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When I set up my aquarium I put a type of live sand down and then on top of it I put a dry sand that is very fine. Now almost a year and a half after setting up the tank I’m getting annoyed with the fine white sand. I’m thinking about just siphoning out a lot of the fine sand and just adding...

When I first got my clownfish, I got them and a patch of live seaweed on the same day. They are the only fish in my tank and they started to sleep in the seaweed every night together. Then I got a blue legged hermit crab and it ate and eventually killed the seaweed and the clowns looked a little...

I use the mag-float brand in the smallest size for my nano tank and it’s awesome! I even leave it in my tank so I don’t have to touch the water often. on the package it says to watch your fingers because the magnet is strong. I tried to close it on my fingers in fear of it breaking my glass and...

Good to know, thanks! I’m going to see if doing water changes with RODI mixed water helps clear it up a little first (tomorrow I’m doing my first change that isn’t pre bought sea water). It’s only on my LR and a little bit is on the sand but I’ll definitely look into that product considering the...

Sounds good, I plan on doing a water change tomorrow with self-mixed RODI water rather than the ocean water from the pet store. I’m hoping more frequent self-mixed water changes and moving my wave pump lower in my tank will help. I have a column tank and the pump is more towards the top above...

Okay, thanks! I’ll do my best to clear it up soon

I’ve had a salt water aquarium for a year and 5 months, I’ve never had green algae grow on my glass, and rarely any purple. It’s mostly on my sand bed and on the live rock(the purple). For awhile I’ve been trying to get rid of it by siphoning it out or just scraping it off but then I came across...

So should I move around some live rock to check things out? I see no trace of the crab, even the shell. Maybe it got stuck in some rocks, I just don’t want the decaying crab to crash my tank; it’s a 15 gallon tank

Yes it’s one of the small hermit crabs with blue legs and a pointy shell

About a year ago I introduced a small blue legged crab to my tank. It was a bother to say the least. It killed plants that I had growing and it even killed one of my snails. Anyways it was always shy when I’d walk towards the tank and it liked to hide but I would always be able to notice it from...