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i have 2 iridescent sharks. one is older than other and lots bigger. is there any way to tell male from female and does anyone know if they are live bearers or egg layers? my largest one is getting big as if may have babies on board. not sure as it is big anyway.

i am looking for a good 90 or 100 gallon tank. i am in arkansas if anyone is near-by

i am wanting to hook up a refugium or sump on my 55 gallon tank. i want to know if i can make my own overflow and HOW? or if anyone has an extra they can get rid of cheap, please help.

tank has been set up for 2 years now and have had this prob for around 8 months now. snails have done a good job of cleaning some but slow at it. i feed once a day to maybe once every 2 days and dont feel i over feed at all. have done freshwater for 10 plus yrs and not this much trouble.

someone please tell me a remedy for getting rid of brown diatoms. tired of it. i have 55 gallon with fish and live rock. just got ro/di unit and have done 5 water changes over past 2 weeks with good water and still no to little change. have 17lbs live rock and just added 50lbs base rock. have 4...

what is the difference first?what do you put in them? i was given something like sea weed or grassey stuff not sure of name to combat phosphates etc and have it in basket in tank. was told if i start a refuge or sump it would grow in there as well. someone please help me figure out what is what...

thanks and i do have a 55 gal tank

i have read that nothing needs to be added to ro/di water. i know salt if doing water change but for top off should i add something to bring up the ph in the water like buffer? ro/di water has no ph at all so wouldnt that not be good or am i wrong?

this is base rock and i know it will take time to be live rock. but how do i prep it to go into tank?

i just bought a box of base rock. what is a good easy way to cure it and for how long? i got 50 lbs of it.

salt or freshwater

i have a 55 gal saltwater tank with fish and about 20 lbs live rock, adding rock as can. i am using a fluval 404 and 2 penguin 330's with bio wheels and have two powerheads in tank as well with sand bottom. i want to make and use a sump refug. can i use a 10 gallon tank to do this and another...

if anyone has this type unit i would like to know if i shut off the valve where the water exits the unit will water always flow out of the black line going to the drain. do i have to totally shut off water supply or will water always run through the exit line to drain? i just got my RO/DI unit...

i had bad case of brown algae/diatoms. have pics here showing how bad. first pic was on 8-10-05 and go thru last pic today. i got rid of it by using ALGONE and PHOS-ZORB. so far my tank is about normal but still some dusting of diatoms. i have a 55 gallon sw tank with 2 brittle star 1 tang a few...

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send any info here or to my e mail lroach@cablelynx.com

i know i will want better lights but this is what i couls afford at time. here is a pic of rock close up. it hardly had anything on it when i got it and this is how it has been since

what else should i test for, i know basics ph, nitrates etc. calsium i will get seperate but any other that i need to look into?

thanks