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Hi, I'm looking for advice of maybe some one can send me to another thread if this has already come up. My orchid dotty back gills are slighty "fluffly" and white looking, It also looks like one of my other fish has been nipping at him. I've had him for about 4 years, eating normal (mysis...

Hello, I have a 30g tank with a clown fish, orchid dotty back, cardinal pajama along with a sea urchin, a cleaner shrimp and a few hermit crabs. I've had them all for years. One day I came home and my sea urchin was eating my shrimp for dinner. Was it just a matter of time? I'm afraid to get...

I'm trying to build a sump for my 30g tank. Can you guys help me? Suggest things I will need or a web site that has good instructions? Thanks!!

The water is good. Its not the best pic but you can see the redness in his face One min he seems fine, the next he seems very weak.

I noticed my clown fish was caught up in the filter, so I just wiggled him free. I watched him and he went back to the same spot, Then i noticed the one side of his face was red, it looked as if someone else was nibbling on him. Please help me out, Im not sure if he is sick of if he was just...

Thanks, I have never heard of that garlic guard before. I tested the water before I added it to the tank as well, The Ph is very high. I know there is somthing I can add but I am not farmiliar with it.

my P.H is at 8.0 , and everything is 0 except my nitrate is very high at 20. help?!

I have a 30g tank, with 2 clown fish, orchid dotty back, and a cleaner shrimp. Just recently I have noticed my 2 clown fish hide behind rocks when it come feeding time. This is something new, they usually are right there when I'm feeding them. Does anyone have any advice?

Thanks so right now i just changed my timer to 7 hours and I will see if that make a difference .. I have a feeling because i have another tank 10 g and i keep the lights off ( theres nothing in it but a chunck of live rock) and there is no algae in it at all.. So if that doesn't help i will for...

the lights are called novaextreme 30'' 48 watt...the bulbs are a few months old, they run from 8am - 9pm, i feed my fish mysis shrimp every second day, and there is No direct sunlight

well its a 30 gallon tank i have about 35 - 40 lbs of live rock. the ph is about 8.2 nitrate, nitrite, ammoinia all 0 . the alkalinity is fine. I find lots of problems at big als every one i talk to has a very different oppinion one persons advice acualty cost me 4 fish that wern't cheap. I...

I just use tap water, I do condition the water ( not sure if that helps ) but the shops I go to say it should be fine. Is there anything I can do about it.?

I've had my tank for over 7 months and now I have a bad algae problem. I do 20% water changes every two weeks and I clean the sand, But it still comes back and very fast. I check my filter and everything it working good. Any suggestions !! I have 2 clown fish at the moment.

I have a 30g tank, I dont think i will be geting corals and if i do i would like to set up a much bigger tank for that

I may not add them right away but I would like to at soem point in time and I am trying to learn as much as I can about them, or if you could suggest what I should add next. For lighting i have a 48 watt nova extreme

I've had it up and running for over 3 months

I'm looking into buying my first anemone. Having said that I have no clue what type to get, if they need any specific care and etc. if anyone has some advice for me I would greatly aprectiate it! Right now i have a 30g tank with 35lbs LR and 2 clown fish

So on that note, Question! what should I start with in my tank? I've herd clown fish but also inverts?? I really have no clue!

Thanks, Now that it's explained im sure thats what happened. It's hard, the only resource I had was the local Fish store who told me FW dip would be the best thing to do. Now Im thinking thats how the make their money!

i have had my QT tank setup for over 2 months now and i have some live rock in it. What type of food should I be adding to keep the bacteria alive??

I Do have a QT setup but no one has ever told me how to use it properly, in reference to added new fish how long to keep them in? Do i change anything in the water? Its very difficult for me because Where i am from Marine tanks are very rare and only Rich people that can afford to hire help have...

they are amphipods for sure, and I found 2 snails, and what I belive are mysis shrimp, also have bristle worms, I think they are sponges (they look like tiny white pineapples) im sorry I tried to take pictures but they did not turn out well

Well I have a 30g tank with 30lbs of live rock. Im not sure exactly what you been by "how" I cycled my tank. When I last tested my water Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite, were all 0 and my ph was 8.2 (whats the best way to get that to 8.4?)

HAH sorry, I'm just very concerned. The critters that are in there right now are just hitchhikers from the live rock, and after my gobys dissappered these little shrimp came about, should I be concerned about them, or will other fish eat them when I do add them. Another question if you dont...

Heres my problem i will try to explain the whole story! I started a salt water aquarium months ago and every thing was good then i put in the live rock and let that cycle through when all the tests were good i added 2 australian clown fish they were eating and acting normal then after about 3...