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Hi I've recently had an emergency in a relatively new 60 gallon tank of Africans. I have a 46 gallon acrylic tank that I set up about 4 years ago. It has about 40 lbs of fine aragonite sand. During the crisis in the 60 gal tank, I discovered my pH kit and the addition pH raising buffer were...

An update: I've lost 80%+ of the fish and am down to 3 survivors: a kenyi, an orange peacock and a yellow lab. No deaths in 24 hours. I took another water sample to a different pet store who swore the pH in the tank was acidic. I'm not sure why the sample tested that way, but just to be safe I...

I can't test hardness in my tanks. Sorry I've had a very stable 46 gal African tank for 5 years with no need. I have fine argonite sand in it and have used Microbe-left 8.5 pH Buffer Stabilizer during water changes. I took two samples in to Petsmart, one from the bad tank and one from my 46 gal...

Thanks for the response. I agree with you. I should have ditched the chemicals. I have done another 50% water change this morning and didn't add the pH additive. I've lost 2/3rds of the tank, and some sick fish that I put into a breeder box in my healthy tank have also died. I'm down to 5 fish...

I've been keeping fish for 40 years, Africans for 20 and this just leaves me stumped. Here's the situation: 60 gallon glass tank 12 2-3 inch assorted Malawians Argonite substrate (rounded stuff from Petsmart - not fine sand). Emperor 300 filtration P.h 8.1-8.3 well water This was my son's tank...

I recently purchased a Seaclear 40T that is made for the Eclipse 3. Total cost of the tank was $220. I couldn't find that size combo anywhere except from a custom dealer, and that would have run me over double that. I want to keep the tank, but don't know how to cover it. Any ideas? The...

Tank arrived today and boy do I have a headache on my hands. First the tanks fits the area beautifully. It's exactly the size I needed. It would be great if I could make it work. Here are my issues: 1. The Emperor 400 I slated to use on the thing is 15 inches, and the space from side to...

Hi I've been keeping tropicals for a very long time, but moved to a new place 3 years ago and am only finally getting the place in shape enough to warrant a new tank. I've settled on an acrylic tank because I'm concerned about weight. The tank is going to rest on a granite countertop that's been...