Recent content by joy13

Reef tanks are more expensive to keep and the lighting will be most likely your biggest cost. You can do a tank that large with a canister filter but you will probably want to get a hang on the back refugium . Do your research and please ready up on cycling your tank. Don't put anything in...

What type of algae will depend on the plan of attack. Water changes and reduce lighting will help weaken it but you need to figure out what you are battling.

I assume you are at Charlotte NC I know Nemos does installation and I believe Aquatica does too.

My friend uses boiling water in a turkey baster to get his, I use wand and aiptasia x to get mine. We seem to have 2 different kinds and no one method seems to work best. He tried to use a lighter on some of them but that didn't completely work and I have had reasonable luck with...

BTW a 15 gallon is the same footprint as a 10 gallon. That is 5 gallons more swim space for your clown. A clown doesn't need an anemone.

Get the clowns then wait until you upgrade to get any more fish. Anyone that hasn't upgraded to a larger tank must not have room, got a large tank to begin withor didn't get off on the right foot. I am thinking of upgrading again well actually combining 3 of my tanks into one, I am just...

I would say he is a bad guy because of the black tips on the claws. You need to do a little spying at night to figure out where he is then set up a trap for him.

Tube lights can mean several things T8, T5 or compact florescent. Depending how many tubes and what kind of lights you have will make a difference on the type of corals you can keep.

LPS most do sting and use chemical warfare for real estate. I have had an acan attack leather and nearly kill, I thought they were far enough apart. The leather recovered but it took about 4 months before it looked decent again.

I have a blue damsel in with my lemon peel and the damsel is always getting beaten up. It will depend on the fish actually. My friend had a Sargent major that was in a tank and never bothered anyone a tomato clown. and a foxface. What are your stocking plans and why are you wanting a damsel?

Those look like feeder tentacles to me.

It helps to decide what fish you want then decide on the size of tank. Do you want a reef tank with corals or just a tank with sand and rock? Read as much as you can before deciding what you want then start saving, it is better to buy something once than buying to 2 or 3 times to upgrade what...

The clowns once they get a little older you might have a territory problem. Your might get away with a lawnmower blenny but mine hates my clown fish it is a personal problem he has with the clown. IMO you are already set with the fish you have. Do you have a quarantine tank?

A 10 gallon tank with 2 fish aggressive fish? IMO no. One will stress out the other one or both will end up dead. Have you thought about a pistol shrimp and goby?

How bad is the ich? Do you plan on adding any other fish to the tank? When you keep your tank fishless make sure you at least feed the tank once a week to keep the bacteria fed. I kept a tank fishless for 6 months until I got around to figuring out what kind of fish I wanted. Feeding garlic...