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Hello We just purchased a bunch of water test kits from out LFS and not sure what the levels should be at.....can anyone give me the good ranges for the following test: NO3 Nitrate Ph Kh Carbonate GH, General Hardness NO2 Nitrate CO2 Carbon Dioxide NH3/NH4 Ammonia The test kits...

I don't know our levels....we have taken water samples into our LFS and he said everything looks great. When we purchased the tank he said it wasn't necessary to buy the water tester kit myself just bring in water samples and he would test for me. But I'm confused about the tank being...

Hello I was wondering if anyone has had bad experiences with Peppermint Shrimps. I have read somewhere that they may eat your coral. Is this true? I purchased the little guy because our tank with getting those little bad Aiptasia. Well those are all gone now but we have been noticing our...

oooops/ Thanks for the help, Mindy

Hi How do you tell if a coral is unhealthy? I hear about people "fragging" off the dead part to save the rest; where can I find pics of unheathy coral?

Thanks for the info; it really helps when the get the info from the experts....so I should get a bucket with tank water, a heater, a powerhead and possibly a filter. I'm sorry I don't understand which kind of filter to put in the bucket and not sure what you mean by powerhead? I'm sorry...

Hello We were wondering is it OK to add additional LR to our tank at anytime? When we purhased our set-up our LFS had done all the cycling and adding of the sand, rock, then crab snail and shrimp etc. Now I have had the tank for almost 2 months and we want to add more LR. Is this OK...

Hello I have a few questions regarding types and solutions to Algae's. I have a little bit of Green hair algae starting to grow on the pump head inside the tank. Is this bad; should I try to fix it now before it gets out of control? Also i have a few bright green bubbles of something...

Hello I have a question. We purchase our Salt Water from the fish store. But I test the water at home to see if we need to add RO or salt water.....it always reads low on Salt Water; How do I adjust this? I tested the water right when we got home from the store and the Salt water he...

Thanks for the explanation. You know several weeks back we noticed a bunch of little white things on the tank.....at the time we weren't sure what they were.......now we know! Thanks, Mindy

Thanks for everyone's support. This is so stressful. We LOVE our Nanotank and all of it's inhabitants (NOT the parasites). We are so new to this and have SO many questions. Unfortunately it's not looking good for the Clown fish or the other goby. We are going to try the garlic...

Well, I got home to find a poor dead yellow goby :(.....poor guy. So in the tank we also have another goby.....this one has buggy eyes and not too sure what it's name is and the clown fish. That is the only FISH in the tank. We also have a tiny star fish, 2 shrimp and several crab. The...

I didn't quaratine the clown as the store said they had been doing for several weeks. I purchased him from a LFS in Milpitas, CA not petsmart or petco. not too sure how to fix the problem now. I don't have a quaratine tank as I have read about. Should I purchase one or is it too late to...

Hello We have had our tank for about 2 months now....everything seemed to be going well. About 2 weeks ago we added a clown to our tank. Well for about 3 days our yellow goby has been hiding out and not running out to eat as he used to. Last night my husband noticed a few little white...

Hello We just got last week a nano cube. My parents purchased it for myself and my family. They purchased it from a Speciality Salt Water fish store in our city. The tank was already set up with everything and had already been estabilsed while at the store. The owner is very particular...