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So are you guys saying that it would be best to have Nassarius snails rather then hermit scrabs????. I thought that hermit crabs were a most for a reef tank. The emerald crabs that I have are to take care of some bubble algae that I had. I really don’t have small fish besides the damsel but he...

I just started my 1st reef tank and everything seems to be working ok after some hard work. I currently have a 55 gal tank with 50 lb of LR and some LS. My clean up crew consist of 40 hermit crabs, 30 turbo snails, 4 emerald crabs, 1 cleaner shrimp and 1 star fish. I also have a golden headed...

I have had that happen. I have a hermit crab with a cracked shell and he started to grow one inside the cracked one. No need to worry, well as far as i know.

Can anyone advise on Bubble algea?????

I have a 55 gal tank and i think i have bubble algea. Does anyone know the best way to get rid of it. I have 2 emerald crabs, 1 star fish, 40 hemit crabs and 30 turbo snails. I have to clean the tank every week and clean all the bubble algea but always seem to pop the bubbles. I went to my LFS...

WOW! you scared me for a minute their. My display tank has been fishless for almost 3 weeks now. So I know my display tank is free of ich. Thanks

So ich can attack Inverts and coral? I thought it was only fish that ich can attack. If so then why do they not show up on the invert or coral?. I have had my display tank with just inverts and 1 coral for almost 3 weeks and have not seen anything. Sorry i'm just new to the ich problem.

I only had 2 fish with ich but i placed all (total of 5) in the QT tank to be safe. To measure salinity I use refractometer.

A few weeks ago I noticed that my fish had ich. So I read a thread to set up a QT for hypo. My yellow tang and coral beauty have been in the QT with hypo for about 3 weeks, my maroon clown fish, golden head goby and 4 striped damsels have been in the QT for 2.5 weeks. My questions is when is it...

Has anyone oredered from Saltwater.com and had to cancel an order for some reason before it was shipped?. If so please let me know what to do. I recently oredered a reef package and then I realized that the package is on a wish list. I need to cancel this order so i can get soemthing that is in...

Thanks, I just went a purchased 10 gallon as well and i will try the same. Thansk and good luck to you

cmiles, When setting up a QT, how soon can you put your infected fish in? do you need to wait for the cycle??. I do not have a QT but will be heading to the LFS to purchase a QT and get it going. Was thinking of putting my inverts in the QT and lowering the salinity in my display tank. Just not...

Need help. I woke up this morning to find white dots all over my maroon clown fish and my yellow tang. Seems odd because my other fish do not have anything. I also have another maroon clown fish but she is always in the anemone, coral beauty, a 3 striped damsel, and a golden head goby. I’m...

Thanks for the help. I got rid of the damsel (fast little bugger) Today i will be going to the LFS to purchase a bigger clean up crew. So thanks for your help

I just added my 1st coral to my tank and everything is looking very good. I do have 3 questions and need some advice. 1st After a few days of adding a Xenia to my tank i noticed my Blue velvet damsel picking at it every once and a while. I thought they were supposed to be reef safe. any ideas...

Need help! I'm ready to start my reef tank. I will be going to the LFS after work to purchase mty 1st coral but dont know what to get to start off. Any ideas?. I would like soemthing for my clown fish such as an anemone but not sure. Also are star fish necessary for a reef tank? Not sure if my...

I recently added my 2nd marrown clown fish to my 55 gal tank that has been up for 2 to 3 months now. When i entroduced the larger marrown clown fish to the new tank, the smaller clown fish had a small encounter with the new large clown fish but that was the end of it. 1 week latter the attidute...

I have also seen this on some damsels. No need to worry, i think is more of a territorial thing. How long has this been going on? When i added coral beutty to my tank i noticed my blue velvet damsel backing in to him but this stopped after a day or so. He also did this to my maroon clown fish...

yeah give your percs time. They will adjust to the tank and will eventulaly swim around. Ussually about a week or so.

Yeah i plan on upgrading. Right now just saving up to get new lighting for corals. So for the mean tang is great. The tang is still pretty small but he is the biggest fish in the tank. Prior to the tang the 2 damsel were afraid to come out of their hidding places. Now they all swim around and...