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About twenty minutes ago I noticed my cat pawing at my aquarium*, and when I reached over to stop I saw that he was watching a flame firefish throwing itself violently around the tank. It seemed to be partially paralyzed or seizing up and was whipping its body around with all its strength. Every...

I just got a very small yellow fish from a tank full of "Assorted Damsels". The other residents were blue damsels, yellow tailed blue damsels, three spot damsels, and black and white striped damsels. In another tank the same retailer also had Talbot's damsels, and a yellow bellied damsel. This...

Hi. I just got a 29g Biocube intended for a Goby/Shrimp partnership (maybe some other fish and inverts later). It's a new tank using established sand, live rock, and some bioballs from a previous aquarium. Ammonia and Nitrite are effectively zero, and Nitrate is a bit under 10 ppm. They've been...

I have a 55g FOWLR system that I may someday upgrade to reef. I'm going to overhaul the filter and skimmer, and I need some advice. Right now I have a Fluval 205 with a modified spraybar, a Red Sea Prizm, and a Marineland 200 Biowheel. I also have an additional Maxijet 1200 for water...

I'm interested in buying live rock and good quality base rock in the Morgantown, WV area. I am willing to travel up to Pittsburgh, down to Clarksburg, or to the parts of Maryland in the tri-state area. Depending on the size of the individual pieces and the quality of growth I would probably pay...

I have a 3 inch lawnmower blenny in a 55 gallon tank with one other fish, a Clarke's anemonefish. An Elbii angelfish was with them, but died yesterday of (I think) bacterial and fungal infection. All water parameters are perfect(no ammonia, virtually no nitrites and very low nitrates) except pH...

I recently introduced an Elbii (Red-Striped) Angel to my 55q aquarium. The tabk is FOWLR with the possibility of some hardy inverts to be added later. Currently I have an adult algae blenny and a juvenile/sub-adult Clarke's clowfish. The new angelfish appears to be healthy and vibrant, and it...

Hi. This post is about some ideas I had that I want someone to shoot down before I try them. 1.) Jawfish ant farms. Getting a couple lengths of PVC piping, coating them in aquarium sealant inside and out and rolling them around in the substrate. They'd become sandy tubes which could be almost...

I got some black and white "Indo-Pacific" aragonite live sand. This is better quality and a much finer grain than the coarse black sand I already had on hand. I was planning on mixing them, but then I thought this might be a good starting point for a jaubert type filter (they have different...

This is my first attempt at an aquarium in 5-6 years and only the second attempt at a marine aquarium. The first attempt ended in disaster; so this time I'm determined to do things right. I have most of the stuff ready, but I want someone with experience to approve it before I set things up. I...