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i have a port jackson shark. he had a sore fin and was swimming a bit lope sided which i have been treating and now is much better. he was still eating fine but now he just holds his food in his mouth until eventually my blue tang steels it out of his mouth. he is no longer lope sided but just...

nitrate problem good idea but i dont know much about refugiums. whats the best way to set one up?

nitrate problem thanks for the advice and i guess ive had the same problem(thanks LFS!) i feed them either brine shrimp, blood worms an nori usually 1 block once a day. is that to much? already removed u/g. now ill do a vaccum, water change and clean filter. whats a good filter?

nitrate problem tap water test shows 0 nitrate. last water change was 4 days ago. got 6 little crabs on cleanup duty at the moment. spoke to the lfs i got the substrate from and the said it is crushed shells if that makes any difference. sorry about the mix up. in reply to six-line as i said...

nitrate problem thanks for the help. ill try it an see what happens

nitrate problem i always use r/o for top ups and the ocassional tap water with conditioners for water changes if i have no r/o left

nitrate problem water parimetres are ph.8.0 amm.0 nitrite.0. should i remove the u/g? i do regular cleaning of substrate and cannister. regarding tank i will soon be upgrading to a 150gal. very shortly. nitrate is around 60

tank is 55gal. been running for about 5 months with crushed coral substrate, app. 6kilo live rock with 1200ltr. cannister, u/g with power head,jebo skimmer. live stock consists of 1 large lion, 1 blue tang, 1 clarks clown, 1 coral beauty and 1 bubble tip anemone

My nitrate is very high and i have tryed everything to get it down but nothing working. I have an ornamental shipwreck in my tank at the moment could this be the problem?

Will my trigger get sick from eating his fins?

Its a 100 gallon tank with some live rock.

I have a wedgetail trigger, volitan lion and a lunar wrasse. Can anyone suggest other suitable fish to add?

The lion is about 4 1/2 inches long and still has about 1 to 2 inches of fins left. I also have a lunar wrasse could it have been him?

My trigger has bitten of half of my lions fins and he cant swim proberly. Will he be alright? Will they grow back?