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Sorry all, stupid thing to get ticked about.

I dunno really. Perhaps just jealous of all you lucky folks that DO have access to the stuff I guess. 35 bucks for a 30 pound bag of caribsea is Just stupid in my opinion. 5 bucks for a 40? pound bag of southdown is more my speed. :-)

I have a Salifert test kit that I purchased from this site, it seems to work quite nicely.

Possibly red cyanobacteria AKA red slime. As long as you keep up with water changes and keep your water parameters where they need to be, it should go away before too long.

Sorry, for this rant but I feel its in order. I know that this sand is good to use for our aquariums, but it is NOT available nationwide. I have a bit of a problem with people recommending a person to buy this and then not saying that it may not be available. So just an FYI for you folks not...

I have read 48 hours.

I don't want a piece of junk, but I also don't want to pay 300+ for a skimmer thats going on a 65 gallon tank either. That and I have fairly limited space in the sump, it being in the cabinet my tank sits on. The one you mention seems almost perfect though. Does anyone else have other suggestions?

square piece of acrylic, and a drill with a 1/8"-3/16" drill bit.

I'm kind of thinking of getting a new skimmer for my 65. I need one that is in-sump, reliable, efficient, and that doesn't cost half a month salary like some other skimmers I've seen. Any recommendations? thanks.

One word. WOW

protein skimmers remove iodine.

They are known to do so, but if I were you, I'd not expect them to do so. You would probably be better off in attempting to catch all the fish in your tank and utilizing one of the ich treatments you can find described within this board. Even if the cleaner DOES get all the ich off, the life...

I know your wife said that to get the 75 your 20 must go, but you are going to get a 10 for a q tank? Perhaps you can convince her to keep the equipment for the 20 and the tank, and use it for a q tank instead. LEss stressful for new fish, and it will save you a couple bucks from buying a ten...

Either vinegar or muriatic acid from a pool dealer. That will take the hardwater deposits off. Won't hurt the tank at all, and it definitely works. Vinegar just takes longer. After doing the acid wash, use plain tap water to rinse it out. When I used to clean 10 gallon tanks, I would wash them...

slick, how big is your "Big Daddy"? I saw a hermit crab at an lfs here and the thing was at LEAST the size of a football.

Actually, its a coral banded and I have read that they will fight if they are the same ---. But since you say they are hermaphrodites, how can that be?

Sorry about only saying one suggestion. RO/DI water WILL help, silicates usually come in with tapwater as I understand it. Some snails eat the stuff too. Astreas I believe are one of them. I don't know anything about "mud" filters, but I think I have heard someplace that you are supposed to...

Are your bulbs also 1.5 years old? If so, that MAY have contributed. If they are that old, you might change them. Perhaps a bulb a week till they are all new.

When I bought the animal, the lfs said I was buying a female and they knew it was such because it had a blue patch along its back. The blue patch being eggs. Is this true?

shrimp molt? Mine just molted within the past day or two, and I've had him about 2 or 3 weeks now. Is molting this soon after I buy him a good sign? I also just got my calcium and alk tests today, 420 calcium, 8.6 alk, and about 8.4 ph. Ammonia zip, nitrites zip, nitrates about 10 or so. Oh, and...