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I currently have both my 36g and 44g tank empty due to outbreaks of ich in both. While the tanks were empty, I decided to add some cleaner shrimps into my 36g to let them grow since they come very tiny from the LFS. I had a total of 5 cleaners and a fire shrimp in the 36g and everything was...

I don't remember, but I read somewhere that diseases such as ich and marine velvet can infest a DT through piggyback riding on inverts and corals, is this true? If it is, how do you prevent it?

Hello everyone, I'm about to start hyposalinity for my fishes and I just wanted to see if anyone had any advice to tips on how to go about with the treatment smoothly. I will have a small maroon clownfish, medium dwarf flame angel, and small yellow tang in the HT for treatment. It is a 20g tank...

I just recently got the Marineland Single Bright LED's for dirt cheap, but I notice that it isn't recommended over open water. The LED's are going over my 36g bowfront and I don't want to spend more money to buy a new glass cover over the tank. Has anyone have any kind of experience leaving...

I'm planning on my first sump and it'll be a 10g sump for my 36g tank, but I have some unclear information / questions I need first. 1. Does the overflow need to be 10 x tank volume or 5 x tank volume, EX. 36g+10g sump = 46g so 460gph 2. Will this be good water movement: return pipe will be in...

I've been thinking if my tank had enough waterflow and realized that I didn't quite understand what "waterflow" actually meant! Does it mean how much gph all your equipment is moving or does it mean you have water movement everywhere? I currently have a 36g bowfront with a HOB emperor 280 and...

Today, my kaudern's cardinal died and I cannot figure out why. Water parameters: Temp: 78 SG: 1.022 pH: 8.3 Ammonia: .15 (my hermit started eating it so thats why its up) Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 20 I fed him mysis shrimp on sunday, had to go out of state for monday and came back today and he was...

I am about to start on a second SW tank and since I did not use any dry rock on my first tank, I have a few questions about seeding. 1. When stacking the rocks, does the LR need to be on top or does it not matter. 2. I've read about how seeding would take a few weeks to a couple months, but...

I've been looking at my fish tank and I've notice these very very small white "bugs" crawling on my glass. There are currently no signs of ich on fishes, just the bugs on the glass. Last fish added was a kaudern's cardinal about 2 days ago. The "bugs" are way too small to take a picture of, I...

I currently have 2 "large" hermits, prob 1 inch long from side to side. One of the hermit is a white spotted and he is very active. Yesterday, I added 4 nassarius snails and he ended up eating one at night. I am thinking about getting a banded coral shrimp and maybe some cleaner shrimps. What...

My tank has finally finished cycling! I was planning to do a lionfish, but decided not to so here are the choices: 2 clown damsel dwarf angel bicolor dottyback royal gramma basslet any opinions or suggestions would be appreciated. Not really planning to corals or reefs, but maybe in the...

I noticed this hitch hiker 2 days ago, but was too busy and today, I tried to catch it, but only got a piece of it :mad: I think it might be a red brittle starfish. Should I try to remove it? its hiding under one of my very bottom rocks so it would be a pretty big hassle

Hello, This may seem a little early since my tank only has been cycling since Wednesday but I already have a high nitrate level pH: 7.8~8.0 Ammonia: 1.0 Nitrate: .25 Nitrate: 20~40 There has been 2 raw shrimps in there for the past 36 hours, but I've taken them out because they were getting...

Hello everyone! In the past, I've taken care of multiple FW tanks including a koi pond. Since this is my first SW tank, i figured making a thread would be more helpful than just reading other threads since it'll make this more personal. After doing much research, this is what I have so far...