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Oh yeah I forgot about that.... I've lost quite a few to this clumsiness problem.

If you don't have any fish or coral in your tank yet, leave the lights off. your algae problems will slowly fade away with out light. There's no need for them until your cycle is complete.

I'm not extremely experienced, but I have snails die on me all the time. I still have two of my original 3 Turbos. However I go through margarita snails like you wouldn't believe. All my Astreas have done pretty well. I guess what I'm saying is I can't help you. Sorry, but.... you should...

yeah.... I got the tomato for sentimental purposes. We went SCUBA diving with them in Fiji on our Honey moon. The Gold stripe maroons are really pretty and almost fluffy looking. I originally had two tanks and wasn't planing on putting them together, but I didn't have time to keep up with the...

I use to have a tomato and a gold striped maroon in a 60 gallon. I'm not sure of the blue stripes temperament compared to the maroon how ever I would highly recommend against it. They fight and fight and will not stop unless they're feeding. I spent over an hour trying to catch the maroon so...

Some new inhabitants and some new pics of old ones. New mushroom and xenia from Jesse I've had this frog spawn for 4 months and its doing really well. Started with two heads and now has five. Candy cane from Jesse. elephant ear is doing really well. got it at the same time as the...

OK so I just added a few fun gadets to my tank which was fun, educational and will definitely help keep my tank up a little better. As well as some new life from our friend Jesse. This is the fan. 60 CFM. I bought three but it looks like just the one is going to do the trick. My tank has...

I hear you. That's why I have a little property up in Big Bear. I don't think I could move out for good though. It's enough to just get away for a while. I'm too stuck in my ways with having everything I could possibly need with in 10 minutes of my house.

I've been there a couple of times but unfortunately I don't much remember anything other than it's a beautiful, beautiful place. Sorry, but good luck and enjoy living amongst the giants.

Yeah thanks all.... In doing my reading I've realized a lot about this. however I do my 10% to 15% everyweek and it doesn't fix my issue becuase the water I purchase is low in these areas. I need to change where I get my replacement water before I do anything. Thanks.

OK I did a little reading and I think my alk is too high. So I'm going to try just adding the 2nd part of my two part and try to let the alk come down a little and then just keep a close eye on it. hopefully the calcium will come up as the alk goes down. Does this sound about right? Then...

My calcium is consistently down around 300-350. I've been using ESV B-Ionic Calcium Buffer system for a week now and my calcium level just wont come up. I've only been using the minimal dosing amount and tonight I doubled it which is still only half of what the maximum is. Anyway I saw this...

are they particals or air bubles? can you post some pics of your set up? The chambers and a full tank shot might help.

http://www.nanotank.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1688 This is a tank that's been modified with 4 fans. I've never heard anyone say 78 is too warm. my tank runs between 80 and 82 and all is well.

He's gone. I chased him around the tank for an hour, turned off my pumps took out all the rock except one for the other fish to hide behind and just kept at it. It was pretty funny becuase they other fish new I was after him and they would chase him out from the one rock that was there. They...

Awesome, Thanks for the pics and all the info. I just got that stupid Maroon Clown out of there so I'm ready to reorganize and get my tank settled so everything can start growing. I had my rock work set up to try and block the view between my two clowns to minimize the fighting. Now that he's...

I do believe I was one of the foolish people that you warned. Some of us just need to learn things the hard way. I can't wait to get rid of him.

Don't ever mix clowns. Wow what a bad idea. I had the tomato in a 12 gallon. Then I got a 60 gallon and got a maroon. Then I decided to sell the 12 and put everything into the 60 including the tomato. The tomato was bigger then the maroon at the time and they fought a little in the begining...

That would be awesome. I think I'm getting this figured out. one last question with the mix bucket. So the water/kalk in the mixing buck is fine to sit for a few days with out any movement? I'll get an alk test kit and a mag test kit then. I just want to see where my change water is...

Here is a link to one such product. I've never used it and would reccomend using a product reccomnded by someone that has used it. http://www.aquadirect.com/store/product ... t=0&page=1 Good luck. I don't think a snail would be the cause of the damage that your seeing.