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Can someone tell me what this white growth is or looks like so I know what to do with it?

Hi all. I just adopted, very rapidly a supposed African Cichlid....the original owner has owned it for a year? She was trying to starve it to death over last few weeks she said, as she did not want it anymore n wanted it to just die....quess it kept eating all the other fish in her...

Hello all, back again, hope everyone has been doing well.. I have been adviced to add a wrasse to my tank to help with the snail n worm population. So I wanted some advice on which one as everything I have read is calling for a good size tank, and mine is only 30 gallon. Any ideas? My...

Hello my aquatic friends!!! I am on the hunt for a starfish that will do well in my tank, to refresh it is a 30 gallon, with live rock 2 clowns 2 green/blue chromis 4 hermit crabs 1 astrias snail 2 turbo snails ( smaller ones) 1 emerald crab ( bad boy) 6 big nassarius snails and upteen tiny...

Hello all, I have a Coral Beauty, that has been behaving different the last few days. It has been hiding in its hole in the rock I found it in there upside down as if sleeping on its back, also on its side, and nose down. It has some rough looking fins, and scuffs on the side of its body just...

Hello my friends, I hope everyone is doing well. Been gone a little bit, but so far everything is going well with my tank. My questions is in regards to adding new cured live rock to my tank. Can I put it in the tank straight from the store (already cured and where I purchased first round of...

Hi all. I read a little on the clown fish here. So I have some new info...But question is I bought a pair of clowns about a week ago, they are doing good, have claimed the big rock and are "sleeping" inside the nice cave it provides. They are the only fish in the tank. Both are relatively small...

Hi all. I have noticed in my very new tank an interesting critter in the dirt. My inital thought is that it is some kind of worm, though it does look alot like the little arm of a starfish as they showed me in the store. It is teeny tiny, I only found it because I was looking for my snails. I...

Ok this is a late question, but other than the visible proof of eggs, how would I know if my newly aquired clown fish were breedable. I just purchased them last night, and they are the only fish in the tank. I plan to run just them for a few months. Would be cool to see little ones but not sure...

Hello again yall Refresher I am running a 30 glln with LR only. I do not have the high out put lights on. sooooo, that being said. I am looking to add my first fish. I have so far in there 8 nassa snails 1 astraea snail 6 crabs I am also looking at adding a peppermint shrimp and/ or an...

In all my excitement I did not introduce myself so I would like to do so now. My name is Tonya. I have a 30 glln tank, that is for fish only at this point. I have never owned a salt water tank before, though I have had success with fresh water. So far I have 30 glln tank 40 lbs sand/rock bed...

Ok so I did not read the article about cycling my tank with a shrimp first, so now I have a tank with snails, n crabs. So based on what I read, is it safe to say it is too late to use this process to cycle? Out of three (astraea) snails, one is left alive, two I removed as the crabs were eating...

Hello, I am new here. I am also a rookie salt water aquarium owner. So my first of MANY questions is.....Can I put real sea shells in my newly started aquarium? It is a freshwater converted over to salt. It is a 30 gallon. It has so far been right on with the salt levels. There is live rock and...