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Wondering how much of these things you keep in your tank and what takes care of massive algae problems. We have a TON of algae and want to get rid of it with style. Currently only have maybe 10 hermits, 2 emerald crabs, roughly 10 snails, 1 cleaner and 2 peppermints. We were hoping we could...

I had a question about placing a few corals... We have a 90gal. almost reef tank... Lighting: 2 x (??? gotta check wattage) PCs Where would be best for: Button Polyps? Cabbage Leather Coral? Ricordia Mushroom? Colt Coral? We want to rearrange the rocks and do some maintenance around Christmas...

water params are fine... pH 8.1 am 0 trite 0 trate 5 he hasne been being harassed, he actually made friends with the larger fish in the tank, yellow tang and coral baeuty ( they own the tank ) but a 3stripe damsel has been messin with him a little, usually hes fended off by others... other...

i always heard lympho shouldnt kill em.... does it cause em to lose the fin its affected??? and hes layin cuz he cant swim well missing his fin.. we put him in a quarantine bowl at the top of our tank ( i know, not real qt but all we could do last minute w/o setup for qt, its just a tupperware...

please help anybody... all suggestions appreciated

we got a juvenile french angelfish and a while after it came home, couple of weeks ( he had been fine ) he got white stuff on a fin. the lfs said its prob cauliflower and it should go away. we left it and now HE LOST HIS FIN. the yellow tang and coral beauty are in there helpin him but hes been...

we got a juvenile french angelfish and a while after it came home, couple of weeks ( he had been fine ) he got white stuff on a fin. the lfs said its prob cauliflower and it should go away. we left it and now HE LOST HIS FIN. the yellow tang and coral beauty are in there helpin him but hes...

dont they have alk monitors too that will automatically dose the system to keep it at a good level? were trying to find something that will keep ph and alk good automatically. any ideas?

hey, weve been having trouble with our tank at home and i was wondering if you guys should shed some light about ph monitors. first, which do you use? how much money? is it worth it? and just your opinions about it and how you like it would be great. every param is great but ph never stays...

i agree that triggers have some extreme behaviors but this sounds bad, almost as if he were blind, which does happen. what elese is in the tank and how long have you had him? anything go in after he did? tell us more about your tank but it might be good for the lfs to hold him and see whats...

its weird that he isnt eating. if nothing changed and he still isnt eating he may be ill. what other fish do you have? have you ever fed him live food? and how often do you change what you feed? sometimes of it is too ever-changing, they dont like it. they like to be fed around the same...

this sounds like a very exciting tank. be ready for the clown trigger if you get one, they are crazy fish who will tear up everything. they move rock, will sometimes eat little crabs, sometimes even bite the heater or skimmer ( experienece at my store- it wasnt fun ). so be prepared for the...

these anemones as with most of them, move around. these guys move a lot. especially in the first few days, they will move around until they find a place they like, not necessarily a place you like... Try reducing your lighting period for the first few days and gradually get it back to normal...

cherub angels arent always recommended. have you looked at other dwaef angels??? such as flame or coral beauty? these are usually not carriers of ich.

oh yeah, also... triggers may even taste stinging corals. clown triggers are known for tearing up anemones and corals, even heaters! A clown trigger at the fish store I worked at bit into the skimmer intake and it caused huge problems.:eek:

everything is fine but the trigger and eel are aggressive... some eels stay small and can be reef safe. Ive kept a snowflake for months and he doesn't bother anything. Triggers might bother corals and inverts, definitely a clown or queen or niger. Everything else should live together fine...

I agree. Maroons are known to be the most aggressive of all clowns and oscellaris are prone to being picked on. Even though its hard, I think youre gonna have to choose your favorite and only get one species.

Cleaner shrimp are definitely winning so far. Most people are probably referring to Lysmata ambionensis, or common cleaner. Another however is the popular peppermint shrimp, L. wurdemanni. The peppermints make for a great show when in groups of 3 or more. Even 2 are fun. I have two and they...

the two would be fine together but if the trigger gets aggressive they may see the eel as a chew toy. thats more with the infamous clown trigger however. for food, they will eat meaty foods. my snowflake likes to switch from silversides to krill and the trigger will eat anything. welcome to...

how young and how big are they? it is true that clowns will mate and one will be more aggressive for a while until it becomes larger than the other and will become the female. the smaller becomes the male and more submissive to the female. but this takes a while. how long have they been...