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Give it time to cycle. DO NOT RUSH YOUR IT! Try to take your mind off the tank for a month. Check your water perameters every two weeks.

What's your bioload like?

I forgot to mention that the Amiricle wet/dry I think is rated for 90 to 100gals. I got it from a friend and didn't know the rating, but no more than 100.

I have a 125gal tank with about 3inches of sand which has 20lbs of l/s in it, 20lbs of l/r, wet/dry filter with a rio 3100 return, and the Berlin Turbo Classic skimmer. In the tank is a 7inch Mappa Puffer by himself. He's been in there since June. I'm also using carbon if that helps any...

What brand of wet/dry do you have? I have a Amiricle(sp) and it has one built in there. What size tank do you have?

Ok, it's turned off. I was going to add some turbo 900 to correct this problem. Is this a good idea? And if not what should be my next step besides adding more l/r?

My tanks been running since March. Can it still be cycling? It's true I've never had perfect water perameters. I've had either high nitrite to high nitrates, which I'm dealing with now.

Mark did you ever think of knocking down the ark way and putting your tank in between both rooms? Just wondering your tank is sickning(I mean that in a good way).

I have a Red Sea Berlin Turbo Classic. I too have a 125gal tank. The skimmer I have is rated for I think 25-200gal, it goes for around $199.00. Make sure you know if you need the hang on model or the under the tank model. I brought the regular and the hang-on best fit my set-up and I didn't...

When the brown foam comes into the collection cup do anybody get a funky oder? My skimmer just started getting brown foam to come out and it's putting off this bad smell. Is this normal?

When ordering l/s off of this site does all the live sand you order come with the little critters you need to seed basic sand? I heard before that certain kinds don't come with the critters. I know I had order 20lbs for $40 dollars and in my opinon I didn't see any critters. Just wondering...

Thanks for the advice. I know how much l/r I'm suppose to have but I don't have the money right now for it. I pretty much had a idea on what it might be and you all just confirmed it for me. Jimi, Thanks for telling me about the hidden reef. It's just what I needed in a supplie store. I...

My problem is that I started out without knowing anything about the hobby. So I've been kind of working backwards trying to correct all my mistakes. Thanks for the replies and I'm going to take both of your advice and make the adjustments.

I'm having that same problem it's called detritus(sp) it's normal with newly added sand. I have it all over my l/r and sand. A good clean up crew with mexican turbo's, sand siffting stars etc. would help you. Me on the other hand my fish would love for me to put a clean up crew or should I...

I just recently purchased my skimmer and I don't know if it is working or not but I just cleaned some scum out of the collecting cup. So I guess it is doing it's job afterall. My question is that there is no foam coming out the tube and into the collection cup. My pump is set on low because...

I'm having a number of problems with my water conditions. I have a 125gal fowlr(20lbs) and 3inches of sand(20lb bag of l/s)the tank has been set up since March 2001. I added my 7inch mappa puffer June 21st. I have a Amiracle wet/dry filter that is rated for 90 to a 100 gals(got it from a...

I would like to know the difference between opening the air tube all the way or closing it all the way. Also, the instructions told me to turn the pump all the way up and when I did that a lot of water was coming into the collection cup so I had to turn it down is it still working with the air...

What are some of the changes you made to the tank within those last two days? A good protien skimmer helps. Add a bag of carbon on top of your bio balls(if you use them)to allow the water to fall onto the carbon.

To me it seems that the product made your ammonia spik which the high ammo. killed your fish. The the label warn you on spikes? Is your water still cloudy? I want to know because I have that same problem and since it cleared the algea I'm interested. I would like to know what to look for...

You have to remember you have a SALT water tank so if you add pure water yes it looks like gasoline but that's just the look. It's ok. One other thing don't use tap water it's not worth it. If you persist get your tap water tested and see if you tap water has high nitrate,ammonia etc. You...