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I'd just make me a sump and not use all the mechanical filtration and from the sump back to the tank a Mag 9.5 as a main pump. To much particle...
Softies and LPS really do better with less flows just enough to pass food past them. If they are just swaying then thats fine. I have a open brain...
If it where me I'd just plan on getting the crab out asap. Not many crabs I'd trust hell none really I have seen all of them go nuts sometimes and...
I think she maybe has some pictures around of her old rocks and new tanks (:
Well its not the wet/dry many want to call a nitrate factory. stirring the sand bed ? how old is the tank 2.5 maybe 3 yrs or so.. How much sand and...
Ozone Ozone is a trace constituent of the atmosphere which is naturally produced by the ultraviolet rays from the sun. Ozone is an unstable blue...
For what it's worth the tank look great and I'd just leave it all where it all is right now all of them look healthy and fine. If it ain't broke nd...
DSB is just short for Deep sand Bed and the yellow test will just tell you how clean the water is or isn't With a DSB or Deep Sand when they are...
Do you have a sump on this system ? Also thats a huge fuge for a 55 gal tank. As for the mud ??? cat litter is cheaper and has the very same...
Well if the antibiotic "tetracycline" aka chemiclean helps then its a true cyano problem And the stuff hates oxygen rich water.. and loves DOC...
Does or did the chemipure make a difference or help with the problem ? Can you peel it off the rocks like a sheet does it have bubbles in or under...
What you might want to considerer just polishing the water a bit to remove debris is a Diatom filter.. Just use it as needed and or they can be ran...
Before I'd start telling you what and can't be fed to a clam I'd first ask What type of Clam and how small ?
A Kole will do fine they are very laid back and a great algae eater also a Fox face is a different way to go also a great algae eater and 1st cousins...
I hear you there a good LFS is about as easy to find as a good dentist.
I have only rushed one tank and that was a had to matter and I still waited 6 weeks and was uneasy I take mine for 12 week before I ever add a...
I'd say if its an extremely deep sand bed then I'd remove it.. as for bare bottom not my cup of tea either never liked the looks . What I find is...
If you dropped it into their oral opening and then they closed up on it like it was good they are gone ..they will swell up turn blue black and melt...
OK where to start??? PH really means less then jack nothing people make to big a deal of that its just a slight indicator of the waters ability to...
The P0'4 is way to high in the new fresh make up water it should be none at all. And as for alkalinity you really need to get that under control. PH...
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