Recent content by adudle00

Hello! I would love some guidance selecting a new tank. I had a very small tank about 5 years ago and took it down during a move. I finally have the time and space to get back into the hobby! I would like something fairly large; I was thinking something around 120 gallon or 180 gallon, but...

Hi Wade, That rock has a huge mushroom attached to it...think it'll be fine if I put it in some old saltwater and just scrub around it? I'll try to pick up some Phosban this week. Thanks!

Don't use tap water (Use RO and make my own, or saltwater), definitely not overfeeding, I do a water change 1x a week and I only have a 14 gallon tank with 1 powerhead. I guess I could try moving the powerhead around, but since the tank is so small, there aren't many places to move it to...

No, just the 'basics'. pH, ammonia, nitrites and a nitrates.

10-12 hours a day

Oh yeah, and I've tested my water and everything comes up fine.

So I have this algae growing on one rock in my tank, and I can't really get a picture of it, (I've tried!). I'm not sure what kind it is, but maybe a slime algae as it does feel really slimy and it's definitely not hair or bubble algae. It's a brown/green color, not red at all. It's slowly...

So I've had my tank up for about 6 months now (14 gallon biocube). When I first started testing my alkalinity it was around 12, however I've watched it slowly drop and for the past, oh 2 months probably it's been sitting at 6. Everything else is fine, my pH is about 8.3, my calcium is at 440...

That's true. Good to know, thanks!

LoL! I sure hope that's it and he's not trying to kill the others. We shall see...

So I had one Nassarius snail in my tank and just added 3 new ones. The 'old' one came out immediately and starting 'attacking' the others. He'll follow them around the tank and it just looks like they're fighting? Is that possible, or is this normal behavior? Thanks!

He's huge, his shell is definitely grape sized or larger. So maybe a couple more of those? I was just worried they'd starve or something, but you think they'd all be fine?

Thanks Sarah! I also wanted to ask, do you think I need anything to 'sift' my sandbed? It's about 1.5 - 2" deep. I have 1 nassarius snail at the moment. Do I need anything more than that?

Okay, so I've had diatom 'flare ups' off and on as my tank is getting settled, but now I have these bubbles forming in my sand bed. My tank is 3 months old and all my water parameters test at 0 (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate). I only use RODI water as well. I read in one of the articles on here that...

Opps...What's the best way to take care of it?