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Just an update. My tank is doing really well. Since I started over again I am seing another bloom of diatoms but I know how to keep them under control so it is all good. Water quality is great and I only had to use the uv sterilizer for a week to accomplish clear water and the brown has not come...

Hard crab. i am glad your tank is coming along better!!! trates are a pain. How did you get them to come down? Water changes?

I have beefed up my cleaning possy and guess what. The brown came back!!!!! I got a UV sterilizer, my pocket book was screaming no more but now my tank is screaming thank you and so are my fish!!! My water is so crystal clear the fish look like they are swimming in nothing. It is great and never...

I thought this compleatly wrong but a LFS told me that if you get a 200 gal tank you can put 2-3 larger angels together if you buy them at the same time as Juvies? T or F.

Ok you may want to click on my name and look up all my threads started. I had the same problem. It looked like free floating diatoms. It got so horrible bad in my tank that it looked like someone pooped in the water. I couldn't even see the fish and it smelled!!! I turned the lights out...

So you are saying that I could get a dwarf angel to put in with my large angel and they won't bother each other? I was wondering about this also.

I am a newbie hear of only being in the hobby for a year. This thread could realy keep people from posting here. Some one who is brand new and doesn't know what resorses are out there asks a silly tang question is fine with me. I would rather answer 1000 of the same question and save a little...

I would definitly get a clean up crew. Start with snails because they are great algae eaters. Also you may want to look at an emerald crab. They can be aggressive but I love mine. My rocks are beutiful due to this guy. He has eaten they start of hair algae and bubble algea and I never had an...

Yes it is I!!!

Yes city water can cause hair algea without phosphates. City water can contain nutrients added into it that will cause the algea to grow. But continue to remove the phosphates and tell them to try ro water for all other water changes.

I have never had any but they have a much higher survival rate if bought in groups. I also read they are kind of not hard to take care of fish but like a moderate to expert leval fish keeping. I heard they may sometimes be hard to get to start eating. They are however very interesting and...

Once phos goes up it is up for a while. Cont. tring to pull as much out as possible and do a water change directly after messing with it and continue running phosphate removers and it will eventualy go away. Tell them they may even want to try emerald crabs who are great for taking care of hair...

Close loop system is a good idea. Keeps you from having alot of powerheads. Also sometimes you may want to decrease your lighting a few hours a day till the problem is fixed. Lights help it grow. Maybe even a phosphate sponge of some kind in the filtration system could help.

I live smack dab between St. Louis, and Springfield. You live around here?

Ok. After much headache I finaly broke it down to having to be the sand I used. I used a dead play sand to start the tank off with. it was getting realy nasty and holding alot of gunk. It also contained alot of unwanted minerals and such. I had to break the tank down and start all over again...

What do you have? A tank and stand is going to be $400. Cheapest filter is hang on back $40. Lights and fixture$80 (floresant). Heater $25. Live sand min of $70. LR ( I only have 20lbs in my 75 and working my way up) 20lbs $140. Salt $40. Ro water $25. That is about your cheapest you can get. I...

I am sorry to hear about your friend. it realy stinks with people not paying attention. I bought another bike after my scam (before the accidents) and was learning to ride my first bike. My back tire compleatly blew on the interstate and I wrecked. My husband gets up early like 3am to go to...

Do you think Judge Judy would take my side?

That is my second to last resort. My last resort is the mafia!!! lol

I would however like to get my money back from this jerk who scammed me and this would help us out greatly with our savings and in getting my water problem solved in my sw tank.