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Potentially if it keeps its color but if it turns white its dead and will never come back.

Um. Never..... You can't put a shark in a 55. A snowflake eel would be fine in that tank. I would wait 4 or 5 weeks before adding him.

Well everything you listed is pretty much negligable. You do have a trace of ammonia but its not horrendus and will not likely kill anything. The brown algae sounds like an algae bloom which can be a result of several things. Do you use RO water or tap water? How often do you feed? Do you have...

They probably won't make it. Those snails reproduce prolifically in FW tanks. I would either get rid of it or keep it if you like them. They just eat algae on the glass and fake decorations.

Or you can just try and feed him by making sure some food drifts his way every time you do feed. Eventually he will be so inquisitive any time something comes in the water he'll come out. They will clean your hand off :) So will cleaner wrasses if you can get one to live :)

Hheheehehe. Where to start where to start.... If you are interested in starting a saltwater tank don't hesitate to pick up a book on it. They are invalualbe in the beginning and there are lots i still use today. Hmm. Sump is an extra tank under or hanging on the back of your existing...

It can take a week for it to clear up. Run a mechanical filter without the filter pad to keep the water oxygenated...

Yes thats fine, buy him small, and MAKE SURE YOU DO get the 200 gallon. To many people say that and then never do just to justify getting a big fish. Yes he will get along with those fish. No you can't keep a shrimp or star with a trigger. Feed him once a day. And yes he may attack your...

Forgot to add is it an eclipse?

Try a pc retro fit kit. a 65 watter or 55 watter should be enough. I know the watts per gallon thing but if those are what you want to do then you should be ok.....

Is that a jellyfish? Wow. Such a great close up. Yes its an asternia star and you may never see one with all his legs :) I have a bunch and they are all shaped like yours. SPS=small polyped stony coral.... LPS=large polyped stony coral....

Something that noone has asked is, are you spraying any kind of aerosol anywhere near the tank. Any kind of incense, smoking, hairspray, cologne???? Even in the same room.... If any of that gets in the tank its not really testable and will kill everything in there. Knew a guy once who...

Yes. Sometimes they don't but i would be concerned. Try a 99 cent hermit. If he lives then you could try some more. Maybe he's not that kind of eater....

ah now i see your point.

regal tangs will comonly just lay on the sand floor for no aparent reason. Its something they do when they first get into a tank usually. They will venture around some once they get used to your tank.

hmmm YES YES AND YES it is good. Ro water has NOTHING in it. So you can properly buffer it and not worry about getting impurities in your tank. What size tank were you looking at? My two smaller tanks don't require much and 15 gallons can last me close to 2 months. While using tap is very...

SPS wouldn't returning it for sure sentence it to death. LFS don't do anything for their corals. At least he can try and NEVER buy one again :)

If you emptied it and it didn't change then its over 500 but alot of time its operator error that messes the test up. Make sure you do the other parts exactly as it says and proper proportions or it throws the test way off. Try testing again. I've messed up plenty of times using it :)

I knew someone had a mated pair. Its possible i just usually see them in single. I've read they are territorial. You need such a large tank for one anyways I guess you could try two and see what happens. Bang Guy you have those two breeding and the fry surviving?

Calvindo. Thats the thing i don't. Its those initial steps that you have to take to ensure it doesn't get out of hand in the first place. Those steps i listed at the beginning of the post but 1)always use RO 2)lights 8-10 hours 3)careful how much you feed. Very little gets to the bottom and...