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Well it sounds like your problem just got figured out. For me it was just a guess. Sounds like snakeblitz has more knowledge in the area. I'd take his advise. If it were me I'd probably do a hefty water change then like he said stop adding the extra carbon to the system.

Yeah waiting for a while is probably your safest bet if you have the patience for it. Whatever you decide to go... good luck.

Yeah I don't know. The residue I usually get on my glass is the normal algae build up that I only have to clean like once a week. It's definitely odd that your white/slime like film is appearing daily. I've had what Pegasus is talking about happen on my heater before but it's different than...

Yeah and like bang guy said that 2 inches could be adequate if you have something to move the air. Is there a canopy/ lid over the tank. if so a very small fan positioned over the gap could work. although without a large hood to hide it that may be rather unsightly.

I'd just leave it fish-less for a while. Don't add medications or chemicals to the tank. You have plenty of good stuff living in there that you don't want affected by doing that.

No offense meant to you beaslbob...

They can be kept singly or in a group. Currently I have 3 together. And chromis are very hardy fish, basically damsels .. one of the better choices for a new aquarium that's not yet up to snuff or perfect parameter wise and a great fish for beginners. I'd say if they were all fine and were...

Yeah I've never used Reef bio fuel before but if it is a carbon source and is supposed to do the same thing then perhaps that's the cause?? if it's already cleared up tomorrow then cool.. problem solved. if not then I can't help but wonder if it's the Reef bio fuel. Maybe stop that temporarily...

Yeah it definitely sounds like a disease/parasite of some sort. That is the ENTIRE reason that I will not buy fish from *****. One just opened up where I live and when I went in there I noticed that all of the saltwater tanks in their display shared one large connected water system. (essentially...

I was wondering because carbon dosing... like vodka dosing can cause what you're talking about. But my friend uses Chemi pure and said that he changes his out every two months, so if your last bag was ready for a change then switching the bag out may just do the trick. If your nitrates and...

Are you carbon dosing at all?

Yeah hopefully it's not sick/diseased. Typical quarantine period for marine fish is 30 days.. and if after 30 days you see no sign of sickness then you should be good to put in your main tank. If you're right around the 30 day mark and are seeing this then you may have a sick fish on your hands...

yeah then that's not it... mmmkay. just a thought.

Check your temperature as well... higher temps can can result in higher metabolism increasing the need for oxygen and at the same time reduce the dissolved oxygen levels in the tank resulting in higher respiration.

Yeah, to my knowledge any diseases that you may get with fish or inverts do not cross effect one another... so if it was a disease/parasite with the fish then you shouldn't have to worry about the inverts. But leaving the water clear of fish for the 6 weeks Like Silverado said and still doing...

No. I would just leave it be. The "oozing" doesn't look too bad. Especially if there seems to be improvement. Was he attached to something when you bought him and the person at ***** pulled him off of whatever he was attached to? That can damage the foot and can often times result in their death...

You want to acclimate him properly. Drip acclimation for him to slowly adjust and get used to all of your water parameters for a period of one to two hours as well as temperature acclimation.

Yeah Beth makes a great point in finding out whether the two were already together or not. But it sounds like you'll be looking for a different one anyways due to the look of the other fish at the store. So there's only going to be one way to know for sure and that's to put two of them together...

Agreed. Never put tap water in your tank. Especially a tank with coral in it. If you don't have a TDS meter to test for total dissolved solids then just know that you are going to have stuff in your tap water that you do not want in your tank, trace elements of heavy metals (like copper) which...

Unless you are trying to upload from your cell. Then I have to take a screen shot of my picture to reduce the size