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Hello again everyone. I've had my new tank set up since the end of August and everything seems to be going very well. I've had at least two new batches hatched in that time. Recently I've noticed a few patches of some new growth and I've been unable to identify it 100%. I was thinking it may be cyan...

In reading up on getting a high nitrIte reading to come down, I've read that a large % water change might help, as they might be too high to continue the cycle. I've also read advice against it. Would a partial water change help or hinder my process here? I've been in the nitrIte spike stage for ove...

I have an interesting situation. The nitrite level in my tank is still hanging around 1-2 PPM while keeping my Ammonia at a steady ~1 PPM and the light has been off the past week. My issue is that my window for ordering the shrimp from Mustafa is shrinking, as the weather is starting to get cooler h...

Ken, I think you just said algae in response to my question about it. Even so, I've been called worse :) I think I'm going to skip the snails, as this is a tiny tank. Only one of the two shrimp from the BYOES survived the original transition from tiny jar, to (ever so) slightly larger container. Onc...

My ammonia readings have dropped to 0 each morning following my additions and the nitrites are coming down. Once they hit 0 (usually read between 0.55 and 1.0 PPM each morning) I'll add my liberated shrimp, then order some. There appears to be some algae forming on the decorative statue, which I tak...

Thanks Ken. Im contemplating getting a couple of the brackish snails from the store here, but I'm a little apprehensive they may knock over the small cave I've built for the shrimp. I may add one or two. I'm still unsure if I should add the other algae (from the ecosphere) to my new bowl. Could it h...

Oops, those should be viewable now. http://www.amazon.com/BYOES-650-Kit/dp/B00IA94ZP4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406937293&sr=8-1&keywords=byoes The Build Your Own EcoSystem (BYOES) is a kit to make your own Ecosphere of sorts. I saw them in a gift shop while visiting a museum in NYC and pi...

I do have a couple other questions. 1) Is there a certain type of light bulb (reflector style, not long tube fluorescent) that this tank would benefit from? I've read about daylight spectrum, 50/50, and a couple other types but never found one that everybody settled on. Any preference on color tempe...

Thanks for the reply Ken, I've read a lot of your posts learning about this hobby, and it's been some of the most helpful info I've read. Thanks! I got the bowl set up last night and dosed it with a trace amount of "clean" ammonia to help the cycle along. My algae arrived today and I added...

Hello everyone! I recently found out about Opae after stumbling upon Ecospheres at a gift shop at the American Museum of Natural History in NY. I bought one of the smaller BYOES kits and put it together, then after researching found out that these aren't healthy environments at all. I'd like to star...