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Tanks been up an running for about a month now and i notice this brown substance forming on my sand bed, I think it may be diatoms or maybe brown algae I'm not sure? My main question is what the heck can I do before it gets out of hand?? What kind of clean up critters or chemical additive...

Ok my tank has been up and running for 2 weeks now. and I guess it's time to do a partial water change? I have a 29 gallon tank, so would a 5 gallon change be ok? What about changing my filter media, should I change that too? Also what about adding the water, is it best to add the new water...

Ok..........I looked them up, they are not mexican turbo's they are orange chestnut turbo snails? So if you are interested in them, thats the techincal retail/scientific name I guess

Thanks.....yeah thats the way they came, they had a whole tank full of them like that? They said they were mexican turbo's who knows? So now Im gonna wait at least another week or two before trying my first fish or 2 I wanna be sure all is ready before I waste money killing fish

I went and got a couple mexican turbo snails today, brought them home, put the bag in my tank for about 15 min, then dumped the bag and snails into a bowl of water. Every 5 min for about 15 min I added a 1/4 cup of my aquarium water to the bowl. Snails were fine in the bowl, then I put them...

Its been up for a week or so, I am planning to go get some more live rock tomorrow. As for the protein skimmer, I'm planning to get one of them at some point as well, but for now my HOB filter will have to work until I can afford to upgrade. As of right now, I'm just using florescent lighting...

I'm new to the saltwater hobby, recently set up this 29G to get started, it is certainly a work in progress, but its up and running! I'm open to input and suggestions. I want to add another power head before I add my first fish so my turn over is at 20% So far all my levels are within stable...

Thanks.....doing the it seems like it may be more economical running the fluval since from what I did read media shoudl be changed every 3 months or so?? Not sure if thats correct or not? WIth the whisper I need to change my media every 2 weeks. Also read that you can use rubble rock inside...

I found this light on ebay, I have a 29 gallon tank and woudl like to get into some corals at some point, I know its cheap but it fits the budget for now 30"Nova Extreme 2x24w T5HO 10K/Freshwater Model #1138B - eBay (item 280422403406 end time Nov-16-09 13:43:16 PST)

I found this light on ebay, I have a 29 gallon tank and woudl like to get into some corals at some point, I know its cheap but it fits the budget for now 30"Nova Extreme 2x24w T5HO 10K/Freshwater Model #1138B - eBay (item 280422403406 end time Nov-16-09 13:43:16 PST)

I got a Fluval 205 filter with an aqurium setup I purchased, right now I am using a Whisper 3 on my 29g setup. Would the Fluval provide greater filtration or about the same? On one side of the fluval there are sponges, do they need to be cleaned when I change the ceramic ring filter media? And...