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My LPS 20gal. reef has been running under this fixture now for 1 year 1 month. All corals never lost any of there coloring nor bleached from the cross over. Matter a fact my Xenia's have...
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Sadly ours died last week (pump malfunctioned and caught fire which had a domino effect of other water issues). He would hop along the front of our 200 gallon tank, loved to race back n forth....
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Very fresh green colored Crab, but I think they bite very badly.
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Picked up my CB Target Mandarin from our FedEx station this morning. To say I'm disappointed about the condition of this fish is putting it mildly. I've yet to see a fish so skinny and still...
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Enough said.. Doesn't skim
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Well....welcome to SWF first of all
2nd....we need to know a lot more info....tell us all about your tank....age, size, water parameters...LIGHTING most importantly
and a picture might help too
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HMMMM....I can tell you right now 3 major issues.....tank age, water parameters and insufficient lighting.....the anemone will not survive
You should not have any nitrites at all.....did you test ammonia? PH is low
Tell us what is in the tank.....How much sand? Live rock? Any fish? Filtration? Powerheads?
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Not that Meowzer needs backup but please don't take this as us being harsh. What you are describing with your Anemone is pretty much the last gasp. It is dying. This happens pretty much exactly the same way with 95% of the new hobbiests that buy an LT Anemone so you are in good company. Just call this one a learning experience, pick yourself back up and regroup. Now is the time to do a lot of research on Anemone and saltwater aquariums in general.
Honestly given the stats of your tank, I would the anemone. It has little chance for survival, if any.
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Oh ok, yes I tested ammonia it was at .50 so I did a water change to lower the ammonia level, I have alot of small fish(4clown fish,3 damsel', 4 hermit crabs,coral beauty, bicolor bassist,3 blue hippo tangs, a red firefish and a banded coral shrimp) as for sand I used 2 10lb bags of nature's ocean brand and I have a flower pot coral and a very small carpet anemone that came on a small piece of live rock and for live rock I have 11 pieces mixed sizes
Can you post a picture of this tank? You have a real issue with your stock list.....first you should only keep 2 clowns, 2nd damsels are DEVILS....they torment other fish, 3rd.....blue hippos tangs do not belong in a 60G tank....DEFINITELY not 3 of them
for a tank that is only 2 months old....you added A LOT of fish.....how are they?
In my opinion you should get rid of 2 clowns, 3 hippos and the damsels asap......IF NOT ALL FISH......then MAYBE....with just the other fish you can get the water levels close to norm
ammonia is toxic to fish also.....get some amquel+
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I hope this is a bad joke from someone
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Unfortunately, Deton8it, this is now 95% of new hobbyists start.
If they don't seek help from an online forum, or has a buddy that has success, they don't stay in the hobby long and have spent thousands of dollars trying to figure out what they are doing wrong.
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+1......I found this forum 2 months into my 225G tank......and I made a lot ...A LOT.....of costly errors in those 2 months
Best thing we can do is try to point the "willing" in the right direction.....
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I agree, I too made some mistakes when I started out but when I read the whole thread it made me think that this is a bad joke. It started with a LTA and then later mentions 4 clowns, 3 hippo's, 3 damsels, a flower pot coral, a carpet anemone, etc... in a small tank like that. The LFS that they shop at needs to be closed for animal cruelty. Either that or the workers need to be educated on what goes where and what is compatible with what. This has the potential to be a VERY expensive lesson for the op.
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As a former fish store owner, I disagree that it is the Lfs fault entirely. Most of the time people do what they want to do, regardless of the cautions and warnings. Or the Lfs may not be personally aware of the customers tank and is not able to make the bestt decisions. It's entirely up to the hobbyist to make the right choices for the health of their livestock. It's like buying a cat and taking it home and loving it so much and then it dies three days later because the pet store didn't tell the customer that it has to be fed and watered. But that's just my opinion. No offense to the op at all!!! We are just trying to help you make wiser decisions - some stuff that we have done and trying to help you avoid our mistakes. That's all

As a former fish store owner, I disagree that it is the Lfs fault entirely. Most of the time people do what they want to do, regardless of the cautions and warnings. Or the Lfs may not be personally aware of the customers tank and is not able to make the bestt decisions. It's entirely up to the hobbyist to make the right choices for the health of their livestock. It's like buying a cat and taking it home and loving it so much and then it dies three days later because the pet store didn't tell the customer that it has to be fed and watered. But that's just my opinion. No offense to the op at all!!! We are just trying to help you make wiser decisions - some stuff that we have done and trying to help you avoid our mistakes. That's all
This is so very true. I try people that come into my store the truth about everything we carry. I educate people as much as I can about the care that is needed for their pets and if I don't know the answer I am completely honest with them. Do I sometimes have to sell pets to someone that they really shouldn't have? Occasionally, yes. However, I ensure that they know the risks of not heeding the information that they are being given. Most of the time people understand. Do you know how many people try to buy a ten gallon tank and make their fish purchases at the same time?
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