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Looking great! How thick is that Acrylic?
This is a great project! My 9 and 5 year old girls are heavily invloved in the upkeep of my tank as well. It is a great learning experience for...
The skimmer is a great idea I think. Also, I totally realize you got the yellow tang from a friend who was moving, and I think that is a good thing,...
I am all about technology, and I have spent some bucks on the latest and greatest bells and whistles for my tank, but not sure I see the value in...
I moved my original tank about 5 miles when we built our new house a few years back. It was not too bad....I did as you are suggesting - I took the...
How old is the tank? Has it fully cycled? How frequently are you feeding and what is your photo period? Looking at this, I think you really have...
It should definately be quiet, you can not even hear mine when it is on...it kind of makes a vibrating noise when you first power it on, but that...
Congrats to you! That is a big milestone. My job has me spending a lot of time in Pediatric Oncology centers, and it is always amazing to me to see...
It's dangerous to do math like that!! :-) I try not to think about how much I have spent on my tank...I sleep better that way :-)
Interesting opposite experience from me. I am not doubting you, but definately interesting. I wonder if mine is doing well because I have such a...
I have one in my 250 that I have had for 2-3 years (I moved it from my original talk to the 250 last November). I have about 1-2 inches of sand, and...
Would an Airstone break up that film? A little extra O2 is a good thing as well :-)
Mabe like a lime away type product? I think the foggy film is scale. Restating the obvious here, make sure you really really rinse that tank when...
Totally normal. Some are much more extreme than others. My rabbit fish changes color so much,nit looks like a totally different fish. Night time...
Have you checked your PH? Gypsum is a alkaline compound so I think your biggest issue is going to be the impact to the PH. I would also get some...
If you are interested in the coral aspect of it, consider the Florida Current - it is basically the start of the gulf stream in Florida, it runs...
The live bacteria can not hurt...when I had my main issue a few months ago, I added live bacteria and I felt it really helped....but it could have...
As long as your parameters are okay, I would not stress too much. When I did my transfer from 120 to 250, everything closed up and looked like crap...
Agreed on the hidden worms. I figured there were more than I could see, but I had no idea it was that bad....and would cause that much stress! Just...
week +1 update - I am happy to report that my system appears to be back to normal. Skimmers are running normal, parameters check out great, life is...
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