Search results

Could be

Hmm interesting, lol blue throats are one of my favs too

Welcome to the forum. First bigger honestly isn't better per say it's just easier. The more water volume the more time you have to correct any issues. Sumps are not the be all to end all. There excellent for many reasons,but not necessarily needed. Lighting these days is led coming on like...

I am not the one to answer that. Once Beth sees this she should know.

Ok, the 20 is way to small. The stress of confinement isn't helping matters. I use a 29 for qt and I hate putting tangs in that. Luckily none have had issues to deal with in it

As far as coral,what type of lighting you have plays a huge role. Inverts you can do shrimp ,I don't recommend coral banded. These will also help as your cuc. A variety of snails is also helpful. Astrea,narssius,cerith,ect

Tell me the 20 is your qt? Sounds like a fungus, there are treaments for it. Beth would know best

Agreed, if you have build up, increasing flow over the rock should help

From what I see they look fine

Agreed

Triggers are big eaters so that's normal, the twitching tho is concerning. I was thinking the same thing about qt quills, but haven't we all done it? Lol

Agreed. If you look the next time your at the store, most fish tanks are run off one system. Then inverts and low risk fish like draggonetts are often in another. Bc copper is in the fish system. By low risk fish I mean due to them being less susceptible to certain diseases.

Very good.

Eating is a good sign. Nice looking fish

Most inverts are much more sensitive to water change. I e salinity, and water chemistry

I have a lfs that gets live stock from sea dwelling, I've never been impressed with there stock

A deep sand bed has benefits and down falls. It will trap nasty gases,and toxins deep in the bed that if ever stirred could wipe out the tank. However yes it will hold alot of fauna and help with controlling the nitrogen cycle. Some folks use no sand and go bare bottom. Personally I like...

Very nice

It's not like fw where u stir the bed while you siphon. With sw you only want to skim the top,not stir it up

Yup no bottle needed