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Caulerpa will out compete your beneficial bio filtration establishment.In your new tank. Let your tanks bio filtration establish its colony's. Caulerpa is something most people add to their tank when they can not get their nitrates down. The real problem is when Caulurpa runs out of nutrients to...

I would not add the Caulerpa at this stage of your tank development. can you tell me why i think so

Plus 1 and with all due respect "So tempting to just throw a few spoons of sugar in the tank" this is the absolute worst mind set on anything you are introducing into your tank.

Just a note on vodka dosing. I have tried it. What have I not tried? It works I know hobbyists that have dosed daily for years. I dosed for about 6 month, it dropped my nitrates by 50 present in the first two weeks

why are you not looking at ways to lower your nitrates apposed to being a slave to water changes

have a drink calm down and read a good book and see how he looks tomorrow

How much are you looking to spend ?? if you have deep pockets you can go with pin point nitrate meter. if you are getting off the charts readings most likely its tester error not the test. you have to preform the test EXACTLY as specified

where is your protein skimmer. can you post a picture of your setup

i feel the same way about the symmetry i am confident its not ick or HLLE.

Plus one on the krill

what is your budget

Yes Blue throat, not raised not sand its exact location makes me believe its mother nature at her best. But i will check it out with a magnifying glass and report back

Let assume your water parameters are all in line. Could be he is just trying to dislodge food from the rock work. Now the bad things. Gill flukes or bacterial infection can cause red gills. I would treat with PraziPro if the condition continues. Beth might want to step in

Here is my trigger shaky he came to me with two white spots on his head near his eyes there location to one another led me to believe they were part of his markings. He has developed another white spot on his head. That it is a singular spot and its location and the time it has been on him makes...

I actually don’t know. I actually started a tread on this site where I chronicled every step of the way from bringing the fish home to quarantine to introduction into my tank and I still lost him. Yet people keep them all the time. I believe its karma I am tempted to get one but that IMO would...

I cant tell you what fish you should get. i personally love the RG but was never able to keep one. That being said I would not let your tank size stop me. fish very rarely die in the bag. its after the hobbyist gets them that problems arise

I would just keep them in my DT their main job is to eat filamentous algae between coral branches and they also eat cyano

The issue is Caulerpa can reproduce sexually. In your sump or refuge. You want to make sure you do a heavy cut back regularly. This will help prevent it from spawning and wind up in your DT. It assimilates nutrients so the pruning gets them out of your tank allowing new growth to continue to...

When they say tiny they mean tiny you will be fine and they are omnivores

My .02 Remember this comes from someone who came close to single handedly whipped out the entire RG population. As far as tank size. It is predicated on the fish size as an adult. But these figures are taken from fish caught in the wild. It is my experience that juveniles kept in the home...