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New Update: Tanks Phenomenal, i had an ick outbreak so after i moved the fish into a seperate tank to medicate i went ahead mixed in another 10lbs of Black argonite live sand, giving me a 3-4" bed in some area's and a low bed in other areas. The goal here is to have area's for Anaerobic...

Really Getting the hang of it

Your deff right as i learned last month. I am partial to Red Sea right now, i ended up watching there youtube videos last month when (about a week before figuring out that my API Nitrate tests wernt working) and ended up buying their Mg Pro test (several sources recomended higher Mg levels for...

Thank you, I did that .... well we will see how well I did tomorrow afternoon, once everything has a chance to grow after my cleaning today. but ya, i read that they cant stand currents so I'm trying that right now.

Thank you all for your continuing advice. After alot of reading about Nitogen cycles I have finally got a food hold against that turf algae. The more I am learning the more i am understanding how all of that was my own fault. I did a serious cleaning in the begining of feburary (when i last...

API Master Reef, and API Master Marine

Thanks Pegasus, I took your advice and it has definitely helped. I added 10 Astrea, 5 more Nassarius, and 1 Mexican Turbo. I also added a 5 more sm hermits, and 4 Scarlet hermits, and a small sand sifting star.

2 So I did another water change and i trimmed out alot of the Chaeto, its looking much better now. But 27 snails, wouldnt that be to many for a 29g tank?

Okay, i know i am bad at getting on here and posting updates other than when i need help. I am sorry I am a full time nursing student and a single father so when im not doing homework or hanging out with my 3 year old I am tending my tank or having some quite time. With that being said I am here...

Hey, You should go ahead and get one. I was throwing alot of pods into my tank to make sure there was enough but I began wondering if i was going overboard (i was adding 1-2 bags every 1.5 weeks of tisbe). Then when I went to talk to my fish guy he recomended that i feed him "Cyclop-eeze" Frozen...

Ya I read about some places selling them for around 100$

Nope I don't mind, I bought him the day I bought about 300$ worth of equipment so I think he sold me the Ruby for 35$

Hey Everyone, Thank you for all the help thus far, its really starting to come together now. So it was about a month ago when i last posted and since then ive made quite a few changes Based on the issues i had, and the advice everyone put forth and the research i did. Right now in my tank i have...

Should I do a small piece of shrimp, or would 1/4 cube of frozen brine shrimp be better?

just posted the picture above in my last comment but i believe it is a green brittle starfish.

So i took yalls advice and did some fixes. I rearranged the rocks, I tried to find some base rock but no one had any so i brought everything down a little. I will post a picture of that when the water clears. *** Interesting thing though, I beleive i have my first hitch hiker. While moving the...

Wow, the surface area makes a lot of sense, and that's pretty amazing. I'm going to go with the sand bed now.

WOW, Impressed bro! thank you very much. i am still going down the list of articles but quick question for you, The fish store that got me started 2 weeks ago recommended crushed coral and live rock, so i have about 10lbs of live rock and 15lbs of crushed coral in a 29g biocube. Diatoms just...

Here are the pictures, also my nitrate levels are 5.0ppm, ammonia is less that .25 ppm, nitrite is .25ppm and PH is a little low so here is my current plan. Tomorrow when the stores are open I am going to get the stuff to; #1 correct the SG, then do a 25% water change, Add 1 more large live...

No I do not have any power heads at the moment I am trying to figure out what is the most crucial pieces of equipment to buy right now. I think I am going to have to buy a chiller. My heater has a digital thermometer and it has been between 80-82 since I set it up even though the heater is not...