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Your calcium levels also depend on what you are trying to keep. Typical coral just 400 for SPS and clams i would keep it 450 or a little higher.

You have to seperate the fry at least into their own tank. The parents will guard the eggs with their life. Once the fry are hatched they need a liquid fry feeder. Most lfs carry some form of it. Look around for it. I don't know if zooplankton is to big for them though. You could try that...

A high alkalinity i think inhibits calcification. Thus a coral can't properly use the calcium in the water. A too low alk will subject your tank to ph swings. Beyond what else it does im not entirely sure.

Macro algaes. Caulerpa. Check your live store they should get some in every now and again if they don't grow it themselves. There are plenty of other people who grow it too if you look around some for it.

If you want to keep some clams get a dual 175 or dual 250 halides one for each side of your tank. You also need 2 vho tubes to supplement actinics. Now heres the thing. Everything you WANT to keep except the clams need half the light of the halides. Sooooo you could just get 3 or 4 four...

If you are cycling then turn the skimmer off, you are just delaying the cycle. Clean up crew can be added when your parameters come down. Treat them like a fish. Especially the snails and shrimp. Crabs are a little more forgiving. Copious bubbles are a sign of alot of organics in the...

Not really no. The rock handles ammonia and nitrogens, and the skimmer handles everything else. I would place a prefilter in the sump, just a sponge, to collect the big stuff as it circulates. If you want to run carbon every now and again in the sump.... You don't even need the live sand...

Buy some saltwater biozyme. It's beneficial bacteria for a tank and may help to clear up your problem in time. Once you get past the ammonia phase you just need nitrifying bacteria i believe which is what the biozyme is.

It is possible since cleaners are generally regarded by alot of fish to not be food. BUT its an iffy proposition and you need to watch each of them if you decide to get one. My guess is its a 50/50 chance. Try doing the shrimp first then the fish...

Thats what happens when socialist ideals are ingrained into a society for decades.... Don't get me started on the government....

Yes they do keep copper in them. I would never add lfs water to your tank.

Yes :) They will go after other things. Some are killers :) Unfortunately. Just keep an eye on your populations. Thankfully hermits are cheap. You could try spot feeding the crab some mysis or something.....

Buy some mexican turbos and set them loose. Get 3 or 4....

They are a typical dwarf angel. Like his description said. Diet is key to keeping one happy. Buy a variety of frozen foods and make sure the one you buy is eating as always. They are finicky.

True. I've found that immersing myself in this and working in a store i've learned WAY faster than if i did this on my own.

You don't have to feed persay but if you want to add phytoplankton or zooplankton to your water column it can only make them happier :) Just be carefull not to over dose the stuff.

Hes twice bigger than this now... To get a perspective. See where the xenia begins on the left. He expands out to there now. The xenia is gone btw.

I have a red/green brain under 30 watts of flourescents. He's 6 inches from the light. It couldn't be any healthier. He expands to three times his skeleton size when the lights are on. He's gorgeous but i don't have a pic. I do other things as well such as phytoplankton in the water column...

Uh for a REEF definitely not a decorator. He will pick and destroy things for his camoflague. Go with the emerald.

I second that thought. They will find eachother eventually and pair up. Its ingrained in their psyche :)