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If you get one damsel, your risk of them being territorial decreases some. I have an angel damsel, I think that's the name lol. It's bright blue with a yellow tipped tail. It kinda just chills by its self

100% agree. The inch rule is old school. At the aquarium store there is at least 30 damsels in 40 gallon tank. Obviously this doesn't say anything but this is the cleanest and well known store in Lafayette Indiana.

Hahaha. That made me laugh. But yes that is a very good idea!!

Thanks for the reply!

You could ovoid the problem of not having enough space by only getting small fish. Basslet, clowns, damsels, dwarf angels, small gobies, fire fish.

Is it important to sift the sand in your tank?

I would like natural algae to grow all over my live rock, is there a way to speed the process, but I don't want harmful algae, if there is such a thing

You could always try putting them in a 5 gallon bucket, fill it with the water in your tank, put the heater in it and then add the sand. Wait until it settles some or completely then add the water back again. If you try that, make sure to put the bag of sand all the way to the bottom of the...

You could add another fish, obviously due to the size of tank you need to consider sticking to relatively smaller fish, but add one at a time and see how the tank reacts for the first week or so. If you don't see a dramatic change keep going. Be smart about it though, all the fish I have in my...

Do you have fish and rock? If so I don't think the fish would like the sand through their gills and you would have to remove your rock or they would be covered. Honestly the only thing I'd be worried about it harming/stressing the fish.

Okay the title is a little broad and people might be confused, but I'm asking how do I grow the cool pretty algae I see at the aquarium stores? I understand the difference between reef and algae. I have a rather new aquarium, it's only been astonished for a few months, it's cycling and I have...

I have 2 clowns, 1 strawberry basslet, 1 damsel, 1 dalmatian Molly, 1 watch man goby, 35 dwarf crabs, 2 emerald crabs In my 20 gallon. I have 10 pounds of live rock and my tank does great! I have to do a water change every Sunday but that's to bad I don't think.

Yes! A deep sandbed is very good to have. I have 35 pounds in my 20 gallon.

That's the stand with the tank, obviously you can't see what I am talking about, but I feel as of explained it well enough.

I just bought a $35 steel stand for my 20 gallon FOWLR tank. It roughly weighs 200 pounds. The stand only touches the outside of the tank. To the first inch of the outside is setting on the stand but the glass underneath is unsupported. Could the glass give under the weight or am I just being...