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I have a new skimmer for my tank and am not sure how this one works. I am guessing it is a Hang on Venturi Pump model but not sure. I have these two pictures of it. The skimmer is without a collection cup, so any help on what brand you may think it is or how to get me started in the right...

Okay, The tank is in the Library outside of my room. It is the 125 gallon. My 75 is at home. I just purchased 100 snails and 100 hermits of all different varieties. I was told that I need at least 2 per gallon. Maybe I was told wrong. I am pretty OCD on the tank as well as my Baseball...

Thanks for all the information. It just has been a while since I started my Home tank that I forgot about all the little tricks. In my tank at home I used Iodine for a bit, but now only add Calcium and Kalwasser (sp) for my corals. My other question is what other fish would go well in this...

Just today I remembered that I used Iodine to help. So I just started Iodine today. The First batch died within about 3-4 days and then the Algae just took off. So I was under the assumption that the their death caused a spike and that helped the green hair algae. Then I cleaned the tank...

The first bunch were the Nerites, and the second bunch were of an assortment. I will try to roll the over and see. Thanks,

Thanks for all the responses. I personally have not treated the tank at all. However, I did buy the tank very cheap and did a good cleaning with scrubbing only and water. The rock were sent with it and I cleaned them as well. New Substrate and decor with new plumbing. I used RO water since...

Hello everyone, I have run into a bit of a problem. I have tried to stock my tank with snails and Hermit crabs for the second time and it does not look good. I started this school tank over a year ago and it has run the cycle. I currently have had the tank overrun with Green Hair Algae and...