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    list all stocking possibilities with a 20 g

    A really good rare fish that is amazing to keep and that swims like an eel is a jack knife fish (other names are: spotted drum fish/ ribbon fish) Check it out on YouTube In terms of coral the first thing you need to know is that they need a ridiculous amount of care including dossing carbon...
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    I need help w id

    Definitely an unhappy carpet worth around £20-35
  3. Reef expert

    And I start!

    Just monitor it regularly and check for lack of colour in the polyps
  4. Reef expert

    bristle worms....

    Long nose hawkfish and six line wrass
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    Newbie to the Reef

    To add to what you have already I think the best thing is a blue/green chromis or a small dart fish or maby a clown goby.
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    Ideas for coral stocklist

    Good starter corals are Mushroom coral Xenia Star polyps Toadstools Button polyps These are all very easy to keep and don't need particularly bright lighting
  7. Reef expert

    10g nano stocking ideas?

    How about a candy cane goby or a scooter dragonet maybe even a small pipefish or tiny dart fish
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    Fish help!

    One of my favourite reef fish are leopard wrass and royal gramma if you are looking for any bigger fish I would recommend the following: fireback angelfish, bicolored angelfish, flame angelfish, pacific yellow tang, sail fin tang and the twinspot wrass. All the fish above are able to be added to...
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    Best marine flake food

    New era flake food is a brilliant nutritious marine flake food that includes all the vitamins and proteins that brine shrimp and small invertebrates have. Even though it's expensive you pay for what you get!
  10. Reef expert

    cleaner wrasse and cleaner shrimp

    A cleaner wrass is a reef safe non aggressive fish that can pretty much go with any invert.
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    I want to start a salt water tank.

    Damsel fish are pretty hardy and cheap but keep clear of them because they will take over your tank. These are a list of good starter fish: Blue chromis Green chromis Grey chromis Chromis range from about £5-£10. Common clownfish Ocileris clownfish Maroon clownfish Percular clownfish...
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    Jack knife fish

    As anyone here got a rare reef safe jack knife fish just out of interest?
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    New tomato clown.. very territorial, HELP

    Tomato clown anemone fish are know to be one of the most aggressive clowns. To get one to calm down I would isolate her and attempt to get her calm by feeding it small portions at a time so that she is dependant on being calm for her next feed.
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    New clown feeding question

    If the clowns are the only fish in the tank you should be feeding them about two-three times a day. Take one or two flakes in your hand and crush it into small pieces. Do this twice a day. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND new era marine flakes.
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    Triggerfish

    A big aggressive tang or many a type of fox face puffer even a large damsel.
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