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    Microbe-Lift Products

    I was recommended two different Microbe-Lift Products from my LFS - Artemiss, a bacterial disease remedy I used for one of my cichlids who had pop-eye, and also Herbtana, another remedy for parasites, that I used on my new Hippo Tang, who developed velvet either at the LFS (a different one)...
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    new tank,need help to understand filtration system

    Hello, as you may recall, I purchased a saltwater setup from CL. I need to better understand how the filtration system works, and the quality of the system, and the bio-load the tank can handle with its current setup. This is a 90G tank with a 30 gallon sump. It has Berlin "25-250 Gallon...
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    Bleached live rock

    My live rock was looking pretty awful after a toothbrush scrubbing and soaking, so I decided (after some reading) to use a 1/10 bleach solution, and start off from scratch. I soaked it for 12 hours in the solution, rinsed well in hot water, and am now soaking the clean rock in a pail of well...
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    Red Slime (Cyano) removal and curing outside of tank

    Hello all, I just purchased a used SW tank which included lots of LR, most with red algae on them. Some have little red "mushrooms" on them, which look healthy and very pretty. I have a bunch of questions... 1) I have an extra tank I can use to cure the live rock in, and remove the problem...
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    Yay! 90G tank complete with live rock, but....

    :bounce:I am picking up a tank complete with LR (no live sand), But...I am told that the tank was "let go" and the rock has a LOT of red algae on it. I was also told I *could* scrub the rock pieces, all 100# of it!, and *try* it to see if the algae does not grow back. I have another possible...
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    Have *some* nitrates, what to do??

    Hello all, so here is my question. I have a 30G tall tank stocked with one 2.5 inch coral beauty, live sand, and about 15 pounds of live rock. My nitrites and ammonia are 0 but my nitrates have been hovering around 10 ppm since Coral went in, four days ago. Do I do a water change to drop the...
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    Hello from Bushkill, PA

    :sfish:Hello all, new to aquaria, and already addicted. We started my son out with a 55 Gallon Malawi Cichlid tank, which he and I love, and that just isnt enough....so I Very Recently began my own Fowlr tank, and currently have one resident, a 2.5 inch (not counting tail) coral beauty...
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