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By river rock, I mean the white poruous stuff they sell at the LFS. I just didn't know what the proper term was so I called it that. I found out the culprit. My fish have ich. I never noticed the white stuff on the one who died. My other fish did have white spots once I started staring at...

There hasn't been any clicking in the tank (i.e. mantis shrimp) nor was there any visibile damage to the fish. We only have two pieces of live rock right now, the rest is just river rock. I just can't figure out this expensive mystery. I just went to the "show us your tanks" section and was a...

Thank you so much for your replies. No, we have not been spraying any air fresheners, etc. in the room, although that is a good suggestion. I read about all of the successes of everyone's tanks and just get discouraged that after hundreds and hundreds of dollars, we still don't have anything...

No, they loved each other. They would play together, swim by each other. There was never any indication of aggressiveness at all. They recently lost their anenome because we have a FO tank. We have used RO water from the beginning. The tank was originally my parents but there was never any...

Our tank finally cycled (after many things dying off due to bad advice, such as cycling with damsels, its okay to put an arrow crab in during the cycle, etc.) and our water was stabilized. We waited for two weeks after everything read zero until adding fish. We added two clownfish (we know...

Now he looks completely dead. He is laying in a pile and not moving. I can't figure out what is making him this way when he was fine when the water was terrible. Now that things are looking good, he looks far from good.

Our beloved arrow crab is acting very strange. He has propped himself up by our LR and is down on his little legs with the pinchers. He doesn't move around very much and doesn't react to much stimuli. Our water is Ammonia at 0 Nitrites at 0 Nitrates at 25 or 30 Temp 79 We were mistakenly...

I am one of the lucky ones too. We both go to the fish store and pick out things together. We know that it is expensive but we don't really mind - considering all of the benefits. We are always open about what we buy regarding other things too. We just don't think money is worth getting...

We just paid $9.00 a pound for some nice LR. We have some nice red algae and some type of white bubble looking stuff all over.

Congratulations!!! I can't wait to get there myself. I do believe I will be doing to same after my tank is fully cycled.

I was wondering the same about ordering from swf. They seem to have a really good selection and I like the idea of buying tank raised fish when I can.

We have gone to Aquarium Dynamics over on 51st & Sheridan and been pretty happy. This was only after we went to Luv a Pet and were terribly misguided. We ran into some kind souls who directed us to Aquarium Dynamics. Do the aquarium shops really take back fish? Seems like a risky proposal...

Okay, since the carnage of a few days ago, my arrow crab and one damsel is still alive. Since the cycle is still going on and the ammonia is still pretty high, can I do a water change to bring down the ammonia (it is 5) or will it mess up the cycle? I am trying to baby these two tough nuts, so...

Do you still have the skimmer available or has someone already snatched it up?

So can I go ahead and order the LR while the aquarium is still cycling or will that throw things out of balance and start the cycle all over again?

From what I understand from my readings here, I should stick with a FO tank until I have some experience. I do have a tank with Crushed Coral and some really expensive dead coral (that I have also found out is not a good thing to have way too late). I know that I will eventually have to switch...

I can't tell you how glad I am to have found this board. I have spent several hours on this board and found a multitude of coherent advice. However, I didn't find this board until after the LFS and others advised us to cycle our tanks with 4 or 5 damsels and whatever else we wanted after a...