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Thanks for all your help with the high PH! The article you suggested was really useful. We connected another airpump to the tank and are running it through the sump. That seems to have brought the PH back to normal levels! No onto the next problem. I had been running carbon for the last 2...

Hi there - we just got fancy new lights for our tank. They are about 250 W instead of the current 120W. My question is: can we just pop them on top and run them or do we need to somehow acclimate the tank to the brighter lights? Thanks for any info...

We have a 55G with 4 reef Chromis, 1 Gamma, 1 anemone, 2 corals and various crabs, hermits and snails. I did a water change yesterday and tested all my levels. Everything tested perfect except for my PH which seems very high (more than 8.8 - which is where my kit ends). I tested 4 or 5 times...

Until now we have researched every one of our additions into our tank carefully - BUT - we just made a (perhaps very unwise) impulse purchase. We got a twin spot Goby. I have been reading up on them and it seems like they will be very difficult to keep alive. We have a 50G tank with perfect...

My water got somewhat less cloudy since I put in the charcoal media about 1 week ago but now it is not really getting any better. Do you think I waited long enough? I also turned off the lights for 4 days and did 2 waterchanges. All the water is testing perfectly but it is still cloudy...

Hey there - you all have been tremendously helpful with all of my newbie questions! I took your advice and turned off the lights and did a water change on the second day. The water is finally clearing up but it's quite slow. Today I ran the lights for about 3 hours and the water was a little...

Hey all, We set up our 55G tank about 6 weeks ago. The water in the tank is cloudy and I can't for the life of me figure out what the problem is! It is driving me nutty!!! Please help this desperate newbie!!! Here is some more info: 55G Acrylic Seaclear System II Tank. This tank is an...

Hi there - we are finally finished setting up our 50G. It cycled, the water is changed and it is ready to go. We are moving our clown goby, peppermint shrimp and pistol shrimp to the new tank. My question is do I have to do the same acclimation procedure for moving them? SG, PH, Temp and...

All of you and this board in general have been immensly helpful in setting up our tanks! We set up a 10G tank about 2 months ago and it is a beautiful little thing...we love it!!! I have a couple of questions about it though: 1) We have these strange little white bugs on the glass of the...

Hello to all, We finally received our beautiful 50G acrylic tank 2 days ago but when I opened the box today the tank was cracked. It is a tank with a false back wall behind which you can house all the heaters, skimmers etc. and it is this false wall that is cracked some at the top. The very...

You may all start laughing right now! I give you leave to tease me mercilessly... We researched this tank endlessly, read tons of books, dreamt about it for a couple of years and finally dared to set it all up... Finally the day came and the tank was ready, it had been running for about 2.5...

Hell and good morning to all, I am posting again for advice because my tank is still not cycling... I put in some fish food and it has been in there now for 2 days (today is the third) and Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate are still at 0 with no change. PH is at 8.2 I turned off the powerhead the...

Hi there - we are very new to Marine/Reef Aquariums! We have decided to set up a 50G saltwater aquarium. We will start out with as a fish only with live rock aquarium and hope to proceed to a reef once we get our bearings a little more. While we are waiting for the 50G tank to arrive we set...

Hello to all! We are a homeschooling family of 5 (2 parents, 3 kids :) We have been dreaming about a reef aquairum since we got married 10 years ago and have decided to take the plunge and get started on it. We have set up a small 10G hospital tank and hope to set up our 50G tank as soon as...