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The experts say you need to wait a year or more and that it takes 100 lbs of live rock to keep a mandarin alive.

A couple of problems I see are not enough live rock as you need 1lb per gal minimum most use 11/2-2lbs per gallon. This is your main filter and also helps feed your fish with pods and algae and makes your fish less stressed by giving them a place to hide This is very important so spend your...

Live rock and a skimmer are the two most important things you can have for the health of a marine tank.

I just signed the petition hopefully it will do some good.

The reason you blue tang has ich is because you have him in to small of a tank 27gl is a death trap for him. Unless you take him back to where you bought him he is going to die. Please think of the fishes welfare and do the right thing.

what ever you do do not try to physically remove them. If you try to pull them of the rock they will get stressed and release gametes into the water which will grows many more aptasia and any pieces you leave behind on the rock will regrow more. They are very hard to get rid of once they start...

To put any kind of tang into that size tank is just asking for ick as the fish will be under stress with no room to swim. There are lots of interesting smaller fish you can get for your tank that way they are happy and so will you.

Brine shrimp is probably the most used food for salt water fish live brine shrimp is the best with frozen next. I always soak mine in Selcon or vita chem to add vitamins. If your fish could talk they would thank you for using it.

What else do you have in the tank any live rock or any substrate. Do you have any kind of filter on it.

Yup just gently remove it from the sand bed and replace it after your finished with the live rock.

Your on the right track I would add some brine shrimp to your list as all fish love it. You can also add some Phytoplankton for the softies and all the filter feeders that live in your rock.

It's obvious you can not trust your LFS. Anyone with even a bit of knowledge would know this is not the right fish for your size tank He was just going for the sale and didn't care about you or the fish just your money.

Please think about the fish 55 is way to small for any of them. how would you like to live in a closet that's what you will be doing to them.

I would get rid of it as soon as possible I have read so many stories of them wiping out whole tanks. I would ban him to your sump if you have one. Do a search on them and you can read all the horror stories your self.

I've had my own battles with ick and I don't think dipping him in fresh water is a good thing to do as ick is usually started from stress and I've got to think doing the dip is as stressful as you can get. I think you where on the right track with lowering the salinity. What worked for me with...

I personally like glass as Acrylic is so easy to scratch a friend of mine had a custom 250gl acrylic tank made for big $$$ and now he is mad that he didn't go with glass. His tank is about 6mths old and no matter how careful he is he has already put scratches in his tank. Now he gets algae...

RO/DI is one of those things that you will never regret buying tap water is full of contaminants and is one the causes of hair algae and other problem algaes. Ro/Di removes all the chemicals like clorine, phosphates, bacteria and metals. I use the 6 stage Aqusafe RO/DI unit and I paid less...

Originally Posted by T316 What crap..... Float the Cucumber 30 min....(adjusting for temp.) and drop him in. What a great asset to your tank. You don't see 'em everyday (we named ours Waldo...cause your always looking for them...but he's one of the friendliest guys in th e tank. What ever...

Originally Posted by MichaelTX does he feritlize and spray insectisides or weed killers in the lawn if so I would not put that in my tank. I would just get new and start the tank. all this stuff can stay in the rock causeing you massive problems later on down the road. Mike If you are 100%...

They won't harm your coral but will eat all your invertebrates