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Hi. I'm a total newby. I have a 180gal FOWLR tank that has been up and running since April. I recently (one month ago) had my system updated so that it could support corals. I purchased Salifert Ca++ and KH/Alk test kits. Initially, my Ca came back at 370 (low, normal, correct?) and my KH/Alk...

So I finally got smart and bought all the stuff to set up a QT tank. Unfortunately, there is a possibility one of my neon gobies has ich My QT tank is a 20 gallon, and I'd like to move the fish into it ASAP. I was advised to try hyposalinity first. I'm confused about a couple of things. Can I...

No good suggestions, but my cardinal is the most picky fish in my tank. He'll eat miasis and the home-made food I made (shrimp/oyster/clam/garlicxtreme).

Just wanted to ditto that my cardinal won't touch the flake. Never would. He'll only eat meat. Favorite is mysis. He follows me around the room at feeding time, and is the first to rush to the food.

Thanks, Earlybird, and everyone else. Yes. My current nitrate test kit is vague. I have a new Salifert one on order. Today, my nitrate tested 10-50. My older kit and my Salifert tested my nitrite at 0.05. My NH3 was still zero. Would overfeeding explain this? I feed them flake in the am and pm...

OK, so my firefish emerged today, a few times. At least they are alive. I haven't seen them eat anything since Wednesday, though. Any tricks to getting them to come out? My lights are normally off. Oddly, they showed themselves when they lights came on, today. pH=8.2 Temp=80 Sal=1.024 NH3= 0...

I have a 180gal with 150# of LR. It's almost 4 months old. My water parameters have been good, both by my home testing and testing at the LFS. I'm losing fish, literally. I started with 5 chromis, and eventually all but one disappeared. I took every rock out of my tank and looked, but only...

Please. I have looked, and don't see anyone I can email to do it for me. Thx

I'm starting up a 180g tank, FOWLR. I'm wavering between purchasing cured LR vs uncured. I would cure the stuff in my tank, which is in my family room. Is the smell really, really bad? IOW is that a really, really bad idea?

Hey, everyone. I have been reading here for two months, and have learned a lot. I'm setting up a 180gallon FOWLR tank. Being extremely unmechanical, I have found a LFS to help me with set-up and initial maintenance. Two questions, to start: (1) I realize I am going to be paying more for my...