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I keep doing water changes but the ammonis is still 2-3 ppm i cant seem to get it to safe levels....any thoughts

any thoughts

I have new live rock in my tank and it can with some great growth on it. Is there a way to save any of these guys?

i bought the live rock from golf-view dot com i paid $4 a lb for the rock i thought it was a great deal they ship to your local airport the rock was in transit for a total of 10 hours there is lots of growth and critters. Im going to to post more pictures of the rock later tonight Ill keep...

I am starting a new 150 tank and ordered 350 lbs of live rock. There was a ton of growth on the rock when it was delivered. I pulled off the huge stuff but there is a lot of growth that is dying.....to be expected should I remove the excess plantand dying alge growth. the ammonia inthetank is...

I have a new 150 tank it is going to be a reef tank with a 50 gallon sump I would like to get everyone .02 on what the best skimmers are for the money i hav alot invested in the tank so far and want to get a better skimmer but not just buy the most expensive one. Any thoughts?

Thanks for the help. Everyone that has insite is great. My wife thinks I'm a nut so at least I know there are other nuts out there.....lol

Thanks. Should I be doing daily water changes until the ammonia gets lower ?

I don't mean to go nuts but I posted my ammonia question and a few guys sad anything more then 1.5 ppm will do more bad than good. I'm not sure what chart I am looking at but the test kit I have has a range of 0-3.6 for alkalinity am I testing for the wrong think? I't my first tank and I went...

alright I did a water change yesterday and here are the stats of the tank today Alk 2.4-2.8 Ammonia 3.0 Nitrite .2 Nitrate 5 i didnt another 25% water change after these readings. any thought on getting the ammonia at 1.5 or less durring the cycle? I have 350lbs or new live rock in the tank and...

i have a 150 tank and am running a 55 gallon sump. Its loud if o was to pipe the sump into the garage do I have to worry about the cold in the winter? Or does anyone have a good way to quite the sump? it sounds like a toilet is flushing all day long

alright I did a water change yesterday and here are the stats of the tank today Alk 2.4-2.8 Ammonia 3.0 Nitrite .2 Nitrate 5 i didnt another 25% water change after these readings. any thought on getting the ammonia at 1.5 or less durring the cycle?

alright I did a water change yesterday and here are the stats of the tank today Alk 2.4-2.8 Ammonia 3.0 Nitrite .2 Nitrate 5 i didnt another 25% water change after these readings. any thought on getting the ammonia at 1.5 or less durring the cycle?

yes i have to admit those are 2x4's holding the lights up but thats nonly because the legs for the light didn't come in the order they will be here tomorow. I have all of the heaters/protein skimmer currently in the tank because durring the start up I wanted to have the ability to get to them...

I might be using the wrong term "cycling" i have had the tank tank up and running for about a week i did a ammonia test 4-5 ppm I am going to do a 25% water change in a few minutes. I have 400 lbs of LR and 150 lbs of sand. I am keeping the water at 1.022 any other thoughts on starting a tank...

obsession is not the word, I never though that I would look at a pile of rocks so much. I can't wait for the tank to come alive

Anyone know what this stuff is?

150 tall

I got this live rock 6 days ago its been in the tank starting to cycle there is alot of growth on the rock and looks to be more then the rock I see in other tanks. Will the rock eventualy settle with less growth?

I figured i should go big or go home, I now have 400 lbs of live rock in a 150 gallon tank. I would like to know when I should be worried about ammonia the tank has been up and running 7 days and I am at 5-6 PPM when do I have to do a large water change