Recent content by garfieldanded

K hi everyone. So, I spent some time looking at my tank and doing all the tests. The pH is at 8.3, and ammonia, nitrite and nitrate are all at zero. There is and has been brown algae for a while. So now I am wondering, if I missed something. because I had been ignoring the nitrate test for a...

Thank you so much for the reply. I am going to go to the fish store very soon and grab some of the ugly rock. My boyfriend will be pretty happy though because he really likes the snails and crab things so i will pick thoseguys up too. So everyones suggestion seems to be buy live rock, and...

For an 80 gallon tank how much live rock would I need. I actually really find it very ugly and don't like it, so I would prefer to put as little as possible. Of course I understand that is only an aesthtics issue so if its my only option I will add it. Also the people are the LFS told me not...

Hi thanks so much for all the quick responses. as far as the damsels being little meanies I understand this, the fish store infomred me all about them and I was told they are starter fish, and they are actually the one fish they take back once you have cycled the tank. I don't mind sending...

k, so i was told this is a better place to post, I am sadly soooo computer illiterate. Hi, I recently purchased a new salt water tank, ~80 gallons. My hampster had just died (after 2.5 years), and my kitten seemed bored from not having anything interesting to watch. I felt a fish tank would be...

Hi, I recently purchased a new salt water tank, ~80 gallons. My hampster had just died (after 2.5 years), and my kitten seemed bored from not having anything interesting to watch. I felt a fish tank would be a nice distraction for him and me as well. I, unfortunately, did not know all the...