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I just walked into the living room where my tank is and noticed that my Valantini Puffer looks a little weird. His coloring seems kinda darkish. Also, My damsel is sitting in the substrate in the corner of the tank which is unusual for him. I just added two fish, the trigger and puffer a...

Ok, so I've commited a major fishkeeping sin and I bought two fish at once. My tank had been cycling with the damsel for a while and things have pretty much leveled off so I thought it was time. I got a valentini puffer and a huma trigger. My question is, what would be some early warning...

How, where and what kind of MACRO ALGAE should I get? Also, I'm still thinking of getting a protein skimmer. I guess part of the reason that I still havn't bought one is that I still don't really understand what a skimmer does that a normal filter doesn't. Can somebody explain to me the main...

I'm been cycling my 20 gallon tank for almost 4 weeks now. I've got a domino damsel, a small burrowing starfish and two turbo snails. I've also got about 5lbs of live rock and 20lbs of live sand. During the past few days I've been getting brown algae all over the glass, sand and rocks. On...

Also, many filters have compartments where you can put in your own media. What should I use in there??

What constitutes a "semi-reef" tank?? I'm not planing on having coral or anenomes. But I have live rock and live sand and I will probably have some small inverts to keep the tank clean. Other than that it will be all fish.

I'm also considering a Fluval 204 filter. This one doesn't haev the skimmer but looks like a pretty beefy filter that will be more hassle free. Anybody have either of these filters?

I'm thinking of getting the CPR Bak-Pak 2 filter/skimmer for my 15 gallon tank. I think this is a pretty hefty filter for this size tank but it's got the built in protein skimmer which is nice. Is it possible that it could be too much for my tank and provide some kind of negative side effect...

Sorry, I have another question that I forgot to ask. I saw the post below from a guy comlaining that his filter is putting little bubbles into his tank. My filter has a cap that you can release that make it suck put air into the water it spits out. When I do this my tanks look similar to what...

So, I'm cycling my new tank (I described it in pretty good detail in my post below) and about 3 days ago I added a 3lb piece of live rock. I've had my Duetto filter running the whole time. I have a 50/50 bulb that is timed to be on for 12 hours a day. The tank is not in direct sunlight. I've...

Thanks you both for the help. You guys are maknig it much easier to get answers to my questions. =o) I'm sure there will be more questions to come.

As I said in ealier posts I'm working on cycling my first tank. The 20 gallon tank has been sitting there with the Duetto filter running and 20 lbs of live sand for a little over a week now. Yesterday I added a piece (about 3 lbs) of live rock. I've gotten different answers about when I...

Thanks for the help. I was sold a Duetto Multi-Filter. It's nice because it fits inside the tanks and is self contained. But I want to make sure that it does a sufficient job of filtering my tank. Is it possible to over-filter a tank or should I just get the largest filter that I'm willing...

Ok, here's another dumb question. I'm still new to the whole salt water aquarium hobby. I have a 20 gallon tank (I know, it's small. But if this one works there may be a bigger tank in my future) I have a feeling that the filter that I was sold for it may be insufficient (I think it would be...

Ok, so I just got my first salt water tank and I have some questions that might seem pretty dumb but I would really appreciate any help. I live in a really small town and there is only one pet store that sells salt water fish and she's only been doing so for about 5 months. The pet store owner...