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my lone fish is still acting and looking good. I'll keep on eye out for anything else that may have killed the other fish.

i saw the fish nip at him a few times so im pretty sure it was the other fish. but i guess it could be somthing else?? im going to see if the last one lasts the rest of the week before i try some more.

thanks for the tip on the LFS

nitrates are 40 or less on the test kit as of last night.

Bad news today. I came home and I lost 2 fish. One of the fish was hanging out in the rock work from the time i put him in. It never came out to eat. 3+ days. All i found of the fish was a skeleton. i guess the snails took care of it. The other fish was fine and schooling with the 2nd fish...

yes i am using Instant Ocean. i have half a bag left of it then im going to be switching to oceanic when i run out.

I added my first fish yesterday. 3 green chromis and a CUC. 20 assorted snails and 10 hermits. They are working like crazy! ammonia was is at 0 nitrite is at 0 nitrate is at 40 phosphate is at 0 I did a 10% water change yesterday to start bringing the nitrates down. Calcium is at 320 and...

I think im going to leave everything alone and keep testing till monday and see where im at. If nothing changes then i will do a water change. Any suggestions on how much i should change? 10% would only bring my nitrates down 10% correct?

it was half live and half base rock. I'm starting to get the red algae over the rock and sand also.

I tested the water yesterday and my ammonia and nitrites were both at 0. Nitrates were at 40. I was thinking about adding some fish food and see if the ammonia raises up. I thought that it would take longer then a weeks for my tank to cycle. Or am I missing somting? The tank was running...

It has a TDS already on it. Thanks for all the help

I have an RODI now. i got it used when i got the tank and i am waiting for new filters to get here. lighting 2 viper clamp 150 watt metal halides center is 192 watt power compacts about 36 inches long made by corallife

what should my light cycle be while cycling the tank?

I got my LR in the tank on the 2nd and then the next day went I left town till today (7th) here is my readings on the 2nd.(i used tap water to for the inital fill of the tank. I know its bad but 180+ gallons at the store was $$$$. all evap water is distilled.) 1.024 P.H. 7.8 ammonia 3-4ppm...

ok, i didnt think that the tank would cylce without any rock in the tank. I forgot to mention that i have 180 pounds of sand in the tank. I have read up alot about the cycling process and know what to expect....i guess i just wasnt expecting to start without rock in the tank. here is a...

I got some FL. live rock that im going to try out and and another 100 pounds of base rock. I have been running the tank empty for about 2 weeks now and have one question about my tests. currently running a skimmer and carbon reactor. there was alot of dried out stuff on the back of the tank...

Well after searching and researching and waiting for somthing to pop up on craigslist I ordered some live rock and some base rock for the tank. i will post up some pics once everything is in the tank. Even though I dont post everyday I'm still on here everyday reading and learning about...

i think that i'm going to do the 50/50 live rock base rock. The whole day I have been looking at my best options for rock all over the web using these fourms for link to web sites. so thanks for that! I figured that if i move i will just sell the rocks corals and fish to get some money back. And...

I need some advice. I'm in the Navy and I will be moving in the next 14-16 months. Either i will be getting out and moving or staying in and getting stationed somewhere else. So my question is what do you guys think i shoud do to the tank? I dont want to pay for all the live rock only to have to...

ok thanks for your help and clearing up some issues that i had.