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When I said meltdown, I meant that I would have had killed everything with heat. The MAG 7 did not appear to be leaking anything, just very, very hot. I have had a Queen Angel for Two year, and I would have been heartbroken, if it had died because of that pump. I also had problems with this...

:( I just barely escaped a complete meltdown in my tank due to a MAG 7. On a hunch I rechecked the temperature of my tank last night 11.00pm before bed and it was 92F. It was 78 at 8:00 when the light went out. Checked the heaters, and they were both off. Then checked all the powerheads for...

I have experience with chromis, and they are hard to keep alive (read don't transport well) for the first couple of weeks. I have three that have grown from 1 inch to over 3 inches in a year. I started with 6 and lost 3 in the first week. As for the clowns, I don't know. They are usually very...

Was the temp 89? That is way to hot! Cool down to 79 - 81.

I was reading several posts about using an air pump with this skimmer. I have this skimmer and tried to hook an air pump into the the air injector. All this does is stall the pump, and it pumps no water. Anyone that has done this please let me know how you did it without stopping the pump. I...

Mysis shrimp, Artima (brine) and blood worms, all soaked in selcon for at least 10 minutes. He never would take flake, or any of the formula (1,2 or angel) foods, I also had green algae on a clip for the tang, never saw him take it, but you never know for sure. Mine was in a 55 with a yellow...

I was one of the folk on the July post. I had the Idol for about 5 months, but even with my best effort it did not make it. It died in early October. Was eating great - same as yours, anything I gave it. All food was soaked in Selcon. Got up on a Saturday and he was belly up. No sign of any...

I have a 55 and most stands for that size have a brace in the center of the back, and in the center for 2 doors or on each side of the door for a single dooe. If you measure there will only be 11 or 11 1/4 inched between the braces and this will not fit a 12 inch 20 gallon long. Beleive me I...

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I found this jelly bag in my FOWLR tank this morning. The only fish I have more than 2 of are 2 Tomato clowns and 3 green chromis. Is this an egg sac?

Here is an article I have read and used, and it works well. Low salinity is another approach to controlling Cryptocaryon. Colorni (1985, 1987) reported various methods for treating fish using hyposalinity. One approach was to lower salinity in fish aquariums to 10 parts per thousand (ppt), or...

I just purchased some cured LR from my LFS today. I run a FO and decided to add live rock over the next few months - about 10 lbs at a time to prevent any sort of spike to my FO tank. This being the first night so I went and looked at the rock after lighs out. There was this green web on the...

You folks don't get it. All of the CO2 was at one point or another in the atmosphere. We are burning fossil fuels last time I checked. So at some point or another all of this C02 was in the atmosphere. I think the flucuations in temp that everyone is talking about have occured because of this...

No don't have any sponge to feed him. All food is soaked in Selcon. He eats like a pig. Bloodworms, Mysis, and brine. He won't touch flake. He also eats green algae sometimes. What I do notice is he wants to graze constantly. My best guess is you cannot under feed Moorish Idols or they die...