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I have no idea what happened. Today I bought two cleaner shrimp. I kept them in the bag for about 25 minutes to equal the temperature of the water in the tank. After twenty minutes I slowly added tank water into the bag. I released them into the tank and they seemed to go wild for a few minutes...

Do I need any specific lights to maintain and increase growth of coraline algea on my live rocks? I now have 2- 30 W 50/50 and 2- 30W 10,000K. 120 Gal 1 Yellow tang 1 Blue tang 1 Sailfin tang 3 chromis 1 cleaner wrass 1 tomato clown 1 sleeper gobie Amonia 0, Nitrites 0, Nitrates 0, PH 8.2...

I live in South Florida near the beach. Is it safe to get my own sand and use it in my tank? When live sand is advertised, it often says that it is straight from the Florida Keys. What is the difference? Is there some process that they follow after collecting the sand?

Is it necessary to have activated carbon in your filter? If so how much should I have in my 120 Gal fish only tank?

I would add the blue tang first. Yellow tangs have a tendency of being aggressive with new arrivals. Blue tang seem to be more docile. I have both of them and whenever I add a fish I have to move my yellow to the QT for a while.

I have had my tank set up for 1+ year. It's an all fish tank , no corals. I only used crushed coral and have about 1" of it. I've read so much about the benefits of a sand bed that I am inclined to add some and mix it with the cc. I am always fighting an algae problem. Is that the thing to do...

Do blueleg hermits and their cousins scarlet hermits need empty shells to migrate to or do the shells grow with them?

How much Romaine lettuce should I provide for my fish. I give a large leaf a day and my tangs devour it. Are there drawbacks to giving this green to fish?

I have different varieties of snails and other invertebrates in my tank. They seem to do o.k. but my Mexican turbo snails die within a week. When I first put them in the tank, they devoured lots of algea but in a few days I only found empty shells or dead snails. 120 gal 1 Hippo 1 Yello Tang 1...

Opps, I meant mussles not muscles in my tank. That would be very different !!!!

I have about 15 to 20 muscles appared in my tank over the past few months. They are black or dark brown finger nail like. I first noticed one or two attached to some of rocks. As time went on more and more have appeared. I don't know where they came from but I have a feeling they came with some...

A yellow or a blue tang area always great additions to a tank.

I have a big problem with red slime on rocks and bottom of my tank. Water movement is pretty good and my readings are 8.2PH, 0 amonia, 0 nitrites and 0 nitrates. I have used chemicals before which have taken care of it temporaly but keeps returning. Are there crabs, snails or any other creature...

I would like to keep my three tangs. However, I realize that if I keep them and might not be able to introduce an angel in the future. Must keek the blue tang which I bought no bigger than a quarter. The yellow tang I have had for a while and the sailfin I bought about two months ago. The are...

I must say. I just joined today and I have learned more in the reading that I have done during the past hour than all the advise given to me by the people who run the store where I buy my fish. I thought that my 120gal tank was big enough. However, most of you seem to keep a lot less in my tank...

Originally posted by ophiura I BEG YOU TO PLEASE NOT ADD ANY OTHER FISH TO THIS TANK!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! There are some major issues to be solved here. The 2 flames probably beat each other to death...they are not compatible. The others are extremely delicate. Your tank is overstocked...

120 gallon tank. Blue tang, yellow tang, sailfin tang, clown, two sleeper gobies, five green chromis, crab and snail. I have introduced a French angel, lasted one week. Two Flame angels dead within two weeks and recently a blue angel, which was doing very well until this morning when I found it...