Recent content by jewels03

I try leaving mine alone, but my tank was so neglected when we got it that I had to pull out all my LR and vacuum the whole sand bed. I did it in stages though first I vacuumed one quarter than a few days later I did another, than a few days later I did the last. But now I have it under...

That is exactly what I got too!

After half a dozen or so water changes, nitrates are finally coming down. I did a 50% change last night and it tested at 10 ppm, tested the same this morning. Going to do another 20 or so percent water change and see what that does. I know canister filters aren't the best but we are...

I started off with a swing arm hydrometer and set my level to 1.025. When my salt levels were tested with a refractometer they are actually at 1.028! Big difference! I went on ebay that day and ordered my own refractometer. I found my refractometer for under $30 on eBay and I strongly suggest...

So when we bought our tank it had a sump, a HOB filter, and a canister filter. After talking to a man at a fish store, not an employee just a customer, I just ran the canister filter and ordered new filters and carbon. I pulled the sump off and just ran the canister filter and ordered a good...

I got rid of him, used Joe's Juice. I ended up having to take tweezers and removing some of it though, not fun at all as it just started falling apart and smelled so bad. So luckily I had no animals in there yet.

that is what I thought it was I was told a long tipped anemone and than I researched a little and he didn't look anything like a long tipped. I have some Joe's Juice can I use that, it worked for some of the little ones in there. Is it bad to use that on it right in the tank? He is so big...

I actually do not want any corals or anemones, not at this time, as I am not experienced enough and I have no idea what happened to this tank before we got it. Plus I am going to upgrade my tank to a larger tank with newer supplies, I just couldn't pass up a 55 gallon tank with all supplies for...

here it is, I just took this picture today. He was out this morning when I went back out there so I'm assuming he is feeling better? I have no idea how to get it out though, short of removing the whole piece of rock, which I would rather not do.

The lighting is an F40 pl wide spectrum 40 watt, it says for plant and aquarium than another plain F40 40 watt bulb. The anemone opened up and looks great again but now that I have time to research on my own it looks like a large aiptasia so guess I have to get it out either way. I plan on...

Thank you! How do I know and if the water was treated with copper? I just bought distilled water from walmart, I plan on buying RO water from the fish store for all future water changes. I am not sure what type of lighting is set up it came with the tank. It's an old fixture I think he said...

On Tuesday I picked up a 55 gallon saltwater aquarium with all the rocks and sand and everything already in it off craigslist. There wasn't suppose to be anything live in it. We had to add about 15 gallons of our own distilled water when we got it home, salinity set to in between 1.024 and...