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Try live black worms. I have a Copperband and it loves black worms. I also feed it a variety of other frozen and flake foods but it loves black worms.

Sounds like Aipstaisia. It is an anemone but it is a nuisance anemone. You don't want that in your tank. It will spread like wildfire and take over if it is. What color is it? If it is a kind of brown or purple in color, then it is Aipstasia and you want to kill it. Squirt it with lemon juice or...

I have a refugium in my system and I also have a protein skimmer in my sump. Do I need the protein skimmer if I have a refugium? I have noticed that the algae isn't doing so good, even though I have a 30 watt light over it for 16 hours a day.

For a tank that small, you should have only started with 2 fish at first and then add maybe 1 or 2 fish a week after that to let your bacteria build up to the new bio-load.

To mix the contents. It tells you that right in the instructions. I'm not talking about the vial. I am talking about nitrate solution #2. Read the instructions and it will tell you to shake bottle #2 vigorously for a 30 seconds or you will get innaccurate readings.

While holding the rock in the water, give it a good shake to work loose anything that is inside the holes. After I cured my rock, I couldn't believe how many holes were in it because they were filled with sediment. Shaking the rock under water will get all of that out. Don't be too aggressive...

Well first off, what color is the algae that you do have growing? what kind of lights do you have? what kind of water are you using?

Try the Garlic Extreme, but don't over do it. That stuff is powerful.

I have the same test kit as you and I was getting false nitrate readings because I was not shaking bottle 2 enough. You have to make sure you shake it thoroughly or you will get false readings. Shake it hard for a full minute, then put the drops in.

You don't have both a wet/dry and a sump. You have one or the other. I have a sump. You can have a sump and a refuseum. I have a refuseum built into my sump. You can also have a separate refuseum.

Don't kill it. Just buy a Copperband Butterfly fish and let him at it. :)

Would it hurt if I removed it from my refuseum and placed it in my main tank?

yes, they are dangerous. If you have too much of it. It how the tank works though. The fish eat and then go to the bathroom. Their waste creates ammonia, certain bacteria changes the ammonia into nitrites, then other bacteria changes the nitriets into nitrates. You remove the nitrates when you...

Check to see if it is breathing or if it has a pulse. :D Actually live sand means that it has bacteria in it. There may be a few small critters in it but mainly it is bacteria. Nitrite is what your ammonia is turned into by the bacteria, and then the nitrite is turned into nitrate, again by...

I was searching around in my refuseum, looking for pods to feed to my scooter blennie. I saw what first appeared to be a root that attached itself to the walls of the refuseum. When I went to move it, I noticed that it had a crown like a feather duster and it pulled it inside its tube. It is...

It is an anemone called Aipstatia. You don't want that in your tank. Pour some hot water or lemon juice on it. It is an anemone but it is a nuisance anemone which will spread like wildfire in your tank. Kill it now beofre you put the rock in your tank.

My Racoon Butterfly has Ich and I have it in a quarantine tank. I am treating it with STOP parasites. He is breathing rapidly and lying on his side. Occassionally he gets aup and swims a bit but then lays back down again. Is there anything else I can do? :help:

My Racoon Butterfly has Ich and I have it in a quarantine tank. I am treating it with STOP parasites. He is breathing rapidly and lying on his side. Occassionally he gets aup and swims a bit but then lays back down again. Is there anything else I can do?

That is exactly why I have my tank drilled and don't use an overflow box.

Your new water definitely has to be heated to the same temperature as your tank water. I used to use tap water all the time and I would just mix hot and cold water together until it was right. I then switched to RO water and the first time I did a water change with it, I forgot to heat it...