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I have just finished the cycle on my 55 gallon. I have about 50# live rock and 4 inch SB. I currently have 2 Ocellaris (paired) and a four stripe damsel. I would like to add a Kole Tang, Flame Angel or Coral Beauty, and a manderin. Would this combination cause any trouble? Would I be able...

Look like some kind of snail...only seen it twice, and it doesn't seem to be bothering anything. All corals look just fine.

I was upgrading my lights in preparation to going to a nano-reef. I have a 20L and added an Orbit 40w Dual Daylight and (1) 40w Dual Actinic. As soon as I fired up the new lights my Clowns immediately retreated to their home in a fake anenome. One kind of stopped swimming and would sit on...

Just wanted to get others experience on this... I finished up my cycle a couple days ago, and haven't really gotten much in terms of algae. Is this common? I don't want to add any knid of clean up crew if they will just starve because of the lack of algae. My lighting is very weak as it is...

How long should I let my clowns acclimate before adding to the main tank. Also how fast should I have the drip running? I have so it is droping 6 or 7 drops a second. Should I speed it up or slow it down?

I am going to be purchasing a refractometer. I was hoping you all could let me know what I need to consider when getting one. I was wondering if this one one be OK to use. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7533384811&category=42924&rd=1

Just trying to get the cycle started, and I was going to just add a cube of frozen plankton. This will get the job done right? Will I need to add additional cubes or should 1 get the job done. I was going to go buy a shrimp at the store, but I figured any thing that is dead would probably get...

I have a 20 gallon long and I want to change it to a saltwater. If I keep the fresh water gravel will I be able to maintain the PH at a high enough level without adding some sort of buffer? Will the salt mix keep the PH up by itself? Also I would like to keep a pair of Percs hopefully get...

How well do ottos handle salt?

Does anyone have a picture of the aquarium parmacueticals nitrate and nitrite color card. I lost mine somewhere a would appreciate it if someone could post a pic so I could print it out. As of now I have the test but nothing to measure the readings.

Here are a few shots of my Midas. Very friendly to me, but not anybody else. He will bite me if I try to move anything in HIS tank (and yes he can break the skin) :evil: otherwise he'll just lay on his side an wait for me to pet him. :wink:

Does antbody have some pics of their tanks with black sand? Please post if you do.

I was wondering if I leave the sand in my tank and just change the water would this pose any problems. Would the die off start a new cycle for freshwater? Has anybody else done this? Also a small amount of saltwater left behind wouldn't hurt correct?

Crazy Midas will fight anything! These two will go at it all day if I let them.

I have a coral beauty (still in quarantine) that has developed a white mark on his gill. It is actually on the small gill wing that comes off of all angels. Is appears as if its an injury, but I'm worried that it's a sign of some disease? Anybody know this to be a symptom of anything...

I had my skimmer running for a month or so without any problems, then I switch to a larger tank and now it is allowing micro bubbles to run into the tank. I've tried adjusting the air flow, but it just doesn't seem to be working. I have to completely block off all air flow to keep the bubbles...

I've had a coral beauty for about 2 weeks now. I have heard from different sources that they are picky eaters. The one in my tank has been eating anything that it comes by. Mysis shrimp, brine, dried pellet food, and even green hair algae. I've also seen him picking around the sand (looking...

Came with the Ricordia...They just open up after a day in the tank

Will running a skimmer help cut back on algae growth. My tank has been running for about a month and a half and I'm starting to get brown and green hair algae. There is not a lot, but it is starting. Should I try adding an additional PH? I can't afford a RO unit at the moment. Also should I...

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I was wondering if I should start adding food to my tank? I know I have a few small crabs, and some sort of mantis shrimp. Hopefully, I'll find some more hitchhikers, but for now do these guys need anything? Should I also start doing water changes? 10%?

I started the cycle on my 10 gal nano with a raw shrimp. How long should I leave it in the tank for. I also have about 5 pounds of live rock in with it. Ammonia readings from the 4th were already at 1 ppm. I also started to see some reddish algae growth on the live rock...good sign or bad?

I just got my 10 gal started today! I was wondering what I should be looking for. Tomorrow I will start with testing the params. I only added 5 lbs of live rock. This will start a cycle...right? 1. What should I expect to see when the cycle begins? 2. Should I be able to see any...

I have a 10 Gal freshwater tank that I want to convert to a FO. I just want to keep a clown fish and some fake corals. Basically I want to learn how difficult it is to maintain a saltwater tank before I commit to going for a reef setup. My question is can I just use the freshwater setup to...

I currently have two freshwater tanks a 55 gal and a 30 gal. I want to convert to a marine tank. My plan is to set up the 30 gal as a FOWLR. I want to see if I'm able to keep up with maintenance and everything else that comes along with a marine system. Then if I am successful I will convert...