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Welcome back Brett.
That sounds about right. Is cycle in a bottle ammonia or food? Seems like either way, you've got it covered.
How big is your tank? It sounds like you may be adding more food than you need to. The only down side from too much food is that the tank will...
Thanks for posting this Mr Bill. I'll no lounger go between the florescents in the garage to natural light to 10k light of the aquarium to read the...
OK, I just reread your post. Said ato NOT working. Should be easy enough to manually top off till you figure out.
The thing is, if the ato is dumping in water, the salinity should go down.
Salinity went up?
Agreed. They have a calculator that will get you in the ballpark. My experience with the calculator was that something went way high. I forget what...
For crypto or brook, as long as there are no fish in the tank, the disease will die out. Inverts are OK. It takes 6-8 weeks. Some forms can go...
I use 15 ml/day of calcium, 16ml/day carb., 10ml/day magnesium. That's with BRS 2 part. My tank is 40 gallon. Lightly stocked and a 5"clam. Those...
Must be devastating. I only lost one and I felt bad.
If the idea is to ditch the species of algae that are currently in your tank, and you want to keep the rock you have, you'll need to sterilize it....
If you are using the same sand, it may have the spores for the algae.
Looking good pickup.
+1^^ Speaking of carbon dosing, (OK may not seem related), the point of carbon dosing is to encourage bacteria to increase, there by taking up the...
Does the sun hit that corner?
My main point is that if you are going to make a change, to do it gradually. It takes time for a tank to reach equilibrium. Have you considered the...
My guess is that one of the lessons is that drastic changes can cause major problems. I think your tank should be good either with our without sand...
Is it paint or vinyl?
The only place the water level should change is in the return pump section. If you notice, the water level doesn't change in the tank or other...
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