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i use distilled tap water is that good for water changes? i wil get like 2 more hang on power heads this week how should i aim them down towards the sand or like on an angle?what size power head would be good.

i only have one power head running and thats the one thats the return pump running the water back into the tank. how many power heads are used for a 55 gal?

i feed them about 2x a day sometimes once a day and what do you mean bycirculation?

i had my tank up and runnning for about 5 or 6 months or so not to long i have a americal wet/dry running its a 55 gal got 1 yellow tang,three blue damsels,two clow fish and four hermit crabs. regular lights.

hello i just started to see some patchs of dark green algie/mold on my sand bed what is that from? water tested daily no problems need help/advise. thank you

hello i was reading an post on here about tap water giving the water,glass and LR alge problems. what would i need for somethig at home to use to take the chem's out of the tap water? i heard of smething like a ROS soemthing liek that? i need soemthing for the home and to keep the alge...

ok the first LR food that i got was when i bought the LR was called nutra sea LIVE ROCK AND SPONGE FOOD. the directons said to drip 50 drops inside my tank every two days. so i ran out of that stuff and i went to a differnt LFS and they gave me marine snow(plankton diet). i dont have inverts...

hello i ran out of LR food and i went to a differnt LFS and i told him i need food for my live rock and he gave me this stuff call marine snow is that good for LR or is that only good for corals? write back from chris

hello i was wondering how long can LR live outside of water before i take them out to clean my tank? or can i just put them in a bucket of salt water for a coulpe of mins. i would ilke to clean the sand bed its a litle dirty from moving the LR around. so is it ok to take the LR out of the...

hello i was wondering hjow many fish i can put confortibley inside my 55gal tank and do triggers eat hermit crabs?

hello i wanna replace my fluvalu 303 for my 55gal tank with a ecosystem hangon wet/dry with skimmer installed with it. is that a good package for a newbie to this hobbie? they are selling it for about 350.00-400.00. and another question is should i keep my fluval running along with the wet/dry...

hello i am new to the salwater stuff was wondering what are some newbie inverts or corals togo with that arnot that hard to maintaie?

would it hurt if i try and use ph buffer first and see if it brings it down? or should i do a water change asap?

ok i was reading some infomation on a sump witch is probley bettter then a wet/dry. ok i just have one question the water you fill up the 29 gal backup tank and then you take some water from the bigger tank or do you do another setup. like where do i get my sand from? or do i have to setup for...

ok so i do a water change but what about the salt isn't it gonig to go way down and when i take out 30% of the water it might bring the ph up but wont it bring my salt donw?

the fish and live sand has been in there for about a month and a half an dthe L/R has been in there like for 2 weeks. so a water change would be good but is the cycle over? and can't i get a ph buffer to get the ph higher?

i have a 55gal tank with 3 bags of live sand in it and 50lbs of live uncured L/R. two clow fish.

hello i jsut tested my water today (4/27) and these are the results i have ph - 7.8 ammonia - 0 nitrite - 0 nitrate - 5 is the cycle over that soon? or do i have to wait till my nitrates come down to 0? on 4/22 my results are as follows ph - 8.2 ammonia - 2.0 nitrite - 5 nitrate - 10

my SD comes up around a 1/2 higher then the black seal around the bottom of the tank should i put more in or is that deep enough?

thank you for your reply very clear with what you are saying and understand it but if i do a sump does that act as a filter also orshould i keep up my fluval 303? and the coast off building it is how much around? thank you from chris