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My dwarf gourami has had swim bladder disease for almost a month now. Ive tried everything for salt to peas. any suggestions? I hate to see him struggle so much

there not flipped over

I got some pretty large mexican turbos today (full size) and I have a play sand bed in my tank (rookie mistake). I notice they seem to park it when they hit the sand bed. Can they get stuck in the sand?? Can they right themselves?

you really dont need to unless its falling apart. Ive had my filter media in my tank from the get go, almost a year now, I dont plan on changing it anytime soon

its in the hob filter chamber with light over it. I have a diy skimmer on there but I think investing in a larger skimmer would be best. maybe a reef octopus.

Im curious on the importance of a sump or refugium on my 55 gal. reef tank. I do 10-20% on the same day every week. Is that enough to keep the water in check? Specs: 55 gal soft corals cheapy hob filter chaeto algae 60+ live rock RODI water 2X maxijet 1200 PH

another shot

Heres some pics of my DIY skimmer I made! Hooked up to a Tetra Whisper 20G air pump. working well so far!

updates

Thanks! -------- Not too much new stuff lately. heres some updates and a DIY skimmer i made for it

is it on the glass or floating around

Ive had the linckia in there from the get go and had zero problems. Just have to see how it plays out.

my 55 reef

yes they (linckia) are quite difficult to keep. Hes looked very healthy and been very active since Ive had him but I understand they have a high mortality rate. Ugh that anemone was nothing but trouble since the start. But now Il just have to keep checking my parameters often. what a bummer!

he ended up gettin sucked into a pump (how i dont know. He somehow got inbetween the pvc pipe and pump head) very strange