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So about 2 months ago I decided I would get my first ever anemone. Because my current 75 gallon was the first real proper reef tank I've ever had and it had been set up for about 5 months with fairly consistently good parameters I decided to go to my LFS and pick up a green bubble tip anemone...

I'll begin this thread with the back story, about 2 weeks ago I bought a tridacna clam on live Aquaria because of some kind of sale they where having and, when it got here about a week later, I let it acclimate then put it strait into my display. This later turned out to be a HUGE mistake...

So I've had my kole yellow eye in my 75 gallon for almost a week now and so far I can't get him to eat anything I feed him. I've tried giving him both nori and frozen mysis shrimp but nether seem to entice him to eat. I have gotten him to try and eat mysis but he seems to only put it in his...

Last night I bought a second maroon clownfish for my 75 gallon tank. It wasn't until after introducing him and letting a full 12 hours pass that I realized he has these weird white/grey lumps on and around his mouth. He also appears to have some fin damage but before noticing this assumed it was...

I'll keep it simple, will this list of fish work in a 75 gallon: 2 maroon clowns 1 Christmas wrasse 1 royal gramma 1 one spotted fox face 1 yellow eye kole tang Is this over stalked or am I alright? Any help would be great, thanks.

Anyone know what this tang is or its tank requirements?

Hello, I've been taking a break from the hobby as I just moved, but am now starting up a new tank. I've decided to take my 75 gallon tank and turn it into a Southern California Native Species Tanks. I have been looking through the far edges of the internet in search of information on the topic...

so I've been taking a break from the hobby due to me moving and am thinking about setting up a new 75 gallon reef tank. I was wondering what lighting would be necessary for a bubble tip/bulb anemone. Any help would be great. Thanks

Are these sponges growing in my tank or something else? Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I am starting to get an algae problem on the walls of my tank. It is a bunch of little round greenish brown dots that won't scrub off. I have no idea what it is and any help with and ID or how to get rid of it would be great. Preferably what livestock I could buy that might eat it. Thanks...

My skunk cleaner shrimp just died because he got stuck during his molt :( I was wondering if I would have any problems introducing a new cleaner shrimp into the tank with my six line wrasse. I've read online that it's a bad idea to introduce new fish or shrimp to a tank with a wrasse because...

My cleaner shrimp has been molting for 48 hours. Every time he has molted in the past, I have woken up in the morning will it's shell all over the floor. I have never seen it actually molt until now. Is this by any means normal? Is there anything I should do? Is something wrong? Sent from my...

Is it safe to do this? I would rip mussels off the rocks around tide pools, crack them open with a rock, then feed them to anemones at the beach as a kid (I grew up in Los Angeles). I was wondering if it would be safe to feed an aquarium anemone mussels from the beach. This isn't a matter of it...

Could a clown successfully host a frogspawn coral or a torch coral? I'm thinking about getting one of the above and was just wondering. Thanks Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I purchased a few leaves of live rock in January and after purchase noticed there were mini feather dusters growing all over them. Now all of a sudden they have started growing over the place. There are some growing in the sand, on rock, and even on one of my turbo snails!! I'm not sure if this...

I am wondering if I feed my anemone regularly if I can keep it in a tank that doesn't meet its light requirements. Also if I can, how often and what? I was thinking a pice of shrimp once a week? Any help would be great, thanks. :) Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Anyone have any ideas on what type of starfish I could have in my 20 gallon nano tank, I would like something I could keep in full time and won't die after a few months due to eating all the food in my tank. Any help would be great, thanks Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I got a 20 gallon long and its been cycled for about 2 months. I have 2 clown fish, an emerald crab, a turbo snail, and a cleaner shrimp. I don't believe in stocked seeing as the snail, shrimp, and crabs bio loads are really small. I was planning on getting 2 more fish. -A black cap jawfish -...

I have a 20 gallon reef tank with a toad stool coral, a blue zoa and some kind of green polyp. I'm thinking about getting a cherub angelfish in a month or so but I wanted to know how badly the coral would be picked on by one cherub. If the cherub isn't a good idea, what are some other angelfish...

I finished cycling my tank about a month ago and stocked my tank with my corals 3 weeks ago, and I stocked my tank with my first fish a week ago. Sense I got my corals the algae hasn't gotten insane, I got a turbo shrimp and an emerald crab to try and control the problem but that isn't helping...

I'm looking for a good algae eater I can keep in my tank, I would like one that won't eat my corals and won't just die after all the algae it eaten. Any help would be great. Thanks Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I finished my cycle about a month ago and was planning on buying a occlaris Clown fish. I haven't gotten any live stock yet other than corals but I was wondering if the anemone would be good to be added in when I get the clownfish this weekend. Any help would be appreciated, I was planning on...

This is the list of the fish I plan on keeping in my 20 gallon long reef tank. -2 clownfish -Ring eyed dottyback -Royal gramma -White banded possum wrasse -Court jester goby -Exquisite fire fish What do you guys think? I done believe I am over stalking and will I need a sump for this...

I'm setting up a new reef tank and was wondering if these fish are compatible. I am a beginner and any suggestions on some other fish would be great. 2 ocellaris clown fish 1 Royal gramma Basslet 1 Two Spot Bimaculatus Blenny Any more stocking ideas would be great. Thanks Sent from...

I'm setting up my first salt water reef tank and if is in the process of cycling. I already have some live rock I bought in the store in there and planning to buy some dry rock tomorrow. What I wanted to know is if I need to cure the dry rock I buy if I'm putting it in a tank with no live stock...