Recent content by carloz209

Thanks for the insight. That was really informative i appreciate it. As far as my tap water i get well water so the plumbing might be too old which might be leaching something into the water or the fact that it is untreated the source of water itself needs to be treated idk. Nobody drinks the...

thanks for the insight. and yes mollies are hardy in my planted tank my pair of mollies have spawned like crazy thats why i said its a molly colony. I have no intention of doing anything yet unless I see my fish start to die off due to high acidic water. I will be getting shells, kh buffer and...

So ive been using watermill water for both my FW tanks for a year now because my tap water has something in it that has killed my fish in the past and also high nitrates. The watermill water website states their PH is 6 and i have confirmed it by testing it. However both my tanks read PH levels...

**** man wishing the best cause all those fish are amazing!!

so basically when starting a tank add all your clowns you plan on keeping together at the same time let them pair off.

I have follow up question. SO i also have a pair clowns and was wondering if i was to add 2 more clowns would they also cause disruption or would the 2 new clowns pair up and not cause major disruption. I have a 120.

I also have well water but unfortunately mine is ridiculous high in Nitrates and has something else that would kill my FW fish thats why my concern. But hey if your well water is perfect than awesome good luck on the new tank.

Your gona use tap water for a SW tank? I strongly advice you not to use tap water for a SW.

What did levels did your tap water test? for my freshwater i actually use watermill water since its faster and honestly the RODI system wastes too much water producing the pristine water.

It sounds like your tap water has the same issue as mine. before i also struggled with high nitrates no matter how many WC i did. then i actually tested my tap water idk why i didnt do that sooner but anyway my tap water is at 60-80 nitrates so no matter how much WC i did i would never lower...

nice let us know if that helps.

your comparing nano and larger tanks. I am no expert in nano tanks so i can not speak about it myself of whether you should or shouldnt use a filter with mechanical when spot cleaning is doable. but with a bigger tank spot cleaning is not practical or doable that is my point. I personally have a...

Mechanical filtration removes the actual waste the organic material and detritus that stays in the tank otherwise. Mechanical is not the same as biological. Biological is the beneficial bacteria that removes ammonia and nitrites but does nothing about the actual organic material you can see and...

That is true if you have a bigger underlying problem. For me at the time was the filtration i did not have enough so then i did upgrade my filtration but the algae was already there so the blackout was the fastest way to remove it all just like removing a bandage fast and easy and it worked for...

first of all nano reef refer to tanks smaller than 20 gallons i believe something ridiculously small like a 5 or 10 gallon so their parameters will shift drastically within a day. So i wouldnt dare to touch them myself since i also consider myself a beginner. But for example if you have a 10...