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I mixed up a water change and waited a few days and did a water change. I premixed way too much water and saved the rest for the next water change. Now it's time for that next change and the heater and airline tubing in the covered garabage can is all slimey. Is this water ok to use? It's been...

I need help installing a bulkhead. I have a 2" bulkhead that I am trying to install on my used 180. All it has is a rubber washer with 2 rings on it. I installed it with the rings against the glass. I got the bulkhead as tight as I could from under the tank with a huge set of channel locks. With...

I have a 9 lb LR in my 55 and I have a nice crop of what might be aiptaisa. I just realised that some of it is gone where the CBS normaly stays. Does this conferm that it was aiptasia? Or could it still be something else? It kinda looks like a thin green-brown leaf. I tried taking a pic but they...

I just bought a use 180. the guy was using a 20 for a sump. I would like to use something bigger and have a few questions. 1. Is bigger better? 2. Do I need to be able to get the sump out of the stand for any reason after set up?

I got a berlin classic skimmer as part of a used system. I have a few questions. 1. What is the recomended GPH for this unit? The red sea site doesn't seem to say. 2. It is making bubbles but they are huge bubbles. Aren't the bubbles supposed to be really tiny? I searched this site and see...

I am picking up a used 180 in the morning and have a few question on it's setup. Let me start by saying that I am in no hurry as I am very tapped out just to get the system. It is a drilled 180 with a 30 gal trickel filter, skimmer and a return pump. 1. What is the best way to plumb a sump/fuge...

The fish in my 55 are starting to show signs of ich. I have 2 freshwater tanks set up one 55 and one 29. My question is IF I combined all the freshwater fish into the 55, added salt mix to the 29 would that be a cycled tank? Basiclly is the nitrifying bacteria the same for fresh and salt, and...

First a little history. A guy at work had a 55 gal salt water aquaruim that he told me he was having trouble with but wanted to sell. He had treated the whole tank with NOXich. 3 of the 7 fish had died. What was left was a humma humma trigger a Tomato clown and 2 yellow fish he thinks are...