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It is common for a lot of sea creatures to release their sperm and egg into the water that will appear as white fog/mist. It is for this reason that leather snails bread rapidly in saltwater tanks, because they are asexual and bread quickly.

A word of warning you will see other hitchhikers such as feather dusters and bristle worms...and even leatherback snails are common hitchhikers in live rock

He will be fine in water...most of them like to make their home in caves or mud...if you do put in decor for him to live in make sure it is 100% secure, amphibians are stronger than they look...

they are breading

I added my live rock 1 week after I added the saltwater/sand. Word of warning as soon as ya add your live rock your skimmer will go crazy. Once ya added the live rock you MUST!!!!!! wait about 2 weeks to a month before adding ANYTHING.

"Rubber eel" is not a real eel but an amphibian. Some of them will live primarily in water and others need a dry/wet aquarium. I would suggest doing your research on the specs need for habitat (not all LFS are reliable for housing information). As for food they can be feed slugs, bloodworms...

You need to do a large water change...the best way to save money in the long run is to get an RO unit... I have a line from my RO unit hooked to a flow switch in a food grade barrel. I keep a pond pump in the barrel to circulate the water and mix the salt.

i would suggest adding mysis shrimp to the diet of the tangs (i use a IM syringe to add vitmins into the mysis shrimp before feeding). I hand feed all my fish to insure that each one gets food. I always provide them with nori each day (but sunday -.^...my predators are on a different feeding...

Some people put in an ammonia booster or use raw shrimp. It all depends on what is available at your lfs...or you can shop online you know your cycle is done is when you boost your ammonia and the following day the ammonia should drop back down to 0. Your ammonia must be 0 (this is an...

My dragon mandarin loves the coral food. I blend together mysis, squid and scollops into a fine paste. I add the tank water to make it more watery. The corals absolutely love it and i noticed whenever i would feed my corals the mandarin would be dashing around like crazy. I would squirt the...

Fresh Water Dip Items Needed... 1. Prime (smells like rotten eggs but it works) 2. Air stone 3. Buckets (you can mix the prime in one container, but must dip fish in separate buckets) 4. Heater 5. Powerhead 6. Clock 7. Thermometer Steps For a Freshwater Dip DO NOT FEED YOUR FISH THE DAY YOU...

yes it is all good

you should remove the remaining fish...either put them into a hospital tank or call your lfs to hold onto them in their hospital tank to be treated if you can't afford a hospital tank or your lfs can't take them there are many methods of treating your tank and fish...removing your fish is the...

Many things can stress out fish 1. new home (won't you be scared if you were put in a whole new house?) 2. fish beating each other up (mated pair of clowns can be territorial) 3. water quality (salinity level,pH, nitrates) 4. you need to be doing weekly water changes to keep the water fresh 5...

Ich is dormant on most fish like the chicken pox virus. As long as the fish don't get stressed ya won't get ich. Many people own many tangs in their tanks and have never had an ich outbreak. The only time ich becomes a problem is when it can reproduce, which is only possible when the fishs...