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I'm devastated... Nearly all my fish were killed last night when the powerhead I was using to distribute co2 bubbles got clogged and sucked most of the yeast/alcohol from my 2liter bottle into the tank. I managed to rescue 2 fish who are now in the QT but everyone else is dead. The tank is...

Thanks for the reply. My best guess at this point as that their father jumped out right after spawning and the fry are 3-4 weeks since hatching. I have plenty of hiding spots, but not at the level where they're swimming! I'll have to find a plant (or something) that floats and is a few inches...

I am shocked... I have bought a total of 7 fish, 4 boesemani, 1 yoyo, 2 stiphodon gobies in this tank. As of about 4-6 weeks ago, I was down to 1 boesemani, 1 yoyo and 1 goby. Today, I noticed 4 baby fish in my tank!? I think it has been too long for this to be from the last rainbow to jump...

Wow that was the most remarkably dumb thing I've done in quite some time. Of course you're correct. I'm removing my post so I don't confuse anyone else in the future.

Post removed, because I made a stupid mistake.

I have a two bulb reef setup and am thinking I'll just run one 90 watt full spectrum bulb which I already have. I think the other is an actinic, which I hear are not good for plants/FW. I'll probably swap that bulb out at some point. I will start small to see how the plants go. Mostly I want a...

Thanks for the quick replies! 1) I think you talked me into planting it and leaving the fish out until I can get it to cycle. This is a reasonable compromise between appearance and fish safety. 2) aquaclear - I will keep this one in mind for the future. Right now I realized that I have a...

I have a 54g corner tank that was salt, but I ran out of time and money to maintain it and it has been dormant for over a year. It's not really big enough to do salt properly and I can't afford the reef tank I really eventually want to have. I had a crazy idea last night to clean it up and...

I want to shut down my tank. I haven't had the time to take care of it, and the only thing left alive is copepods and maybe a hermit. I want to keep everything in the hopes of restarting it in a year or so, but I don't want to keep paying the electric bill if there aren't any fish or anything...

I moved the blenny into the main tank, leaving just the clown in the QT. The clown lost some bits of his tail (maybe due to aggression from the blenny), so I wanted to separate them. Also, I think I may need to medicate the clown. He's very sick. I turned down the flow in the QT a little so...

He seems to be doing a little better today in the QT. I put a poly-filter in the QT the other day. He ate a little bit today too. I did a 40% wc in the main tank, which left a big sand storm. Kinda glad he wasn't in there for that. I hope it doesn't shock my inverts too much. If the clown...

Looks like I may hvae had an AMM spike. I am mixing a bunch of water now (I went out and bought a trash can for it) I put the clown in the QT with the blenny who has been in for 2 weeks and seems OK. I expect that my clown didn't have anything contagious (was the only fish in the main tank)...

soak the cube in a glass in clean water until it melts, then pour through a net, invert the net in the tank to release the food. the "juice" is bad for the tank, and it will spread out a lot more that way.

I have an O clown which was hiding under the rocks for a few weeks and wasn't eating much (wouldn't come out until food had fallen out of reach). I recently added a bunch of snails and hermits, and since then he's been hanging out on the sand. he has been eating a bit better (frozen mysis...

remora or bak pak.

not sure what species you have (there are a lot) but my new unidentified blenny loves formula2 pellets.

I'm no expert, but you asked for quick responses, so here goes: I'm pretty sure cowries are predatory carnivores and will kill your abalone I'd stick to astrea, cerith, nassarius snails as they're proven safe

I asked for the free red mushrooms with my reeftopia order (which is arriving in a few hours) and realized I have no idea how to handle these things. I have a rock picked out for them, as I understand they should have their own. Do I just need to place them on the rock by hand? How long does...

mostly it was saving me time because I could fill the bucket halfway and then dump in the salt, and then add the other 2.5g the next day when the water was ready. I tested SG when I was done, but didn't notice my error until I tested PH. now I have to wait an extra day between WC's. I...

you should ask them for the pressure tank and RO faucet for drinking water. It makes it a LOT more useful. RO makes tasty coffee, and having 2.5g on tap is perfect. I have the filterdirect one and am happy with it

I have been making the same mistake over and over, thinking I was being clever. I was mixing my SW overly salty and then adding RODI just before adding to the tank to get the sg right. This lets me make a 6g water change in a 5g bucket. also my rodi pressure tank is 2.5g which means I don't...

I agree with everything listed above, but I'd like to add a few thoughts: Invest in a 20g quarantine tank. invest in a refractometer. hydrometers suck get the right substrate. aragonite sand get a reef ready (drilled) tank and sump. get a really good skimmer get a RODI (ebay is good) filter...

you shouldn't have to shut off your heater. If it's set for 80 and the tank is over that, it won't be adding any heat to the tank. you should aim for a stable temperature, so if the fan everyone is recommending gets you down to 82 in the day, then set your heater for 81 or so, so you won't get...

Yes, sorry I meant 1000gph. maxijet 900's are good because they have high flow and low wattage. Where to point them is up to you. try to keep some flow in all parts of the tank, but high/low flow areas are ok. Don't worry about a "mini filter" just put on the plastic screens they come with to...

Anything from the ocean will work.