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Thanks for the information. I'm finally upgrading from crummy flourescent lighting to a T-5 system next week so hopefully there will be more light and a chance for better picture quality. Thanks again, Mike.

Thanks for the feedback guys. I really liked the first one (with flash) too. Both pics are in jpeg format here so don't look as nice or as large as the origionals. The problem I had with the second one was how blurry the pictures kept coming out. No flash was causing them all to come out...

Hey everyone. I have been taking a lot of pictures of my fish lately. I was wondering what people thought of the two below. Both are of the same fish, my vanderbilt chromis. The first was taken with flash and the second without. In your honest opinion, which one do you think is more visually...

Yup, its goniopora. VERY difficult to keep in aquariums for an extended period of time. They often die of starvation or from other factors in less than a year unless you can constantly be feeding it a diet of phytoplankton/zooplankton or other specialized coral diet foods. I wish you the best...

If you want your tank to stay mostly self-sufficient for 2 weeks you will need timers for the lights, good filtration, a top off system, possibly a chiller (if the house gets hot), and an automatic feeder system. I had all of those and my tank was fine over my 2 week vacation. However, I had 2...

You can even add all 12 at once. Inverts should be added as needed depending on your aquarium's individual needs. Of course, using discretion when adding them is important since too many can cause problems. However, adding 6 of each all at once shouldn't cause any problems. Hope this helps...

It sounds pretty good. Thats how I changed aquariums but there are a few things you may want to consider. 1. Save as much of the origional, clean tank water as possible to go into the 110. This will help to reduce the chance of a major cycle. 2. How deep is your sand bed in the 55? If you...

As reefreak29 said, there are a number of cheap to moderately priced fan units that can be installed on the sides of sumps or aquariums to fan over the water. However, if it is really hot then this may not do too much. I wouldn't recommend cold water changes since my friend tried that and the...

So the air bubbles are coming out of the sand? How deep is your sand bed? It usually means that the bacteria in the sand are participating in the process of denitrification (The process of neutralizing nitrates). It should be harmless, beneficial, and an indication that your sand bed is...

Hello, So I recently bought a 6 step RO/DI unit online. It has two outputs so one can serve clean RO water for drinking and the other can produce complete RO/DI water for the aquarium. I have been wanting to set it up under the sink, attached to the cold water pipes, since it is a nice device...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think he meant that, since a 55 gallon tank is a small space, ich parasites would have an easier time finding a host fish than in a larger aquarium. If it is ich, you will probably see the white spots disappearing and reappearing more frequently as their life...

Ammonia -> Nitrite -> Nitrate Cycling time depends on many things so try to test a couple times every week after you get the ammonia spike if you want to watch the tank cycle progress. After you get the ammonia spike, begin to test for ammonia and nitrite. The Ammonia level should eventually...

Originally Posted by bioneck47 that still doesn't make much sense to me because an extremely low dose of copper isn't going to do much for ich, marine velvet, etc. because the dose has to be high enough to kill off the parasite. I'm not saying that it's not true but just unneccesary IMO. I too...

1) I too have a remora that occasionally releases micro-bubbles. However, over time the bubbles have decreased in number and only reappear after i do water changes. The skimmer box is a good addition but the piece used to attach it to the powerhead is rather cheap so make sure you get it to...

Cleaner shrimp and ALL inverts can stay in the main tank (as long as you don't add any anti-ich meds in there) as ich is a protozoan that can only infect fish. However, I would reccommend waiting to get the eel until after the 3 week period. I have heard that eels are rather resistant to the...

What is the product called? I only ask because sometimes those products can have certain things in them that should not be overdosed. If you were to dump it all in, the water could become "too" concentrated either making the water nutrient-rich (stimulating algae growth) or cause some sort of...

Sorry to hear about the death of your blenny =(. The only think I would recommend at this point would be to perform more frequent water changes to try and lower your nitrates. 40ppm isn't necessarily super high but its high enough that it may cause stress on the fish. The key to a speedy...

Thanks for your quick responses. I just ordered a nice 6 stage RO/DI unit. When it arrives, do i need to make the switch from Tap water to RO/DI slow or can I just begin to do normal top offs and water changes with the RO/DI water?

Hello, I have a question regarding the use of RO/DI water instead of tap water to reduce nitrates. I have kept two successful saltwater tanks in the past 2 years. Both have been kept with tap water "neutralized" with a product called aquasafe. Anyways, both tanks are completely healthy but...

While fish can sometimes live at higher temperatures, most corals would likely die. I live in Arizona and during the Summer its 105 degrees outside and 95 inside (no air conditioning =0). I too was pretty upset at the prospect of buying a 400 dollar chiller but it was well worth the money. If...