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i was just talking to the guy i plan to buy the cuc from and he says no algae is fine and that i can just supplement there food once i get the cuc until they have a sufficient natural food source

If i were to throw in some of the algae wafers i use in my freshwater tank for my pleco would that help anything? If so how many? If not what can i do to get some algae growth going?

just the rock and sand but i have just had my spikes so my cycle should be done in about another week

I am new to the saltwater hobby. I have had my tank set up and cycling with live rock and live sand for a little over three weeks now and i do not have any algae growth at all.. Is this normal? Is this ok? Do i need algae growth in order to purchase a clean up crew or can i supplement them with...

as of right now i have nothing in my tank besides the live sand and live rock

i am not running a skimmer yet, but i do plan on it just waiting for it to arrive in the mail.. what do you mean wet skimming? is it a bad idea to have a skimmer? also this is all the equipment i have in my tank is this all good stuff to have ? I have a cascade 700 canister filter, heater...

i know not to get a nem yet, i know to wait till the tank is mature.... but what i wanna know is there ways to prevent corals from stinging other corals besides there placement i mean ive seen smaller tanks than mine with long polyp'd corals and i am wondering how they get them to not bother the...

ok thank you... Another question how do i keep anemones and other long polyp'd corals from stinging other corals in my 20 gallon tank?

that does help though thank you for your input

so your saying its normal to read lower than its normal salinity immediately after my top off until the water stabilizes itself again?

adding too much new freshwater? im putting it back to the same spot every time, maybe even a hair less and it still drops it from 1.025 to 1.024 every time some times even to 1.023. is there something i should be doing to make it so i dont have to top off so often or?

I have a new 20 gallon saltwater aquarium set up for about a month now i do not have any live stock. i have 20 pounds of live sand and 15 pounds of live rock. I am wondering if a 100 watt t5 light with 2 10,000 k bulbs and 2 420 nm blue bulbs will be sufficient for a tank my size to be able to...

hello i have only had my aquarium set up for about a month now, still no live stock in there but it seems that every time i top off the aquarium the salinity level goes down, im not adding any more water than what was originally in there so i am stumped on what could be causing it, any ideas and...