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Yes, if its from a reputable source, then live sand is indeed alive. The term refers to microscopic animals living in the sand that help with waist disposal in the water. These creaturs can survive a long time out of water, but regenerate rapidly when conditions are right.

Unless your getting a bigger tank in the near future, forget the hippo/royal tangs. Those suckers can grow to 12" and would be very unhappy in a small 55G tank. A yellow tang is alright. Id get some snails, some kind of sand sifter. those would do well to control the algee. How often do you...

Technicaly no, there isnt a path to ground.... until your hand touches the water. The sign of voltage in the water says some of your equipment is faulty and needs attention.

Alright..... 4 Blue leg hermits - John paul george and ringo. 1 Yellow Tang - Arthur 1 Sabae Clown - Ford (a butterfly yet to be aquired will be Zaphod) 1 Blenny - Lenny 2 Damsels - Socraties and Playto. Heres the reasons... The Tang and Clown seem to have become close friends. The Tang will...

Befor you test your tank. You sould test your house's ground. Dont take it for granted that your ground is stable. 90% of us have a 'dirty' ground. Especialy if you have a computer or two and a cable hookup. You can check your results by unhooking Everything from your tank and then taking the...

I used to work in the theatre so i know what I watt measures. You can buy a 100Watt lamp that only outputs 55Lum, and you can buy a 55Watt lamp that will output over 100Lum. Watts only really tell you power consumption, its not a good guage of output, especialy if your more conserned with the...

My Sabae clown is so happy! I got an anemonie. Its a small long tenticle. Red foot, brown body and white tips. Its under a 55Lum 50/50 right now, Ill be adding a broadspectrum lamp at the weekend dont know the Lumins on it though. Between them Ill be well over 100Lumins though, with a good...

Sounds like a steal. However. Salt is cheap as dirt. The lights you can aquire for about $200. So lets look at it this way. Say $250 for the lighting. That means the tank alone would be $450 Then you have to sink some seriouse cash into rock, sand, filtering and so on. Usualy, the tank is...

Can you get a picture?. Are they growing?? Hows things now??

You can run the 15g as a refugium or sump. Yea, most LFSs are a little flakey as far as being 'helpful'. Especialy when you realise the amount of cash your about to sink on the hobby itself. Im sooo lucky to have the Pet Harbour with the two aquatic folkes in there. Lets see a photo of your...

One of the biggest problems with tap water is chlorene. Fortunatly for us, chlorene dissipates rapidly from water once its exposed to air. Other minerals in the water could potentialy cause issues, but unless your local water company is really bad, they arnt in a strong enough consentration to...

Order? Depends on the fish temperament. I know clowns can be teritorial, so they advise adding larger fish after them to prevent problems. The others i really dont know. The Yellow Tang is supposed to be well behaved, but my baby has be spanking the smaller damsel I have.

HooRah! I spoke with the guy in my LFS and he knew what I was talking about, and also knew where to find those (2) types Of Henn.. :-) Sweet. My last fishie!!

MONEY some MONEY and a little MONEY would be a good starting point. Oh, and a little MONEY would be good too.... ;-)

what kind of anemone is that??

Sometimes fish jump for little reason, because their happy.... My Koy Carp did it a lot. Some other reasons Iv herd are: Chemical imbalance.. Water Temperature.. Microscopic paracites.. High bacteria content.. General Stress.....

Myself. Id go with a Moorish Idol (one of my favoret fish). A lot of live rock and sand. Some nice Anenmies and lots of corrals. Some Clowns, maybe an orange banded corral shrimp (if its corral safe, not looked that cosely). Definatly a Yellow Tang and Most definatly a Hippo / Royal Tang. A...

My LFS has two marine people who run it. One really knows his stuff, the other has been keeping marine fish for 15 years+. Its hard to get something by mistake. However, they have amazing prices always undercutting the big chain stores. For example. Perculia Clowns there are usualy $9.99 I...

Its a worm. Its quite capable of moving itself if it wants a new location. Like any animal, you can stress the worm out. Loss of feathers happens with them a lot. Often they will "Throw" their feathers and regrow new ones. If you have been feeding it the phytoplancton (spelling anyone?) it...

If thats a BioBooster like Cycle or something, then it sounds like you might have overdosed a little. Just skim the foam off the water, and test the water quality.