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I just got my cleaner shrimp today from my LFS. So far so good, my clarkii loves him. The damsel, not so much, but it doesnt bother the shrimp at all. Hes eating and looks pretty healthy. My only concern is something that is on him. He has what looks like a snail on him, its like a tannish blob...

Its been running since easter, so lets see, almost 6 months now. Is that enough time to actually have something coming up into the protein skimmer? <3ryry

Thanks everyone for your kind thoughts :). I will do my best taking care of this littly guy. <3ryry

I just moved the air valve, now theres ALOT of bubbles in there. Still nothing going up into the chamber for all the bad stuff to go...how long did yours take to start working? Mines been on and running since 6pm today, and its 10pm now. <3ryry

Okay, i FINALLY got my protein skimmer. I set it up according to directions and...nothing, the water spins in the tube like a tornado. Theres a couple bubbles floating around in there. However, i dont seen any foam whatsoever. It says it could take up to 3 days to see anything in the canister...

Today i purchased a snowflake eel from a specialty salt water fish store. Salt water fish and supplies are the only things they sell. Are there any special things i need to keep in mind with him besides the fact that anything thats small enought to fit in his mouth he will eat? Also, ive noticed...

I had a Clarkii named Spicoli, from Fast times at ridgemont high. He died though, stupid ich outbreak...

Im not sure what i want, I have a hang off the back filter, but im not sure what a sump is or what you need to have one and such, can you possibly go into detail? <3ryry

Okay, next investment to out 55 gallon tank is a Skimmer. However, im not sure which one to get. Any suggestions or preferences would help. Our tank is going to be a Fowlr. Theres a Emperor400 filter with 2 biowheels in the tank now. Any name brands i should look at / stay clear of? Thanksss <3ryry

That is the type of lighting i have. I have 2 on my 55gallon fowlr. I think when my LFS gets some low light corals, i may invest in one or 2. <3ryry

I think they may be amphipods because they swim. Anyway, thanks for your help, i wont do the freshwater dip then. The only thing i can do other than get a hospital or QT tank is to use organic stuff to help strengthen the fish... I have live rock and inverts... Copper will kill them. And so will...

Another thing that i wanted to ask about, I found about a few hundred little animals floating in my water. Im not sure what they are. Theyre about 1mm in size and swim around all in one corner of my tank. Theyre in the sand and crushed coral, theyre on the glass. They are either a greyish or...

A new Ocean fish only pet store opened up around the corner from me. So, curious ryan went and took a visit. I asked about my ich problem and what i should do. I really cant do anything now, there are no carriers of the ich now, and no carriers=no way to catch ich. Anyway, i asked him if it...

I thought for a while the organic stuff was working, but obviously not. I didnt want to put the copper in because it would kill my liverock and we dont have a hospital tank or a qt tank, though, i am planning on getting one this week after this catastrophe. would copper kill live sand? just for...

But the damsels have been in there for...almost 6 months now...im not using chemicals, its organic. Its a 55 gallon tank, all of the water levels came out normal, and all of this was still happening. Should i maybe get a ultraviolent light filter? someone saidd that kills bad bacteria and such...

Im about to quit with my salt water tank and totally start over. We recently put fish in which in time accquired ich. Now, all of our tanks fish are dying. First the Long Nose Butterfly, then my Coral beauty, then all of my Clownfish(2 clarkiis and 1 percula). Then the hardiest of all fish, an...

And garlic guard IS safe with live rock? Im not going to be home tomorrow so im leaving it to my mother to do these things. So if i can make it as simple as possible for her, it would help alot. I dont have a extra tank, so i think i may be stuck to the garlic method. Ill tell her to get some...

I have a Blue damsel, a black and white damsel, 2 Clarkis, a Percula, I have 2 pink and blue shrimp gobies, a bicolor blenny, a few hermits, a starfish, and an anemone, and the 2 fish that are sick. I have 12 pounds of live rock(figi). 55 gallon tank with emporer 400 dual biowheels. salinity was...

Yea, i know, especially when theyre not cheap fish. We figured we could step up since the most expensive thing we put in there was a clarki. Oh well, so much for that. Would soaking their food in garlic, just plain old garlic help at all. Its 1230 in nj and i dont think any stores are open... ryan