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I have had my clownfish for about a month now and he was great, until yesterday. He started hiding out behind a rock and was breathing really fast. It was like he was suspended in that same spot and he didnt want to do anything else. He is still in the same spot today and is still breathing...

When doing a PWC, does it matter if I take the water from the top half of the tank or the bottom half? Are nitrates distributed throughout the tank evenly, or do they sink to the bottom of the tank( or is there a higher concentration of nitrates at the bottom?) I am planning a PWC soon and I...

Can I heat up some fresh water in a metal pot in order to add it to my saltwater mixture, when preparing saltwater for PWC. My reasoning behind this is that I wanted to get my saltwater up to a ballpark temperature before using a heater. This would cut down on time, because I am using very cold...

Is it more or less the same thing if I do a 5 gallon water change for 5 days in a row versus changing 25 gallons all at once? The reason that i ask is because for now, I am limited to taking my 5 gallon jug to the grocery store in order to buy their RO/DI water. I understand that in the future I...

Is this the begining of coralline algea? I placed this "dead rock" in my tank two months ago and it was all white( just like the rest of the rock in the picture). But, little by little, the rock began to turn this reddish/pinkish color. The color is very slowly spreading throughout the rest of...

can I put macro algea directly in my DT without having to put it in a refugium? I would like to put some in there for aesthetics purposes, but I know that they are beneficial in many ways. I just want a healthy portion of "greens" in my tank. Any other plants or ideas?

I decided to purchase a refractometer because of the positive things I have heard about them on this site. I have been using a hydrometer for the past month and only started using a refractometer for the past week or so. My refractometer compensates for temperature and I calibrated it with...

I have a 55 gallon tank that I have had for a month and a half. I have three damsels, 15 pounds of live rock, argonite substrate, and six snails( 4 astraes, and 2 turbo). When I fist placed them in the tank a few weeks ago, they were all crawling all over the live rock, eating stuff off of it...

I bought a piece of lr yesterday and to my surprise, i saw these things. What are they?

I placed a nassarious snail in my 55 gal tank about a week ago and I havent seen him since. He tried to go up the wall of the tank, but I placed him back down in the substrate, then he burried himself and I havent seen him since. At the pet store, they were very active and turning the substrate...

What is this, and is it good or bad? If good, what and how should I feed it? And if bad, how do I get rid of it?

I recently started to cycle my 55 gal. aquarium. The lfs lady said that I would need 8 damsels in order to make enough amonia, nitrite, nitrate, and bacteria to cycle my tank. Upon her recommendations, I bought two damsels to start and she told me to come back in a week to get two more and so...

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum as of 20 minutes ago and would like to say hello to everyone, as well as introduce myself. I have been in the process of starting a sw tank for the several weeks. So far, all I have been doing is reading alot and I did purchase some of the items such as a 55...