would be better off just adding a piece of live rock.... Also, is it acceptable to add the LR without any LS?

Hi Beth~ Tank has not been medicated....No fish in there I will add a small piece of live rock tommorrow! Anything else I should do? Water changes?

Hmmm Maybe an ATO wouldnt be worth the time or trouble for a 24 gallon? I am just getting tired of lugging water up on a stool so that I can drip it into the tank like every day. Hmmm NPage!~Thanks for the article link!

Zero... Have you heard of the picture method? I am surprised no one mentioned it already. I have never tried it personally, but I have read lots of posts from people who have had success with this method. My understanding is that what you do is find a picture (online maybe) of the same species...

Hi all I have been trying to cycle my QT for about 3 weeks now. THe only filtration I have on the 10 gallon QT is a biowheel and a Phosban reactor running carbon. It is bare bottomed with no LS or LR. I used display water to fill it and added a coctail shrimp for a day or two to start the cycle...

Originally Posted by 05xrunner i dont see how thats gonna mess up a water change. HAHA the only way i can see that would call a water change a failure is if you miss the tank totally and dump it on the floor.

I was just wondering if the pump running dry would leach chemicals into the water or anything?

Okay so I mixed up some water (like 4 gallons). The pump I had aerating it was hanging from the rim of the orange bucket. Anyways, long story short, I think the pump ran a little dry. IT was still pumping the water, but I would say it was like half exposed to the air. I added all this water to...

You can definatley have two shrimps, although I dont know for sure if you can keep two different types (I personally haven't ever had a fire).I once had two cleaners and added a peppermint. THey tormented the poor peppermint! Maybe someone else who has a cleaner and a fire can enlighten us...

Yeah, get the Koralia 1. I bought the Koralia nano for my 24 gallon, and its not quite strong enough. I want to get another koralia 1

Maximus has hosted frogspawn (although he swam below it rather than through it so I suppose that is why the frogspawn was not "harmed" by his hosting), hairy mushrooms, and xenia...Actually, he would just sleep in the xenia at night. It was pretty cute...the xenia would ball up once the lights...

I am wondering what everyone bothers to quarantine. I know that it is the best thing to do (I actually have a 10 gallon QT cycling right now), but I don't know what extereme to take this to. I have cheap cheap lights on the QT, so I can't QT corals but I do QT new fish. Just wondering what...

Hi ShOOtist and Rebel I just decided to hunt down this post and add an update! I tested my nitrates yesterday and they are between 5-10 (too hard to distinguish exactly which one)... WHOOOO! I am soooooo soooo happy. I think it was a combination of less feeding, more water changes, cheato...

Does anyone use an ATO on a nano? I have a 24 gallon aquapod and am thinking about getting one in the future... How do these work? Where does the reserve of fresh water to add go? Can you recommend a good brand?