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I have 2 10K 30-watt bulbs that light my tank great and I thought that live rock requires intense lighting, which I do not want to have deal with. I never had any interest in setting up a reef tank. I want to stick with a fish only setup. To answer the question regarding the Tang and Angel...

Do you use weights to hold down your aquarium top?

Do you think that adding the fish all at once is a problem? I thought that it would be better to do it this way to prevent the fish from developing territories and attacking any new fish. Coral Decorations - I mean dead coral skeletons. I am afraid to add any live rock now - would it not cause...

I have had a Potters with a purple tang before and everything seemed ok. However, this is the first time I had one with a Trigger in the tank. I would be adding all of these fish at the same time except for the Trigger. Does that make any difference? I am a little concerned about the Eel -...

I need some advice. I have an 8" Snow Flake Eel, 1" Purple Tang and a 1" Potters Angel on hold and my local fish store. Currently, I have a 3" Clown Trigger and a 1.5" Cleaner Wrasse. I will be picking these specimens up in a few days. Question: Is the combination of fish Ok? Question: I need...

One question that no one seems to be able to answer… how can a hospital tank prevent the fish from getting Ich or other parasitic infections? Granted the fish can be observed for a couple of weeks to make sure that it is eating and looks ok, but once you net it out of the tank and transfer it...

I do not have a hospital tank and have no plans on purchasing one. I would rather keep things simple and treat the fish in my main tank. I have never had an Ich problem for 2 years now until I introduced this Powder Blue Tang. Obviously, they are a problematic species.

Powder Blue has come down with Ich and it has spread to my Trigger. I have been treating with GreenEx for the past couple of days without pulling out my Chemi-Pure. My LFS thought that it would be Ok - I hate tearing down my canister. However, it appears now that I should have taken out the...

I have a 75 gallon Tenecor Tank with a Wet Dry filter and an external EHeim canister filter. I tested the Ammonia and Nitrite the first day I noticed a problem with the fish. Both tests showed nothing wrong. The Tang is 3 inches and I have one other fish in the tank, which is a small 2.5...

A week ago Friday I added a Powder Blue Tang to my tank and it ate some the following day. However, since that I have not seen him eat anything. Each day I have been placing the Algae in the tank and it is gone by the time I get home from work. I have a hard time believing that my one other...

For the past few days... when I lift the canopy to my tank it smells fishy. However, when I extract a cup of the water and smell it I do not smell anything. I have tested the Ammonia and Nitrite levels and everything seems to be just fine. It does not smell like rotten eggs. The odor reminds...

I do not have any pictures. Is Black Ich common on Powder Blue Tangs? On average, how big should the spots be and are they usually found only on the fins? What is the recommended treatment - Freshwater Dip?

I recently added a Powder Blue Tang to my tank. He does not appear to be very stressed or exhibiting odd behavior. However, he has not been eating too well yet (this is his 2nd day in the system so I assume that this is common). However, I was taking a very close look at him and noticed...

I introduced a Powder Blue tang into my tank yesterday and there is a little bit of aggression between him and my Clown Trigger. The Tang is twice the size of the Trigger so I would not have thought that the Trigger would show too much aggression. I assume that the Clown Trigger is trying to...

Is it possible to mix a Clown Trigger and a Cleaner Shrimp or will it be food for the Trigger? I purchased a Powder Blue Tang today and would like to keep some sort of natural Ich prevention in the tank at all times. I know that Triggers eat shrimp but I was not sure if the Cleaner Shrimp is an...