phosphates too high
hello again- Well my 90 gallon predator/reef tank has been up in running for about 7 months. Everything is running smoothly so far- water parameters are nitrate > 20 ppm, nitrite 0ppm, ammonia 0 ppm, pH 8.2, salinity 1.025, but phosphates are way to high it's about 5 ppm. For the past two weeks....

Marshall Islands Tri Color Acropora
This is one of my favourite Acro and I would like to find out more details about the proper requirements for maintaining this species of SPS. If anyone of you out there have it in your tank, please share some of your knowledge and experiences and maybe some recent picture(s) of the Marshall Islands Tri Color Acropra as well. :bsmile: Thanks, Paul.

Primary Food Groups of Marine Fishes
The very best food you can give your tank critters is exactly what they ate in the wild. The Food Groups of Marine Fishes Table shows you what they ate....

Since the fish was at the store, for say, two weeks and shows no outward signs of disease, many hobbyists assume that the fish is "quarantined" and healthy. This is definitely not the case! Think about it: Do you really believe that no other fish could have come in contact with the fish that you are purchasing? Is it truly possible that no one at the deale More

The ATI Aqua Blue lamp offers a reasonable rendition of 10 m deep oceanic water which brings up the question do we really wish to replicate the blueness of deeper waters? Certainly, this is a personal choice, but I suspect that an aquarium illuminated by only blue lamps will be the choice of few hobbyists. I tend to think that the majority of reef-keepers would prefer a warmer look, one where color rendition is accented by the yellow, orange and red wavelengths of low-Kelvin fluorescent lamps. The question is not if we can imitate light-at-depth, but if we actually want to. Unless the goal is to illustrate coral host ti More

A skimmer should be adjusted so that it produces at least one to two cups of dark, yucky smelling stuff per week. Stable, dry foam within the neck and collection cup of the skimmer is a sure sign that youve found the sweet spot within your skimmers operating parameters. One thing that is a constant with protein skimmer use is the necessity for frequent maintenance of the skimmer itself. The sludge that accumulate More

Black Neon Tetra
Few things are as eye-catching as a large school of shimmering tetras. If you already have a school of Neon or Rummy Nose Tetras, consider adding Black Neons....

Reply to Need more fishy advice please

Photography is a still of life posted a reply:

Ok well i would agree with everyone here about the guppy being the hardiest fish you can buy, not much else will survive where these happy critters cant.

I think as you are a newby to aquariums.

Lake Malawi Cichlids Discovery and History
THE DISCOVERY OF LAKE MALAWI The Continent of Africa has always been hailed by Archaeologists and Anthropologists alike, as the birthplace of humanity. It was its’ vast natural resources, and wide varieties of fauna and flora that lured European explorers to its shores beginning in the early 17th Century.
Bulb Color Combination
Forum: Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment Posted By: daveverdo Post Time: August 22nd, 2006 at 07:23 PM.