ok im having alot of trouble finding ”live sand” for my nano reef could i use ordinary sand and wash it /boil it thoroughly would that work ??
what do you mean by ordinary.sand box sand?is there any salt water fish stores near you?if you can’t find live sand then you probably can’t find live rock.a [...]

right now i have a gold bar maroon, a yellow headed sleeper goby and a baby snowflake eel.
corals i have are mostly mushroom variations including a few ricordia, and then 3 pretty big pulsing xenia and a little bed of green star polyps.
theres also a ton of snails (mostly nessarius and a few turbo, astrea [...]

I have a 2 week old reef tank the sand is starting to turn brown in spots I did a 15% water change today. Is this normal or do I need to do something else?
If its brown, it is most likely diatoms ie brown algae due to nitrates and silicates in your water. Its quite [...]

I have 50 gal freshwater tank and switching over to reef just would want to know estimated money spend on it excluding fish…
Thanks
- A protein skimmer could be well under $100 to several hundred depending on what you are getting. Although I personally reccomend you get a good, large protein skimmer
- Live rock… could be [...]

I recently acquired a 75 gallon reef tank. It has not been set up for a while. I know I need to clean the sand but how do I do it without getting the fine particle sand everywhere? It is currently in a 5 gallon bucket. Also how do you know when its clean enough [...]

I have a brand new glass 75 gallon aquarium sitting in my house and I was going to get a turtle but I think I want a reef tank. What would I need and what are the approximate costs?
Looking at around 1000 dollars. Saltwater setups are very expensive. And you should definitely research it before [...]

Im wanting to start a salt water tank. I am very skilled with fresh water and was told there is not much diffrence only the salt levels need to be watched. But the tank I could be getting is only 29 or 30 gallons, and I wanting to know is this tank to small for [...]

I have had both fresh and salt water fish tanks. Every time one dies in the salt water tank it sinks to the bottom (i have a water pump in both tanks) and when my fish die in the fresh water it floats. I always thought it would be the opposite but no! [...]

I just bought a 100 gallon fish tank that is use for salt water, but my fishes are fresh water type so is it possible for it to be converted?
If u empty it and clean it then you are just left with a tank, so yes you can use it for fresh water

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