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I learned a lesson the hard way about leaving fish food where young kids can get ahold of them... needless to say, when there is so much flake food in a tank you cant see more than 2 inches in, youve got problems. I bought a ton of ro/di water at the grocery store and made my salt water and...

Oh, the other parents are great, they also have had fish, and understand it goes far beyond loosing a couple of fish. They see the big picture of time spent and the work put into the tank etc... They are good enough friends I do not need to ask them to talk with their son, or ask them for...

Well, bad news. After sucking out as much as humanly possible, and having my skimmer running full blast with two filters going, I lost the tank. My skimmer was filling up about every 4-5 hours, and even when my tank cycled I never collected 1/20 of that amount in a day, let alone a few hours...

I had some friends come over and they have a 4 yo. I did not think too much about it as my 4 yo is very good with the tank. I have a 30 gal tank with 25 lbs live rock, 2 damsels (about 5 inches between the two of them) 5 blue leg hermits, and 1 turbo snail. This young man apparently thought...

Hey thanks! I found two of the three hitchhikers I was looking for!

Just a quick note, the majority of the algae is gone, just a few more spots left on the rock. I added a powerhead, and sucked off what I could, but it is really looking good now.

Ok, great, I'll give that a try!

Ok, sounds good, how do I manually remove it? I read somewhere that if you brushed the LR all you did was plow new soil for more algae? grab it with tweezers and pull off as much as possible? Thanks, Jeff. Oh, and I have a lifted truck with big tires, so it hasnt been too bad for me, but...

I am using RO/DI water, but I have to admit, my water flow probably is not up to it... I hate to admit, I am not running any powerheads, just the flow from my external filter and protein skimmer... I am gonna buy a couple of powerheads when the roads are passable and it would be reasonable to...

Thanks for the info! I saved the address so I can refer back to it when I find other problems or concerns!

Ok, I just started a tank, and I am cycling the tank right now. I have added some live rock with some nice pink and purple algae, however, there was this really dark green algae that looked a lot like the rest of the algae...so I didnt worry about it. Just that after a week, it seems to be...

Well, I wish I had read some of the articles on qt tanks before! In the books I have read, they talk about qt fish, but nothing about coral...of course, I have to admit, since I felt keeping corals was several years out, I might not have paid close enough attention! Because I have already...

I am new to the sw tanks, I have done a lot of research (I think) and this is what I have so far: I bought a 180 gal all glass from a friend which came with a wet dry and bio balls. He had a fish only system, and while I am not prepared to attempt anything other than fish, I wanted the ability...

Well, got the plumbing in today, (for the most part) and No Leaks! After I scrubbed the tank, the silicone looks nice and clear, no orange tint to it. I had to take the corner overflow's off so I could get to some plumbing and need to silicone those back in - so I am going to go ahead and put...

Wow, I really appreciate all of your checking into it for me...I plan on scrubbing everything down tomorrow, and re plumbing the tank. A lfs told me I would "probably" be ok just leaving as it is, or if I am concerned to try putting another layer of silicone over the top of the existing...

thanks Brendon, It is definately my intention to keep more than just fish in this tank...I love all of the corals and inverts...I will definately scrape that out and clean the tank as best as I can. I will have live rock and fish to begin with, but it is my intention to add corals. I would...

so I should try and scrape the tank clean and then re-silicone it?

thanks, I will ditch those, well worth the expense now, to save the trouble later...You said all the silicone, do you mean replace all of the hoses? That would not be a problem, it would just delay the tank...one step at a time, one paycheck at a time...I like your spoon comment... Thanks, Jeff

thanks, I will ditch those, well worth the expense now, to save the trouble later...You said all the silicone, do you mean replace all of the hoses? That would not be a problem, it would just delay the tank...one step at a time, one paycheck at a time...I like your spoon comment... Thanks, Jeff

Hey, thanks for getting back to me! I will try a mild solution of vinegar and water, I was planning on running a couple cycles of fresh water through the system over the coming weeks to make sure everything worked and didnt leak. He did use copper in the system, and I can clean everything...

I have always liked salt water aquariums, and I bought a used 180 gal aquarium from a friend. It is dirty inside, salt encrusted etc...It is a "all glass aquarium" with two corner overflow systems installed. I placed the aquarium in my living room, put the wet/dry filter in the stand, and I...