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eat my Shunker cleaner shrimp. Bought a Purple stripe Puesdo yesterday and he seems to too interested in my skunk cleaner shrimp. Quick research this morning says they eat ornamental shrimp ( I know, I know -- thought I researched it first, but that's a different story) This morning, Pet...

I have a 30 gallon that's been up and running for about a year and half. I presently have 2 false percs and a red striped goby along with assorted snails & 2 shunk cleaner shrimp. Our last addition will be a lemonpeel. We initially wanted to add one other fish, before the lemonpeel, but...

Had the oddest thing happen when testing water just now; My nitrites seemed to have spiked to .2, first time I've had a reading on my nitrite test since I cycled the tank about 2 years ago. Other facts: Amm 0 Nitrate 10 Nitrite .2 ph 7.8 Temp 82 SG 1.024 Phos .2 I'm treating the tank with red...

I know it sounds silly, but how do you know if a Feather duster is dead? I got one for the first time a few days ago. 2 days later, my wife said the crown fell off - I was out of town. I got back today and I can see the tube, but can't see if anything is in there. there is a white, wilted...

Help! I've got red slime algae. I've read the other posts on this board and thought for sure I had a phosate problem. Went out got my little kit and I'm reading less than .2 (the lowest that my test kit goes). So I assume that's not the issue. I do not use ro/di for water changes / top off...

I have a firefish in my 30 G and yesterday I noticed his dorsel--the big, thin fin on top that lets us know he's a firefish-- was shredded. All other fins are fine and nothing else looks abnormal. Was he in fight -- tank mates include: 2 false percs, red stripped goby; shunk shrimp -- Is he...

I recently got my brackish 20G tank up and running I have 5 small africans in there now and all seem to be doing well. Now I want to get some bottom feeders or cleaners to help keep the sand clean and debris free. any thoughts????

My Ph has been slowly dropping for a while now and I don't know why. It is down to 7.8 which seems a bit low to me. My used be a happily consistent 8.2 but over the course of several months really it is now down to 7.8. Any ideas??

My two peppermint shrimp are missing, i haven't been able to find them or any evidence of them for a few days now. I'm slowly starting to accept that they are probably gone. but I can't believe that they were scavanged that quickly. My 30 g has 2 false percs red spotted goby firefish and...

Was at the LFS today getting a blenny and saw a few beautiful Feather dusters. I'm thinking of adding one to my tank, but don't know much about them. I have 2 false percs, 2 peppermint shrimp, a skunk cleaner shrimp, a firefish, the new blenny (doing great) and a handful of snails. My Qs...

I have a 30 gallon with about 20 lbs of LR, cc substrate, established about 10 months ago. Presently I have two false percs; a Firefish; 2 peppermint shrimp; a shunk cleaner shrimp and a handful of turbo snails (started with 12, but as some fell upside down, the shrimp learned to get them...

I have a false perc clownfish, one of 2 introduced into my 30 gal together some 8 monhts ago. Both were doing fine until about a few days ago, when the smaller one started acting odd. He's hiding much more that usual and swimming a bit funny (best way I can discribe it really is that he's not...

I want to use sand substrate for my next setup and remembered threads on this forum re: Southdown. read through the old threads and remembered that I have a bag of Play Sand I bought for my little one's sand box and thought it might be Southdown (btw: For those with kids, stay away from this...

Just got a 20 gallon long tank and am thinking of creating a brackish tank. I have few general questions: What substrate is best. I have stone in my FW and crushed coral in my SW was thinking of going with sand for BW tank. Good idea? Problems or issues I should consider? What kind of...

I have two tank raised false perc clownfish in my 30g tank with 2 peppermint shrimp and a shunk shrimp. The larger of the 2 clowns has been showing signs of being attacked on his (or rather her, I would think) tail and fins. The tail looks to have been chewed a bit and the fins looks a bit...

I bought about 8lbs more LR for my established 30g tank. I alreay have about 15 lbs. The lfs claims it is all fully cured and and it does not smell bad, but just to be safe I plan on curing it myself. However: It has some green, hair like algae (Hair algae, i assume) on it from the lfs (i...

to anything in particular. I recently noticed more than the usual amount of turbo snails upside down. Most are fine once I right them, although it looks like I lost one this morning. One of my peppermint shrimp seem to be making a snack of him. About a week ago I added a royal gamma and a...

Was thinking of adding a small-medium royal gamma to my two clowns and two peppermint shrimp and dozen or so turbo snails. Will the royal gamma get along okay with everyone? I heard that they may go after my shrimp??

I bought a flame angel almost 2 weeks ago(2wks on Sat). He was healthy and eating well at the pet store and when I got him home was doing wonderfully in my quarentine tank for the first 2-3 days. Then, I had real ammonia spike and have had trouble keeping ammonia down ever since. A day or...

I have a new flame angel in a quarentine tank for about a week. Doing fine until this morning, when I noticed something on his fin and tail. Hard to describe, but: It is an irregularly shaped spot that is semi-transparent. It does not look like ick, which I've seen, but more like something...

I was looking at my tank the other and saw what appeared to be a very small starfish on the glass, near where some live Rock rests. I wanted to take a picture but the little guy was moving from the glass to the LR and by the time I found my camera, I couldn't find him again. It was very...

My ammonia levels are suddenly starting to raise. Any thoughts as to why? Nothing has changed over the last few weeks. I think I've been overfeeding, Can that cause an ammonia spike? I'm doing a water change today and will be sure to get the levels down, but need ideas on why it happened...

Possibly a silly question, but I want to add cleaner shrimp to my set up. Is it important to quarantine shrimp as it is to quarantine new fish? Anything different for the acclamation process?

Need some thoughts on what to add next to my 29 g. I presently have 2 tank raised false percs swiming around with about a dozen turbo snails. I've had the clowns for about three weeks, first fish since the cycle ended. Chemistry is fine. In the end, I'd like to have 1or2 shrimp and some...

I'm trying to determine if my 30 gallon tank is ready to intro fish. I've read a lot of posts and recieved some excellent advice during a damsel fish problem a few weeks ago. Quick history: Tank has been up and for about 6-7 weeks. week 2 I added 3 damsel fish, all of whom died at different...