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it was in atlanta in 2008

Because all corals from the store are aquacultured :whistle:

Oh wow. Why was that Guy being sooooo mean?? I mean, mandarins are hard but if you're willing to pay the price for pods just in case, I mean, it shouldn't be a huge issue right?

My tanks used to be so pretty stupid moving and school. :( it'll get there again, I'm sure of it! Thanks guys! I love Billy and Mandy too!!!

I looooove that cabinet! I want a big tank again now. :(

If the tank isn't salted, you'll just kill the live rock. Sw and fw have different kinds of bacteria

OMG I cannot believe I'm posting this! Its such a mess. Its an old tank too so its covered with algae. It'll get better though. Its just gross from cycling!

Hi Guys! My name is Jess and I just joined this site! I'm 21 and going to college for history. One of the things I love are my fish! I've had reefs since I left home three years ago. I'm trying hard to be a good reef keeper, I read a lot and have had quite a few tanks in such a short time. Due...

Well. The time has come for Flake to leave AA. After two years of ups and downs, and after two years of trying to see this site become a site for the best advice on the web, I've finally hit a hurdle I can't just hop over. I feel this site no longer has anything left for me. To the person i'm...

I wouldn't leave a hippo tang in a 20g for 6 months. I don't think a 20g is appropriate for them at any point in their life.

I think the only thing you could buy at the store to stop your fish from getting ich is a bigger tank. Know that's not what you wanna hear but it's true.

parasites die without anything to host. dosing your display is an easy way to nuke a tank. if need be, remove fish and treat THEM.

please do not treat your display with copper.

generally I feed once every other day. with special needs fish, i've fed several times a day trying to figure out what they wanted to eat and then returned to every other day once good eating habits were established.

Otos are a freshwater fish. The diatoms will eventually burn themselves out but petty much any snail will take care of them.