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I have a 70 gal, and I'm looking for fish suggestions - I'm running out of ideas. :) Currently I have: 1 percula clownfish 1 blue tang 1 yellow watchman goby pistol shrimp cleaner shrimp mushrooms leather crocea clam I'm looking at getting a six-line wrasse next. Do I have room for any more...

I just picked up a 4" crocea clam yesterday, and I'm not entirely sure how to tell if it's happy or not. The mantle is fully extended and open, but it's not laying down on the sides of the clam - it's extended a bit upwards. Here's a photo: Does it look okay, or does it look stressed?

Is this a cup coral? Are these good or bad? TIA

I'm trying to decide on a bottom/rock dweller for my 70g, and am debating between a Yellow Watchman Goby and a Flame Hawkfish. From what I've read about the Hawkfish, it wouldn't be a good idea to keep both, so I'd have to choose just one. Any opinions on which would be better? They both seem...

I'm getting MH lights (to add to my PCs), so I know I'm going to need to install some fans in my canopy. Does it work to simply install the fans hanging on the back (blowing out?), or do I need to cut holes in the sides and install them there? Do you generally blow air in or out?

I'm currently in the process of converting my wet/dry to a fuge. I've finally finished removing all the bio balls, and have a small amount of LR rubble in there. One of the things I've noticed is an increase in noise since removing the bio balls - our wet dry is set up with an acrylic lid that...

This may be a really stupid question, but is it okay to use purified drinking water (the kind you get from those machines at the grocery store) for tank water?

I'm in the process right now of removing the bio balls from my wet-dry, and planning on converting it to either a sump or a fuge. Is either one preferable? I'd like to do both, but we don't have the room under our stand, so it has to be one or the other.

We had our 70-gallon tank up and running for a few months before an infestation of cirolanid isopod hitchhikers forced us to leave the tank fallow for 6 months or so. In that time, all we've had are a handful of snails and hermit crabs. We didn't do water changes, just kept it topped off...

I just found out that we have an infestation of cirolanid isopods in our tank. I've seen a dozen or so little isopods in the tank, and just last night caught a big one: I've been reading that the only way to get rid of these guys is to either leave the tank fallow for 6 months, or to nuke...

Right now I'm trying to use Cupramine to treat a bout of Ich, but I'm having trouble with the Salifert Cu test kit I bought to test the Copper levels. I've purposely started out underdosing, because I have a porcupine puffer in there that I'm trying not to overwhelm. Problem is, I've dosed...

A week ago, I'd noticed my porcupine puffer and flame angel coming down with a few spots of ich. I treated for a week with Greenex, and the spots disappeared, but yesterday the puffer was covered in spots, as was the angel. (There is a yellow tang and a false perc in there as well, that so far...

Would this be a good choice for lighting for a 70 gallon tall (about 28" high)? http://www.hellolights.com/4lamvhoretki1.html This is a FOWLR tank, but I'm looking for lighting to keep up whatever coral growth there is on the live rocks. I was thinking 2 10K bulbs and 2 03 actinics. Also, is...

I have a small porcupine puffer that has something odd looking on its back. It's a small white thing that sticks straight up (not very long), which at first I thought was some kind of parasite. However, I have done a couple freshwater dips (for ich), and it has not fallen off. Looking at...

We're getting the last of the live rock we need, and I'm thinking of getting it from liverocks.com. If it's shipped overnight, does it still need to be cured? If I do cure it, I have some sand I need to add to the display tank still, so I was thinking of curing it with the live rock and...

Any suggestions for fish that like to swim in open water or higher in the tank? We have a 70 gallon tall, and I'd like to have a good spread of fish swimming in the tank - I have plenty of ideas for lower tank/rock inhabitants, but not many for the higher parts of the tank. TIA :)

We've had our porcupine puffer for a few days, and yesterday I noticed a few (like 4 or 5) white spots on his fins. I think there may have been 1 or 2 on his back, but it was hard to tell. He also has this white thing sticking out of his back - it's a few millimeters long and soft, and at...

I'm looking to buy some used live sand from someone, and was wondering what I need to do with it before introducing it into my FOWLR. I currently have about 2" of live sand already in the tank. For the stuff that I'm buying, do I need to cure it, or can I just put it directly into my tank? If...

Anyone have suggestions for a good lineup of fish for a 70 gallon FOWLR? So far we have a pair of percula clowns. I'd like to get a small puffer (I like porcupine puffers, but I think those might grow to big for our tank). Other than that, I'm not sure what to get. I really like the humu...

Our 70 gallon has been up and running for almost two weeks now, and I'm not sure how well it's doing at this point. I know we've made a few mistakes already (didn't find this board sooner!), so forgive me. :) I filled the tank with tap water, added some AmQuel Plus, and we've been slowly...

We have crushed coral in our tank, and have decided that we prefer the look of sand better. If we go with live sand, how deep do we need it to be? Our Home Depot doesn't carry Southdown sand. I found some live sand at a local pet store (can't remember the brand - Nature's Ocean or something...

In the past two days, I've noticed drops in my water levels - nothing huge, just enough that my Rio pump in my wet/dry is pulling in air. Is this normal? I had to top it off last night, and again tonight. Should I be seeing this much evaporation on a daily basis? It didn't seem to be this...

I've been trying to read up on lighting, but I'm getting pretty overwhelmed with the info, and having a hard time trying to figure out exactly what I need. :) We have a 70-gallon tank with 50 pounds of live rock in it currently. We plan to have a FOWLR tank for a while, until we get...

Hi, I'm totally new to saltwater, and have just started up our 70 gallon tank. I'm trying to look ahead to what fish we want to add once our tank finishes cycling, and I really want to get some sort of Puffer fish. The question I have is, I know that puffers eat invertebrates, so I assume that...