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Well my no2,no3 and ammonia is both at 0, phosphates is at .5 and PH is at 8.0. Got a cascan filter,skimmer,and power head lighting is t5 with two bulbs and already set up for coral etc. Two temp Gages. 60lb Fiji live rock 5lb carrabian rock 60lb Fiji live sand. Had a small ammonia spike...

Hello everyone I have a 55 gallon tank that's about 2 months old now I have 2 Ocellaris Clownfish 1 coral shrimp 1 cleaner shrimp 5 dwarf hermit crabs 1 lawn mower blennie 2 Super Tongan Nassarius Snail 5 regular Tongan nassarius snails 1 emerald crab 1 sand shifting starfish 5 turbo...

If they are acting lovey-dovey and swimming in little circles, then sure... If they are mature clowns and are well fed and have been in the tank together for awhile, then that's a natural process. Watch for little tiny orange eggs. If you want to try to hatch a few, you should start reading now...

So recently I been seeing my clown fish shaking around my other fish. I only have two clown fish in my 55gal tank. I also have in there... 1-cleaner shrimp 1-coral shrimp 5-very very small dwarf hermits crabs 5-turbo snails 1-emerald crab 1-algae blennie 1-sand shifting sea star 2-Nassarius...

To be honest best off getting a RO filter, it will make a huge difference and be better off then using tap water. Protein skimmer is also a very very good thing to have. You be surprise the stuff it will caught, tank will be more clear also.

Aaahhh really so should I take him out and just leave my three very small hermits in my tank then?

Well as of yesterday the Halloween hermit was in pieces all over my tank and everyone was having a feast. (-_-) now the scarlet just chills and bothers no one SMH. Both hermits were the same size and plenty of shells for them to choose from also.

So I got a scarlet hermit crab few days ago, I already have a Halloween hermit and 3 small hermits. The morning when I woke up I saw my scarlet putting sand in the halloweens shell. That normal? There's plenty of shells in the tank from him to choose from. There a reason he's doing that? That a...

The one I had would do that, occasionally. What's your water quality look like?. Everything is at 0 and PH is 8.2 skimmer is going every other day.

Hello, I pick up a Halloween her it crab 3 weeks ago, he was very active and moving first 2 weeks and switch shells once already. Now he's behind one of my live rocks and hasnt moved in the past 2 days, is this normal for them? There is plenty of shells for him to switch and plenty of algae and...

The rule of thumb is 1 snail for every 2 gallons, so I would go the 25-30 snails (a mixture of Turbos and Nassarius). A couple of peppermint and a cleaner shrimp would be fine. They're having a sale right now on this site for 50 assorted cleaner snails fro $24.99 (which would be fine in your...

I don't see any problem with adding a shrimp now. Just be sure you acclimate properly. . How many snails and hermits should I put in? Shrimp no more then 2? Thanks

I don't see any problem with adding a shrimp now. Just be sure you acclimate properly. . Ok thanks.

I have a 90g, my CUC consists of about 50 various snails, a cleaner shrimp, a peppermint shrimp, 5 emerald crabs, a brittle starfish, a sand sifting starfish, a couple cleaner clams, and maybe a half dozen blue-legged hermits. . Ahhhh ok well from what I research crabs I can't have, I plan on...

The algae is normal, just make sure you have enough water flow for your tank and that problem will slowly go away. I wouldn't worry about doing another water change at this point. You should get yourself a good CUC and add your first fish about a week later. Keep us posted!! Sorry what's CUC?

I would throw a piece of raw shrimp in there and let that sit a couple of days, then retest. You should see a small ammonia spike and then drop to zero, then nitrites, then nitrates. If after that, you're still reading ammonia, try another test kit. But I think you'll be good to go to add your...

I would take a sample of your tank water to your local LFS, let them test it and see if they get the same readings you are. . I have got same readings as I did, buy they use strips and I heard there not always accurate also.

Two questions: 1. How, and when did you cycle the tank? 2. How have you validated your test kit? Try analyzing your RO water - that should read zero.. Started cycle on Aug 20th. Ghost feed, everything went up and went back down to 0 expect the ammonia stays at 0.25. And PH steady at 8.0. I...

Hello again, I have been having problems with my tank getting started up. I had no choose at the time to use tap water and yes I know it's was not a good idea, but my tap water has a reading of ammonia 0.25. So I went out and got a RO Filter, I haven't gotten it set up yet had no power, so I...

I honestly have no idea how this would react, but it seems that we should not dismiss the very real possibility that your test was inaccurate due to being used improperly. I would strongly recommend that you get it tested with a freshwater kit or mix some saltwater with it and test that. As...