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Any opinions on feeding my marine fish tank Mosquito Larvae? During spring cleaning of the yard, I discovered a large bucket with a gazillion mosquite larvae swimming around. My concerns of course are do they eat it? can it do any harm? is there any chance of actually hatching mosquitos in the house...

My neices came back from jamaica with shells for my marine fish tank. Can i "treat" them so i can add them or should i just "lose" them. I wondered if maybe i could boil them and get rid of any crap?

Looking for some advice. I have (not setup yet) a 55 gallon AGA,stand and canopy. I would like to setup in the den. I have plenty of room straight down (about 10 feet) in the basment and would like to know if its advisable to somehow have filter, heat, and skim in a 40 gallon tank and have it pump b...

Hello Ned, I know this is not ideal, but i do need to do this. Current fish tank (1 30 gallon) to be broken down and given away. 40 gallon "temp" tank(2 40 gallon) is now setup and filtering water in basement. When safe, i need to move live rock,clown,tang,and few snails from tank 1 to tan...

Fish been acting strange, not really eating until today. Wife noticed tank smell. Tonights tests show:
Nitrate: 200
Nitrite: 1.0
Total Alkalinity: 300
PH Level: 8.8
Salinity: .023
Temp: 77

Thanks for fast reply. Just checked and found salinity about 1.020, so i gave a dash and took it up to 23-24. Have a hlf dozen or so small crabs/snails, but they do not appear to be eating it. Also a small yellow tang, that seems to "explore" it hear and there. I cant beleive this guy woul...

My choc Chip star that i have had about a year does not look so good this week. Been upside down 2 days, looks like decaying/rotting away. Almost pulled and flushed but i see one arm that still has "moving" tentacle thingys. Any ideas/advice?

Hello again Ned, I think i will replace my 55 tank with a 55 overflow before i continue with my marine setup. Can you suggest one over the other? I will use the 55 as display, and put the 30 in the basement as a filter/heater/skimmer/refugium and plumb up to 55. The plumbing run will be close to 15 ...

Since i was just in test mode, yes! i did have the hose just stuck in the tank near the bottom. I figure if i use a spray bar this wont happen ??

Glad i went with a test run in basement! I setup a used sump setup with my 55 tank. It has an overflow box and u tube, 3/4 hose to fill sump and 5/8 tube return with pump. Last night everything was working perfect, i even went downstairs a half dozen times to check. This morning i went to check on i...

He's Back !!! I cant beleive he hid for hours! Thanks for the tip.

I searched about 2 hours on and off last night, so i will keep trying and keep my fingers crossed. If he is in fish-heaven, does it seem peculiar i keep losing this species?

About a month ago i added a sixline wrasse but he only lived a couple days and completely dissapeared. After checking water parameters, all seemed ok. Last Friday i purchased another sixline wrasse from a differant store. I went with a very slow drip method acclimation of 2 hours. Everything seemed ...

Thanks for tips. Could i use a one way check valve up high?

Obviously copper piping would be a no-no, so if i use pvc piping, do i use the standard plumbing grade cement? I plan on putting a sump in the basement and coming up thru the floor to the tank using a high head pump.