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I have 130 gallon tank with very little in it. Been set up for 2 1/2 months. Yellow tang was doing great, but a few days ago I found him dead. He was STUCK with his nose down against a rock, and his top fin locked into a piece of decorave coral. My only guess is that he liked to hide under...

Just tested water, ph 8.2 Amonia .25 Nitrite .50 Nitrate 10 the tank looks about the same as lastnight, and all the fish look good.

As best I can tell it cycled, it was right at 4 weeks. I will test my tank and tell you in just a minuite.

My tank has been up for a month, 130 gallon. I have 6 Damsels, 2 clowns, and 1 yellow tang. All my tests say everything is good. Now I have algae on the front glass, which I guess is good, but we have red, or brown algae on the Live sand and rocks. All fish are doing fine, and I think I just...

you asked for the test results. Tank has been up for 2 weeks. Ph is 8.2 Amonia .35 Nitrite 5 Nitrate 10 Sounds good to me, but I understand it is only a week or so into a cycle. 6 Fish all look good, and eating well.

We took a lot of advice, and believe me there is a LOT out there. I have a 130 gallon tank, we used 50 lbs. of crushed coral, 150 lbs. for play sand, and 60 lbs. of live sand. The first two are mixed, the live sand is on top. We have a Fluval 404 filter, and two 550 pumps moving water. We...

Of course all of us newcomers want to start yesterday, but most have sence to read and listen to others. I see some reference to using shrimp from a store to start the cycle, most people tell me to buy some hardy fish? Lets do this right, explain the SHRIMP thing to me. Here is my setup...

I AM SETTING UP MY FIRST TANK, AND A LOCAL STORE SAID I COULD USE CRUSHED OYSTER SHELLS WHICH I HAVE A LARGE SUPPLY OF. COULD SOMEONE LET ME KNOW IF THIS IS EXCEPTABLE AS I WOULD HATE TO KILL THE FIRST STARTUP OF FISH, OR FUTURE FISH I WOULD LIKE TO ADD.