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He will be fine. At the minimum I hope you did a slow acclomation just incase the SG of the water he came from was differnt thatn the SG of your tank. But most of the items in our tank are not that sensitive to SG levels that being having a .03 difference will cause them serious harm.

I read an article recently that clamed the fish brain was unable to have emotions. That basicly their interaction between one another was more or less genetic. This was also the reason give for their agressive behavor.

UPS and FedEx have differnt levels of overnight shipping. For example you have "overnight by 8AM", "overnight by 10AM" and "overnight by 3PM". As was said some physical places in the country are consitered not avaiable for the first two levels of overnight so your only option is overnight...

Given the varing costs of plywood, and glass in your local area the best thing to do would be to visit your local Home Depot or equivlent Home improvment store and check out the prices on the lumber and glass. I priced a tank out simular in size once and I came to the conclusion it would be...

Buy the pickling lime online. I know of a yahoo store that sells the Mrs Wages pickling lime for like $2.50/lb i think.

I saw an article about this in this months issue of FAM. I should be awsome. To bad there are no IMAX theaters close by to me. :(

I got my current florecent bulbs on my planted tank from Lowes. I got the ones that where labled dayglo or something like that. On the package it even listed aquariums. I also got a dual light ballast and endcaps from them and used that to make my dual florecent fixture. I have also used...

CPU fans operate at 12V DC current where as your ballast is running at 120V AC. You will either need a converter to knock down and convert the current or you will need to make sure you get the 120V AC version of the 3" or 4" fans. ALso, I have had no problems with these bulbs in my setups...

I have heard people refer to them as a saltwater weed. Overall they are not that attractive (in my book) and can reproduce like crazy. Since they are a member of the anenome family they have the ability to sting and kill other corals so having them potentally run wild in a tank and kill of...

Its been said that hydromoters are really not as accurate and if your the type of person that wants an exact reading then a more expensive refractometer is what you need. One thing to note is that the temperature of the water can affect a hydromoters reading where as a refractometer uses a...

Yep its what I call a micro starfish. I have yet to determin what type of brittle. I got many of these little dudes in my sand bed. Its hard to get a good frame of refernce on size since the sand particles in the forground are out of focus...

I was looking over the tank and low and behold I find this on my yellow watchman goby's face ANyone else seen strange things like this before?

Here is an article on the benifits of quarinten and a simple description of how you can setup a q-tank for rather cheap. http://www.aquariumadvice.com/showquestion.php?faq=2&fldAuto=17 For your live sand q-tank you dont need anything extravagant. Just something to put the sand in and keep...

Feel free to use my IRC chat room over at irc.webchat.org #aquariumadvice For those who do not have mIRC I have a java chat client at www.aquariumadvice.com/irc.php There are three rooms to pick from with the java chat program. You can pick any of the three but #aquariumadvice might be...

If you live in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and are interested in fish I ask that you send an E-mail to sva@aquariumadvice.com You will get an automated response with instructions on how to join the new Shenandoah Valley Aquarists club. In all my years at this hobby I have yet to find a...

If you live in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and are interested in fish I ask that you send an E-mail to sva@aquariumadvice.com You will get an automated response with instructions on how to join the new Shenandoah Valley Aquarists club. In all my years at this hobby I have yet to find a...

I do not belive the common bristleworm will do this. From all that I have read and experenced is that the common bristleworm will go after fishwaste, uneaten food and any other dead or decaying materal in your tank. From what I have read many misunderstand their behavor and see a...

Slipknottin is correct. These heaters are fully sealed and are totally safe if they are totally submerged in the water. That line is there to tell you at a minimum the heater needs to be below the water level to that point. The reason is to make sure the themestat is below water level. if...

Is that model RIO as easy to take apart as the smaller models? If so take the motor assembly apart and clean the impeller and the impeller housing. It might also help to soak the pump in vinegar as this will help remove any hard mineral deposits.

votek, If you have the following Then your tank is really overstocked. I personally would never put more than 1 maybe 2 small fish in a 10 gal salt tank.