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My tomato clown has discolored and ragged ventral fins. I noticed this a few weeks ago, but they seemed to get better. Now he is hanging out behind a rock, breathing fast and not eating. He is usually one of my most bold fish and eats like a pig. My tank is 55 gallons with a sump/refuge...

well, where in georgia?

Originally Posted by spyker never heard of a tusk, mind expaining to me what it is? Harlequin tusk. It's a type of wrasse. Incredibly beautiful. They have them on this site, though I think I've seen better pictures.

Originally Posted by AquaKnight A snowflake, a small puffer (valentini, or the like), and a smaller blue throat which would take years to outgrow a 65gal would be a pretty cool set-up. What's the growth rate on triggers? Are blue throats slower growing than others? I was thinking picasso or...

Originally Posted by lion_crazz I fully agree. A tusk will outgrow a 65 relatively fast and will need a much bigger home in a short amount of time. I also agree with you on the porcupine puffer. I might win the tusk battle but I don't think I can convince him not to get a porc. I've...

Yeah... he wants a porc. I have a hawaiian blue spot in another tank that would be perfect... I'll continue the battle. I can just picture even a smaller porc being too large... not only for its happiness but aesthetically for the tank. I think I'd like to have the hawaiian puffer, snowflake...

A 65 gallon system sorta fell in my lap, so my roommate and I are gonna make it an aggressive tank. I keep reading on various websites that harlequin tusks require a minimum of 55-65 (that's the range i'm seeing) and lots of hiding places. Frankly I'm a little skeptical... it seems they get a...

No, they get much to large for a 30 gallon. Toby puffers work well in 30 gallons... valentini or hawaiian blue spotted.

It's generally advised against, as you know. Also keep in mind that whether or not your foxface picks at your coral is unlikely to have any bearing on whether or not an angel will.

Originally Posted by OMOTS The odds be is that it will attract the other fish as well> right, but presumably the 6 inch snowflake is the only one that will be able to fit in, say, a 1/2 inch piece of pipe.

post some pics of this rubble

Eels aren't very social.

Yeah, 6 inches is quite small for an eel in an aggressive tank. It probably looks delicious to your other fish. I'd try to put a few pieces of food in the rocks where the eel hangs out so it can have some cover during meal time. If it doesn't eat them right away... it will eventually I would...

I agree with others. I don't think water hardness matters. Also, if it's a new tank with nothing in it (ie no live rock curing, no fish being fed, etc.) you're not going to get any skimmate.

It's fine. Unless they're huge they are beneficial.

Originally Posted by PerfectDark I was assuming the cycle was finished. But as far as your cleaning crew touching diatoms, I disagree. I have hermits and nassaris snails that wiped out my diatom bloom about 4 months ago when I had issues. ditto

Reno

Originally Posted by kidreef well it will die hahahah

The damsels are likely to be a problem regardless of how much LR you have.

A friend of my roommate's gave me her 65 gallon tank today. It had two damsels and a chocolate chip star in it. I just measured the salinity and it was 1.038! I'm amazed that they could live through that (more the star than the damsels). I can't imagine what the nitrates are.