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Originally Posted by azfishgal If you can afford to get a refractometer instead it will save you lots of headaches, as it's MUCH more accurate than the plastic Hydrometers. Definitely worth the money (great price here on SWF). About the pH and using baking soda, do some more research because...

Originally Posted by watson3 I do not see if it has been mentioned yet, but you will need to multiply this cleanup crew..If you only have the five snails, I would recommend at least doubling that, and fifteen or so snails to start.. I will do that thank you, any other recommended for clean up crew.

OK, on the back of my Hydrometer package it says "Read specific gravity on inside scale and salinity in parts per thousand (ppt) on outside scale. Recommended specific gravity is 1.020 to 1.023 for most marine aquariums. And it is a Corallife Deep Six Hydrometer. So my sg would be 1.022 and my...

Also, just ordered those two books, thanks so much.

Thank you, I will try and raise my salinity, and my pH. I moved the rock today that I thought the fish went under and he was dead. Took him out. Yes, I did acclimate the fish. I let them float for 30 min. Then the LFS said to slice the bag and let it sit four another 30 min, so that is what I...

Canton, it is about 45 min from Peoria

My tank was set up in Dec and after I had the water correct I started putting in live rock. It has been up and running for almost 2 months. I still haven't seen the 2en damsel. Do you think I should look for it or leave things alone?

Originally Posted by azfishgal Yeah, snails are alive! :cheer: Parameters are your readings, which you just gave. You want your Amonia to be at 0, pH needs to be 8.2 (8.0 at the lowest), and most people like the salinity at 1.025. Keep in mind you can't always trust your lfs. Can't...

Side Shot of Tank

Just so you know, I do have a background up. All I have in there is live rock, a few dead coral, 5 snails, and 2 Blue Damsels.

Pics of the tank.

Trying to load pictures, having problems. What do you mean by parameters? My levels I believe are good. Nitrite: 0 pH: 7.8 Ammonia: .25 Nitrate: 0 Salinity: 1.022 Now I know there is difference of opinoins in some things. The guy at the fish store said the start off with Damsels and if I didn't...

I finally got my first 2 fish and 5 snails in my 55 gal tank. My brown algae seems to be coming out of everywhere. I cleaned the tank and did a water change but i can still see it in some places. So will the snails help this? 3 of the 5 snails are on the live rock and the other 2 are just laying...

Or should I just pick up some dead coral and slip it into the tank?

Originally Posted by TeresaQ I have a purple and a red and they get along fine. no fighting. google marine fish compatibility chart According to the chart they are all compatible with live coral. Putting coral in the tank will that reduce the amount of fish? Or is it better to have it with the...

Originally Posted by hot883 Here is a compatibiltity chart that might help. Where did you get this chart from. Not real clear and wanted to print it.

Originally Posted by TeresaQ that might be a lrg bio load. you might need to cut back a little. leave out the cardinel and one firefish. or drop the chromis and keep the other two, whats a blue firefish? do you mean purple. Yes, purple. Too much? for my tank

Okay how does this sound for my tank: 3 Blue Reef Chromes 2 Clownfish-Percula wild 1 Firefish Goby 1 Blue Firefish Goby 1-2 Candy Stripe Cardinal 1 Royal Gramma 1 Bi-Color Blenny Then the 20-55 Gallon Reef Package from this site. Does this look okay? Any changes that need to be made?

Originally Posted by f14peter We wanted to get a variety of fishes that occupied different niches in the tank. Thus, so far we have . . . - 5 Blue-green chromis, which are schoolers and tend to stay in the upper half of the water column. - 2 Oci clowns, they're still working out the pairing...

Tank is about 2 years old, bought it from a friend. I have crushed coral in it with very little sand. I can bring up my salinity, thank you. I want mostly fish maybe a few extra things, I just can't seem to find what would go best with each other. I need to get a little more live roch before I...