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    Getting rid of my SW setup in Kentucky (LR)

    I have about 38 LB of live rock w/ 2 largerrocks and 2 medium sized rocks and a few smaller ones. The medium ones have alot of pink and red corraline on them and the others have small spots...all has been in my tank for 1.5 years and is still there but Im getting rid of everything. ($3/LB) I...
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    just got a camera (pics)

    here is pics of my royal gramma and 6line
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    what is this fish and is it safe in my tank?

    i found this fish yesterday at the lfs that i really like...it looks exactly like a bicolor/royal dotty back in size and shape except it is one solid color like a hot pink my question is i heard that dotty backs can be aggessive...i kinda have my heart set on this fish so any temperment, and...
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    frozen mysis...how long does it last unthawed?

    i have the cubes and i have been using about a quarter cube and thawing it in ashotglass but dont use it all...isit ok to stick the rest in the frigerator and use it later(i only feed it every other day) and how long will it keep
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    how to feed my frozen mysis

    i just got a new wrasse and was wondering how to feed it this frozen mysis i bought when i got him....how much and how often
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    info on a sixline wrasse?

    i went to the lfs today and really liked the sixlined wrasse that they have there...i just wanted to know if u guys think they are easy to care for and would do well with a beginner and in my tank? also what do u guys prefer feeding them and are they pretty hardy...i dont have any fish right now...
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    is a trigger safe in my tank?

    look at my sig and tell me if my tank will be suitable for an agressive tank.... thank :)
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    what lighting do i need?

    right now i have 1 no florecent...i want to beable to keep some soft corals to liven up my tank...i really like xenias (however u spellit) what light would i need for a 30gal 36" long...any references to a good kit ect... also i searched on ebay and found the brand JEBO for PC for really cheap...
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    What is WRONG w/ me/mytank/myfish......????

    ok look at my sig. for my tank setup...my tank has been cycled for almost 3 months....i have tried 3 different clown fish now...all dieing within a week...i have no clue what i am doing wrong...my parameters have been perfect since the tank cycled....ammonia0, trites0, trates less than 10, ph...
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    what kind of angel is this? very pretty!

    i saw this angel at the lfs today...i think its beautiful! its stripes are white and blue if u cant tell inthe pic
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    Which fish do u guys think i should get next?

    look at my signature for my tank info...i want my tank to be very colorful with active fish, i dont really want any fish that like to hide alot... here are some fish that im interested in...if u could give me and suggestions or info from your experience with these fish it would be appriciated :)...
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    My tank made the move!

    i just wanted to tell every one that ijust moved off to college and i took my 30 gal saltwater tank with me...i didnt have much life to begin with but i made the move with not one casualty...i put all my live rock in a deep rubber made container with about 5 galons of water from my tank and i...
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    is my duster ok?

    i have a large duster that i have had for 2 weeks now..itused to stay open virtually all the time now it closes quite a bit...and the top of his tube has slightly caved in...he attached himself to the bottom of one of my base rocks...i think that im gonna start feeding some filter feeder food...
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    coraline/lighting question

    look at my sig. for my tank description. I have a fowlr tank and i would really like my coraline to florish like the display tank at the lfs (they have coraline completely covering a glass coke bottle!)and right now i just have splotches of coraline on my live rock...i think that i need some...
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    maxi jet 1200 noise???

    i just purchased a new cpr bak pak 2 with a 1200 attached...and it seems to be very noisy and seems to be coming from the 1200...but when i stick the air line into the water so no air is being sucked into my skimmer it is almost completely quiet...so it only makes alot of noise because of the...
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    how do i set up this skimmer?!?!?

    i just received my cpr bak pak2 with a maxi jet 1200 and this is the first time i have ever set up a skimmer...can u guys tell me how high to set up the collection cup (nothing is going in the cup) also can u tell me the proper adjustment of the bubble valve...and should i or should i not remove...
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    why cant i keep turbos alive??!?!?!?

    last week i bought 4 fairly large turbos from the lfs and 3 of the 4 died the next day...i did a 2 hour drip acclimation on them...then yesterday i bought 2 more from another lfs and 1 died and they arent moving around much at all and dont seem to be eating any of the algae off my sand or...
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    found something weird....

    i was doing my daily stare at my tank when i saw in the corner of my tank what looks like a small blueleg hermit crab out of its shell dead in the sand...i pocked it and it is def dead...how could this be? all 3 of my crabs are accounted for and my other hermits are larger than this...
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    Finally got some LR(lfs)

    well i went the the lfs and saw that their live rock(brazilian) had quite of purple coraline growth on it and also saw some feather dusters...so i got 6 lbs of it...it looks pretty good under my lights(alot better than it did in the store which was in a tank with no light) i have already counted...
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    water testing frequency

    as most probably know from the thousands of questions that i ask that my tank is freshly cycled and i have added a cleanup crew and a cleaner shrimp...i was just wondering how often u all test your water? what do u test more than others(ammonia, ph, nitrites, nitrates)? and how do u know it is...
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    cleaner shrimp questions

    well my tank just cycled a few days ago so i went out and got a cleaning crew from my lfs...i got 3 hermits 3 turbos and a cleaner shrimp...i ment to get a peppermint shrimp and the lady told me it was one( i didnt know)...when i got it home and looked it up on the net i found out that it was a...
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    PH question(just added cleanup crew)

    my tank just cycled about 5 days ago (shrimp method) and today i went out and bout 3 turbos 3 blue leg hermits and 1 cleaner shrimp (lfs told the me shrimp was a peppermint, i got home and looked it up on the net and it is most def a cleaner but i like it alot)...i just tested my parameters...
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    should i get my cleanup crew from this lfs?

    well there is a lfs (the only close one to me) that has a pretty good sw fish selection, but almost all of their fish are in a divider tank and they all are connected and i have seen a couple of the fish with ick! which means they are all more than likely infected...my question is, would it be...
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    My cycle is done already!?!?!

    is my cycle complete already?? is his how my cycle went: ab=above readins nt= not tested Date Ammonia Nitrite Nitrate 7/3 0 0 0 (shrimp was added) 7/5 ab 2 nt 7/6 ab 4 nt 7/7 ab 4...
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    dry base rock question

    im know this may be a stupid question but i dont wanna do something that im unsure of...i have 30 lbs of base rock coming to me tues. from hirocks.com and my tank is almost done cycling now (on the low end of the ammonia and nitrite peak) i know dry rock shouldnt have die off...but my question...
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