Recent content by patandlace

Looks good! The trigger will eventually need a little more room to roam. Tank looks nice,

What kind of lights do you have? Are any corals near it that could be stinging it? Any fish that could be nipping it?

How long have you had the fish? How did you acclimate it? You said you "changed your salt level". Did you do this gradually or a big change at once? Post your other water tests when you check them.

Phytoplankton is microscopic floating plant life, it's used to feed corals and other inverts. I'm not sure how to culture it. I just buy it in the bottles. If you run a search on this site you should be able to find info on culturing it. I remember coming across a few threads on this subject.

You don't need to manually clean the sandbed. A cleanup crew should do the job just fine.

Just let the cycle run it's course untill the ammonia and nitrite read zero. You will still have nitrates. Then you can start doing water changes to get the nitrates down.

I wouldn't sweat it. Alot of people don't feed their fish daily.

How big are the tangs? I'd say they'll probably need a bigger tank eventually. I would try to get the nitrates down before you add coral (as close to 0 as you can). What kind of lights do you have?

Nice looking fish! Good luck.

Nice! What size tank is it? When the xenia starts to get out of control let me know, we can work out a trade or something.

How long has the tank been set up? What are the water readings?

A smaller one would be fine in a 55 for a while IMO. I would plan on upgrading eventually though. I agree with leftyblite about their personallity. They are fun fish. I've fed mine out of my hands before but don't on a regular basis. I don't want him to start associating my hand in the tank with...

I have one under PC lights and It's colors are still very bright. Can't say about brighter lights.

I have some under PC's. I keep them towards the middle-top of the tank and they do great.

Nice change. It looks great!