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I just redid my 98 gallon cube and added a snowflake eel, dogface puffer, blue hippo tang, and a yellow tang. I have had this tank for a while but just changed it's contents. What I am unsure of if a clean up crew with the puffer. I have always had snails, hermits, emerald crabs, starfish and...

I have been battling red algae on my rocks. I have been scraping and siphoning off. I do 10% water change every week and have a sump with bio balls,skimmer, and a refugium. I have tested the water and show 0 nitrates and 0 phosphates. I understand that the algae is consuming the nutrients and...

I have a 98 gallon FOWLR with a 4" Niger trigger, a 7" Koran angel, 2 yellow tailed damsels, and 1 blue damsel. My clean up crew consists of serpent star, brittle star, snails and hermits. I want to add a fish but not sure what would so well. My trigger is pretty aggressive so it would need to...

I have a 98 gallon tank with a koran angel, niger trigger, 2 yellow tail damsels and 2 blue damsels. I have not been able to locate one of the blue damsels in 2 days. My clean up crew is some snails, 2 serpant star fish, a brittle star fish, and some hermit crabs. I have checked the water... 0...

I have had my snowflake eel for a year now. He is about 30" long. He is in a 98 gallon cube tank with a niger trigger, a koran angel, and 4 small damsels. He has always been very healthy and usually eats every few days. For the last week he is acting strange. He is poking his head out in...

I have a flame angel, 2 clowns, a few crabs and shrimp. Today I added a yellow tang. I was told that the yellow tang can be aggressive to new tank mates but he is the last fish that I am planning to add. However my flame angel is being very aggressive towards the tang. I appears to be chasing...

I have a pair of clown fish that I have had for about 6-8 months. They have always been together. They always slept together and seem to get along well. Last night I noticed that one of them is not with the other. One is by the cleaning magnet(their home?)and the other is in a cave. Is this...

So I had 2 serpent starfish in a 98 gallon cube tank. Today I noticed that there are 3 of them. Do they reproduce in captivity? How many serpent starfish can I have in a 98 gallon tank? I have a 30" snowflake eel and a niger trigger that are both messy eaters, but 3 seems a bit much. What do I...

Any idea what this spot is? Fish is eating good and seems normal, but this appeared today.

I have a eheim professional 3. I have it on a 65 gallon FOWLR tank. Everything has been going great, water conditions are great. Recently the filter started leaking. I did PWC and it stopped leaking. About 2 weeks later it leaked a little bit and stopped. I was a little worried so I put it in a...

Hard to get a good picture it is in my Refugium. There are several of them. Are they feather dusters or some thing else? Are they ok or should I remove them? Thanks for your help.

I have a emerald crab and a few hermits but tonight I found this, any idea what it is? It is hanging upside down and seems to have something waiving around.

I have 2 tanks and 2 refugiums. One is a 93 gallon cube with a sump. I have bio balls, a protein skimmer, and a add on refugium on this tank.(I added it last about 3 months ago). This tank has a niger trigger, koran angel, 4 damsels and a snowflake eel. I do have 2 serpent stars and lots of...

I have a hang on the back refugium on the back of my 65 gallon FOWLR. I keep the light on 24/7 and have for the last 3 months. When cleaning the tank last week I noticed there was a lot of white foam on top of the water and when I went to remove it, it was hard on the top and a pink slime on the...

Is this what my Refugium should look like? I have sand rock and macro algae in it, do I need to add anything, snails, or starfish?

I have a diamond gobie I have had for about 2 months. He has always eat well and came out when I come to the tank. I put my foxface in the tank about 2 weeks ago( moved from other tank). Everyone was fine. Now my gobie was missing for 2 days. I found him behind some rock and I thought he was...

So I have 2 tanks. My big tank has very fine beige sand in it, and when I have the lights out and shine a light in there are very small worms that are coming up sometimes they have sand wrapped around them. My other tank has black sand, it it a little courser. There are no worms in this. Is it...

I have a FOWLR and I rearranged the rock last week. Today I noticed that I have these things growing on my glass and in my sand in one spot. I have looked all over and it looks like they are hydroids. They are very small and kind of pink/brown in color. I scrapped them off of the glass with my...

I am ready to add a new fish to my 65 gallon tank. 36X18X24 I think. I have a pair of clowns(nemo kind) a diamond goby and serpent starfish. They have all been in there for a month or so with stable water conditions. I want a mandarin dragonette, but tank is only 4 months old, I don't think I...

I have 2 tanks. I have a koran angel, niger trigger, snowflake eel, a foxface, and 4 damsels in my 93 gallon. I have a 65 gallon with a diamond goby and 2 small clowns. My angel seems to be pretty aggressive to the fox face. Could I move the foxface to the clown tank? I want to add a draggonette...

I had an issue with my nitrate test and it was wrong. It said 0 they were well over 100. I have added a refugium, and I am doing about a 20 gallon water change(93 gallon tank) every day or 2. My RO takes forever to make water. I tested again today and now it is around 80. Has anyone ever dosed...

I just added a refugium on the back of my 65 gallon tank. The light stays on all the time(that is what I was told to do)I have some algea growing on the sand and on the acrylic. I bought some macro algea but it died(was in the wrong spot and I didn't see it until it was too late) Do I add a...

I have a 65 gallon tank with 2 very small clowns and a diamond sand sifting gobby. Looking to add a new fish. I want to add a dragonett but tank is too new. What would get along well with them? Maybe another pair of clowns? I want this to be a peaceful tank.:fish1:

So I was testing with the api test. After reading on here I decided to get a different test. The API test shows my nitrate levels as good almost 0. The salifert test shows they are 100! I have added Seachum stability and have done a pwc. I have 32 gallons mixing now. It is a 93 gallon tank. I...

Cycle is done, now what? Do I add a fish or 2, or a clean up crew, or both? I did the raw shrimp to cycle so I have had nothing live in the tank except the sand and rock. Want to do peaceful tank. Clowns, dragonette, sand sifting gobby, ect. What should I add first, not really interested in...