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I do fish cycles and they always survive and do fine. I just get a small cheap fish to cycle the tank for me, like a damsel, then once the cycle is over take him back to my LFS and get a fish I want. :) Also, the live rock should cycle the tank a bit, some of the live rock will dieoff and the...

My yellow watchman goby is paired up with a pistol shrimp. He always used to come all the way out of the cave to let the pistol shrimp roam around. I added a new vlamingi tang about 8 inches big, and the YWG never comes out anymore. The tang nor any of the other fish pose a threat to neither the...

- Try letting more water into the overflow if possible (lowering it inside the tank) - If there is a sponge (prefilter) in the overflow in the part outside of the tank try taking that out to get more flow. - Add a second overflow - Add a smaller pump How many GPH is your pump rated?

The two that are already in there are paired. I don't know if this would pose a threat to a new clown or not.

At my LFS they told me as long as they are all ocellaris they should be fine, is that true?

I don't know what I'm going to do with the little guy :( I don't want to get rid of him. Do you think there would be any problem adding him with the other two clowns?

Would it be okay to add a third ocellaris clownfish to a 75 gallon aquarium? Right now there is a pair of ocellaris clowns, one mocha, and I have an ocellaris in my 10 gallon nano reef right now and I am taking the 10 gallon nano reef down soon. I want to add the third clownfish to the 75 gallon...

Will that mod help a lot more than if I just used a regular AC 70? What exactly do you put in the DIY refugium when you are done? I saw cheato was something people used, does that need a light on it? And also what else would you put besides cheato?

It isn't too difficult it may just take some time. You could try a start up bacteria, though it is not necessary at all. If you do decide to go that route then the cycle will take a few days, a week at most. Maintaining water levels every day is the most time consuming; making sure salinity is...

I need to know exactly what I will need for the set up. I need to know which kind of filter is best for a 10 gallon nano reef, something on the cheaper side and good quality. I was thinking an AquaClear Power Filter 50 or 70. If I go with one of those, I have read people don't use sponges in...

There is a massive filter in the bottom of my refrigerator that filters and cools all of the water which comes out of the refrigerator door. I tested my tap water and that filtered water and the filtered water was near perfect. I'm not exactly sure what kind of filter it is run though, I'll have...

Fishless cycles are great! You could definitely mix some live rock with some not live rock, as over time the rock will become alive. Tap water, I have had some major problems using tap water. My tap water has traces of copper in it so that lead to all of my inverts dying off. Currently I use...

You're welcome, no special light is needed for keeping live rock, a single bulb is fine. As far as fish go do you mean fish to add during the cycle or once the cycle is done? If you mean during the cycle I would not use damsels! This is a mistake people make because the damsels are cheap and...

1) Yes, different bacteria would need to form, because freshwater bacteria differs from saltwater bacteria. 2) Yes that filter is usable in SW aquariums. Live rock is usually preferred to have in SW setups as this provides the aquarium with adequate hiding spots for the fish, looks good, and...

Hello, I have a 75 gallon FOWLR setup so I have good knowledge about how to set up the tank. Currently the tank I want to switch is a 10 gallon cichlid tank. I have an AquaClear Power Filter on it for 5-20 gallon aquariums. I was wondering if I could replace the filter media and use it for a...

My girlfriend names them for me. If I do not like the name I tell her to come up with a different one. :) Some of the names are: Louis Catorze Sunny Dori Nemo Plaidy Bumblebee

I have 1 inch - 1.25 inches of sand bed. Mine was a baby though. I would recommend at least .75 inches of sand bed. The bigger he is the more sand probably. They can get up to 2 inches long (depending on the type, mine was a tiger pistol shrimp). He will use live rock for the roof of his caves...

No :) They will still pair up. It is just their instinct and since some gobies are not very good diggers they will pair up with the pistol shrimp to have a nice big home to sleep in.

@Dylan - The relationship between the pistol shrimp and the goby is very interesting. The pistol shrimp digs a large cave for a home, and the goby is not very good at digging his own burrow, so he uses the pistol shrimp's cave for his home too. To repay the pistol shrimp for giving him a home...

Well it does not matter any more :( For no reason the pistol shrimp just died. Everything is fine all the water levels are good and he was doin just fine since I got him about a month ago.

:) Thanks for having confidence in them. Ha, They have been together for over a month so far they just don't like each other :(. Maybe the goby is waiting for the pistol to get even bigger so he makes even bigger tunnels/caves

It's so sad :( Maybe they just are not right for each other. I knew I should have gotten a yellow watchman instead of a high-fin goby.

I have a tiger pistol shrimp and a high fin goby. They don't seem to pair. I put them in the same cave, and in the middle of the night the goby will wonder around and never go back. He will the make his own little place to hide. The pistol shrimp is lonely :(. Will they ever pair? The goby knows...