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I would put a lot more LR in there and do some really cool aquascaping, you have so much potential with that size tank.

I added some cheap plants for my tang to munch on and plenty of LR and dead corals.. aquascaping is important, giving protection and caves for fish and making it look appealing.

Go to LFS and look for meds.

My cleaner shrimp likes to give manicures. You have to ask yourself, why are you petting your fish? Maybe you need a cat or dog. I wouldn't recommend putting your hand in the tank unless necessary. I worry about detergents, soaps, sweat, or chemicals on my hands everytime I put my hands in...

Whats the point of having a tank with no fish? Starfish are about as exciting as watching paint dry and I love my cleaner shrimp and all, but the idea of a reef tank is variety and so people look at it and think wow, not "what the heck is in there?" or where are the fish? I'd have a clown...

If you know what you're doing, then you can have success with all those fish. Tangs are hard and yellow ones can be aggressive. If the cardinals stay at the bottom it is better than them floating near the top, they are midwater fish, but they are more vunerable at the top. Bottom is safer. It...

Mine never sifted. Does he eat well?

You can use the shrimp method or add a bacterial booster to start the cycle. I would use both and add LR soon. Don't add fish until you test water and are sure it's cycled. Main problem most beginners make. You should start with a pair of clowns, they are hardy and relatively cheap. Remove...

get a peppermint shrimp, worked for me and he cleans up scraps of food.

I would say the tank size is more important than how old it is. As long as it's eating at the LFS and you think it has enough room, go for it. 12g is a bit small, I'd go with a clown, firefish, goby, fish that don't mind small tanks.

Age of tank is a bit young, I hope you cycled it first. pH is a bit low. Someone will chime in soon, if stuff dies pull it out right away or amonia will spike and kill everything. Also include more info, like fish and inverts and anything else.

Watch out for the tang police! If you get a small enough one and have plenty of vegetation and rock work, then you should be ok for a few years. The yellow ones are meaner. Start off with the clowns and do research on the others. Add two fish every two weeks until you have reached your limit...

I tried using a strainer and tub and it still made my water cloudy and I had to siphon off a layer of dust when I first set up my tank. I don't know why they don't prewash it before selling and it caused a big head ache so the better you can wash it, the less stress later.

With a delicate fish like that you should purchase from a LFS and watch it eat before buying. Try a mix of foods, good luck.

Make sure no bubbles stick to the arm and it depends on your temp.

First off, you need to do more research. You wouldn't want to have a star or dragonet in a new tank. When things die they screw up your chemistry, especially on a small tank. Substrate is the sand or cc on the bottom.

Take a plastic cup and push it into the water gently until water from the surface is pulled down, you can get the scum off the top this way, I do it once a day because the dried krill leaves a bit of an oil slick. You might have to do it more than once to get all the stuff off the top.

Sounds like you never cycled it. If you did then your levels are way off. You need more details like LR and how much and everything else you can include.

Ut-oh, tang police! We should tell saltwaterfish.com to replace the info. on the tang and make it a million gallons so there is no more controversy. Sorry you killed all your fish. I would be more careful when doing a water change. I just did one yesterday and it was about 5-6 gallons and I...

Don't add anything living until you are sure it has cycled, unless you want to roll the dice. Run your filter, heater, and powerhead during the whole cycle, clean out filter, wait until all levels are zero, then toss in a couple of clowns. You can vacuum out the debris/diatoms when you do your...