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Turned on my lights today and one of my Perculas was huddled at the bottom of the tank against the sand breathing erraticaly and looked white, transparent like... After awhile some of his pigment came back. However he still is breathing rapidly and my other Percula is chasing him around like...

Hey everyone have had my tank for a little over a year 28 gl. Unfortunately had to move...with all the suggestions from this board (thank you by the way) I was able to move the tank using rubber maid. Immediately though when I took one of my cleaner shrimp out and into the rubbermaid he died...

Originally Posted by rs1831 I would buy some rubbermaid containers and put the live rock in one with some water and then put the livestock in the other. I would drain the tank down to just covering the sand. Thats how I would move it. Make sure that you have other saltwater ready at the new...

Well my building got sold and I have to move to a new apt and take my tank. I have a small 28 gallon tank, sand, of course LR.. 2 Black Peruculas, 3 snails, 2 cleaner shrimp and thats it.. Never wanted to over do it.. Anyway I have to move it and im moving it to my new apt about 5 blocks away...

Originally Posted by 1journeyman Sorry Ras, I went back and looked. One of the mods deleted your post because you were asking for emails to competitor sites. Out of respect for SWF any threads like that get deleted. "" Cool, I thought that what I did was ok, due to the fact that SWF is out of...

I had a post about all the algea I have, different colors.. The post had a list of cleanup crew for my tank and I was asking if they where sufficient. It was called "Rainbow Algea" Due to all of the different colors in my tank.. Red,Yellow,Green,Black,Brown......Any reason why it was...

Hello, Im starting to get algea. Theres green and red algea on some of my rocks. Spots of Red, black and actually yellow algea on my sand. Some of it looks like its hair algea. Also there is green bubble algea on one of my rocks. I currently have 2 perculas, 2 cleaner shrimp and 3 unknown...

Originally Posted by bigarn sounds like the dominance routine to me. the larger one will be the dominant female and in time the smaller male will realize it. Cool, after i posted this I did a search in google for pairing clownfish and they explained the same exact thing! Thanks!

Hello, I just got two Percula Clowns. Sometimes they seem happy other times one of them is chasing the other all around the tank. I havent seen him nipping at it, but its fin on the bottom of his body looks a little damaged. Also he looks stressed a little, not as healthy as the other clown...

Originally Posted by joebob7 how much did it cost for the system im just asking because i might get one About 250 with the bulbs. Its a nice system, extremely bright. Its on a 28 gallon tank.

well the spot on the top of his back is completely gone. He now has one that looks similiar on the end of his tail. One of his bottom fins is split in two I assume the other clown has caused this because he chases him all around and they nip at each other every once in awhile. Yesterday the...

Originally Posted by Beth Are those white stripes a little red, or is that just a picture problem? No, his white stripes look perfect, no discoloration. I noticed another little mark now on the side of his tail. I swear it wasnt there and all of a sudden showed up. I do notice also that my...

Originally Posted by hot883 Just monitor closely and relax. Use fresh garlic in their food , NO BRINE though as it does NO good at all. Thanks man, ive been pretty upset. If it is brooklynella or Itch it should spread right? The thread says that it doesnt always look like salt.

Here is a pic, the dots on the bottom of the tail were from the glass, these arent on the fish. However you can see the little discoloration on the top of the fish right near his first white stripe.

Originally Posted by Cannonman My only suggestion is one that you have already considered and that would be to get a qt tank ready, there's a good chance you'll need it IMO. This makes me feel so defeated.... I hope I dont have to do this... the only reason i didnt do this to begin with was...

Hello, After about 1 and a half months of cycling I decided to add my first fish yesterday. 28 gallon, 32 pounds of LR, Sand, 2 maxi powerheads. My levels where Amm-o Nitrate-0 Nitrite-0 Ph-8.4. Salinity 1.026 Temp 82. I added 2 percula clowns. Drip acclimated them for about 2 hours in the...

Originally Posted by tropills Give them a little time, how would you feel getting chased around a tank , being caught then put in a bag then bounced around in a car taken in a strange house put in a bucket with no light and then 2 hours later dumped into a tank that you never seen before...

Hello, My tank has been up for about a month and a couple of weeks. Lr 35 #'s 28 gallon, Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite all at 0 , ph 8.4. Temp 80. I broke down today and decided to add my first fish 2, Percula Clowns. Drip acclimated them for a couple of hours. When I put them in my tank one...

Originally Posted by joncat24 I like your rockwork!!! Thanks the top little piece will probably fall, I just put it up there becuase its full of coralline algea and I wanted it to seed my tank!

Originally Posted by yerboy purdy Thank You!!