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Why do you say no damsels? I know they are aggressive, but I thought they were supposed to be hardy. I am only planning to do one fish.

The hermits are the only clean up crew I have. I wasn't sure what else to get. The aquarium has been set up for a few months. I put a couple of damsels in after the life rock had been in for a month, but I think the blue damsel killed the other one. Then after a month the blue one developed...

I forgot to add this is my first salt water aquarium (I've had fresh water ones for years) so I need something that is easy for beginners. Would the fish mentioned by easy to keep?

I have a 10 gallon aquarium with live rock and 5 hermit crabs. I want to add a fish. What would be a good fish to add? Would a damsel be good? Or a chromis? A clown?

I have 5 hermit crabs. I have read I am supposed to supply them with new shells. Where do I get the shells?

How do I lower pH levels in my aquarium? My level is checking at 8.8. What do I do to lower it?

But what wasn't at the proper levels? The only level that was high was the pH and my BF said I didn't do that test correctly. I was in a hurry and didn't read the directions when I did it the other night. He read the directions and did the test and it came out as 8.4. All of them were within...

Yeah I know not add salt water to top off. The book we have says 72 for Damsels; that is why it is set at that level. 80 seems like a big difference. Should I get the temp up that high? Do I need to treat the water since the fish died to prevent future fish from getting sick? I'm not adding...

I just read on another thread that airstones can cause popeye. Do you think that is what happened to my Damsel?

No problem. Thanks for the welcomes. Okay I went home last night and checked out some stuff. The kits are API (Aquarium Pharmaceuticals) The levels are as follows: Salinity: 1.022 Nitrite: 0 ppm Nitrate: 0 ppm Ammonia: 0 ppm pH: 8.8 (high, right?) I have a Whisper 10-20 power filter and a...

I'm not sure on the brand. I will have to look when I get home. I am at work and don't have internet at home, so I will post that info tomorrow. I appreciate any advice. Thanks.

We bought test kits from PetSmart with the test tubes and chemicals. We check the salinity with a hyrometer, but I have read that hydrometers are not that accurate. So is the air flow created by the filter? Should we have a different type of filter? We have not purchased a protein skimmer...

I have had freshwater aquariums for years. My BF wanted to try a saltwater setup. We didn't want to put out a whole lot of money before we knew if we could handle it. So we converted a 10 gallon tank (I know most places recommend at least 30.) We bought 10 lbs of live rock. We used a power...