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Anyone have any experience with these products? Do they work? Are they harmful to a reef tank (no corals)? TIA for any advice.

Hi. I recently got a few green chromis that are now in QT. One has a red strip funning vertically down his side about halfway down his body. It looks like almost bloody under the scales. The same fish is breathing harder and nipping at the other two chromis in the tank. Is this a treatable...

I have this brown algae all over my sand. It mostly seems to be growing on the side of my tank that gets some sunlight. I've been battling it for like two months, trying syphon it out without taking too much of my sand bed with it. Any suggestions for beating this stuff.? I absolutely hate...

I believe my Royal Gramma has ick. I'd noticed over the past few days that she's been scratching on the PVC fittings (she's in QT for about a week and a half now now and I didn't realize this was a bad sign until now), and just last night I finally noticed spots. She doesn't look too good -...

My Royal Gramma finally arrived today. I acclimated him to my QT (which has been up for many months now) for 2 hours, scooping a 1/4 cup of QT water into his bag every five minutes and dumping half the water every half hour or so. Then I netted him into the tank. He's been in there for about...

I'm at a loss as to why I can;t get my trates down. I use only RO water, feed every other day, and my Nitrates are still at 20ppm. I just did a water change on Sunday as well (about 20%). My nitrates never seem to go below 20, or not for quite a long time anyway. On perhaps a related note...

So I am going to add my Wtachman to my display tank this weekend, so it's time to start thinking about the next (possibly last for now) addition. My Goby is about 1.5" and my Clown is less than 1" (probably about .5"). I know that with my tank size, I'm looking at a maximum of 6" of fish, so I...

I have a Watchman Goby in QT for two weeks now. I have been feeding him frozen raw shrimp or scallops (alternating), but he rarely seems to eat it. I have only witnessed him eating once. Usually, I drop it in (as near to whichever hiding place he's in as I can), give it a few hours, then I...

I'm trying to catch a crab that's living in my largest piece of LR. Dipping isn't an option because it's so large and has a lot of life I don.t want to harm. For the past few nights, I've put a tilted glass with sinkable food in the bottom into the tank. No dice. I tried scallops packed into...

So I've read the article, but now I'm curious... How many people but their fish online? Which sites are recommended? I feel like I should be adding the animals that I want and are best for my tank, not merely whatever is available in my LFS. Also, I don't really have an accessible LFS that I...

I know what you're thinking... I am 90% sure it's not a molt. I've seen a molt and this is different. I did a 10% water change yesterday. Today, I finally added my Perc clown that was in QT for over 3 weeks. Now, a few hours later, my Nass snails are attached to the tail of my (former)...

I'm using a Fluval 304 with carbon in the all the baskets. I was wondering how often I should be changing the carbon. I also plan on running a phospahte sponge in there, since my phospahtes have been holding steady at 0.5 and I already use RO water. Also, what brand of carbon do people recommend?

A few questions: First, how should I transfer a fish from the QT to the mail tank? Drip acclimation? Water scooping method in a bag or specemin container? The pH, salinity, and temp are all very similar in both my tanks. Second, how soon after adding my first fish can I add a second? I...

Couple of things about adding new livestock. First, how often should I do water changes on my 10gal QT. It has one 1/2 in Perc in it. I had a pair, but the second only lasted about 2 hours, includng the 1 hour acclimation. He looked fine at my LFS, and my remaining perc seems very...

Can Aips be clear? I have an anomone that just sprouted up in the past 24 hours. It's very small and I guess it could be an aip, but it's not reddish brown at all. It's white/clear, maybe half the size of a dime. TIA

My tank has been cycled for a few weeks now, but for nitrates which are still hovering between 5 and 10 ppm. I have done two water changes over the past three weeks, but the "trates haven't gone down. I have no livestock in the tank yet besides my 40lbs of LR and a few hitchhikers. I'm hoping...

So It's time to finally buy my first fish. My plan was to buy a pair of percula clowns tomorrow (new shipment into my LFS). These will be the first fish in my tank (se below). The clean-up crew will be coming late this week or this weekend, and since the fish will be in the QT for 3 weeks, I...

My tank is situated as such that it gets indirect sunlight much of the afternoon. I remember reading that a tank should get 10-12 hours of "light" per day. I am just setting up a timer for my NO lights and I am wonderwing how much to leave the lights on. I'd love them to be on when I am home...

If I shine a light in my tank when it's pitch dark, I can see a blue tenticle with two feathery fins at the top snake it's way into on of the holes in my LR. Apparently it hates light. Can't get a pic, since it only comes out in the dark. Any clue?

I am nearing the end of my cycle and I was planning on adding a "cleaner crew" to the tank next (within a few weeks). Anyone have recommendations for a good crew for a 29gal? I see that some retailers sell packages, but are these legit? In terms of preference I'd love to have a shrimp or two...

I bought my LR from my LFS. It had been in a reef tank of theirs for 3 years that they were breaking down. It's covered with what I think is both grape and razor caulerpa (I surmise this from reading the forum and seeing a few pics). In fact, it's even spread to rock that was bare of it...

First post, lots of questions: I've got a 29gal tank with LS and ~35lbs of cured LR. I run a Fluval 340, CPR BakPak skimmer, and a Hagen Aquaclear 301 powerhead. My lighting is provided by 2 20W GE Aquarays (embarrassed to say I have no idea if these are NO or VHO or what). I've been using...