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My tank was cycled in 2 weeks. I added blue green chromi. Then after 8 weeks I added clown. Once your amonia nitrite and nitrate are ok you can add hardy like damsels (clown etc). You shouldnt add coral for atleast a min of 8 weeks but should 4 months old. He would be right if you got coral...

Your are prob right not enough in water to do anything helpfull. Dont use the old water. My old tank is in diff spot then new 125 will so I hadnt thought about OP having to move old. Good point. filter medium cup or so sand will add bacteria. The tank will still cycle. You will need keep the 55...

Some of it is our fault. Some isnt. The reefs died before and came back with new coral. The temps changed etc. but new reefs replaced them. 3 time atleast in millions of years it happened.

Use some of the old sand, water and filter to cycle. Im moving from a 55g to a 125. I got a hippo tang so now I have to heh.

I thought the blue hippo (pacific blue) was the most peacefull tang.

Bicolor Pseudochromis other name Bicolor Dottyback or Royal Dottyback Eat brittle worms are teritorial.

"SG apx 1.024 Calcium 350 to 480 ppm Carbonate Alkalinity Between 2.5 and 4.0 meq/L (7-12 dKH) Strontium Low Phosphates (Close to Zero) Low Nitrates (5 ppm or lower) Many aquarists have found that performing regular water changes will keep the phosphate and nitrate levels in check as...

My friend did that, he nailed his hand to a 2x6 they took the whole piece with him. Fire coral, isnt a true coral. Well not a stony coral. http://fishinsects.suite101.com/arti...arine_aquarium

Well my tank is around 3 months old and the green and purp is going well. Some are near covered. I do water changes once a week and run a skimmer. 10x tank flow. Here is some info http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/abo...oralline_3.htm "SG apx 1.024 Calcium 350 to 480 ppm Carbonate Alkalinity...

Well.... Reduce nitrates, nitrites and amonia Balance PH Replace trace elements Keep SG correct

Nice fish 10-12' dunno prob need to add some steroids and then he wouldnt be able to move in a 200g just sit there half out of tank hahaha.

I would do wc every other day about 10% for week or so untill ph is right. You could use buffer though something else is making it low. What is your SG after the wc.

I too was saying that about sand not enough (or too much). Just add more, get reg agronite sand ($7) and add more. Get some hermit crabs etc. I think only the top layers need stired dont they. The deep spots have gas pockets. Im adding more just to be safe 5" or so.

No freshwater ph. Use buffer for salt. Your ph will go up when doing wc.

Make sure. If its 3" add more or make it 2". 3" is bad idea most sand bed crash at 3". "Some of the difficulties and criticisms of failed DSBs may be fairly attributed to such intermediate sand depths (1-3”/25-75mm) where the substrate was neither deep enough for efficient denitrification, nor...

DSB. If its 2" etc you can clean sand. DSB has gasses trapped dont mess with it.

"We also added rock that I scrubbed in vinegar water and then boiled to ensure that nothing was living on it that could harm anything in the tank." do you mean rock from the yard.

Is that 3" of sand. Looks like the sand bed crashed. You should have 4" for DSB or 2" regular. 3" is where sandbeds crash the best. I dont know what you should do.

Yes they can loose the top. They can also have top break off, the top moves and grows new tube. 1 sexual, release into water need two worms and no coral (coral eats it they say) 2 asexual, they can split. 3 top, can make new worm. The top can come off from stress or for reproduce.

Well they have two stomaches. They filter two types of protein with the feathers. One is coarse food, that is used for building tube. They also use calcium I think. The other stomache eats small food. This is needed for growth. Feed them phytoplankton. Most think you just put in tank and they...