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What is the shortest time period I can leave a spotted mandarin in quarantine (new addition) and still be safe? I want him in the main tank asap since all the live rock is in the MT not the QT. Any suggestions? I have some mysis shrimp I'm feeding him in the meantime, but I'm worried he won't...

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Well, I have a 40g with about 50 lbs of live rock and all live sand. It's been running for 9 months now. I want to add a fuge so I know for a fact that he has a constant food source, I don't think that's bad reasoning. And he hasn't been introduced to the main tank yet, he's in isolation atm...

Do i really need a sump though? My only goal is to have a continuous food source for my spotted mandarin. Other than that, my tank seems to be doing fairly well. Do I have to make a sump in order to have refugium? I don't want a HOB fuge either btw, no room for it with both the filter and...

Ok, well what I am looking to do is definitely a refugium. I bought a spotted mandarin this weekend, he is in QT atm so I want to have the refugium built and going for his arrival into the main tank. It's a 10 gallon and I have it below my tank. I like the idea of a DSB, and plenty of the...

Hey guys, both my clownfish seem to be doing pretty well, except I noticed that each of them have a small black dot on them. The male has one behind his fin and the female has one on her side. Any idea what would cause this? I'm pretty sure they are new. Clownfish can't get black ich can...

Okies, I have a question. I would like to build a sump/refugium for my 40 gallon tank. Here is a picture of the tank I have, and I have a 10 gallon (glass) that I want to try and put underneath the stand to make this sump/refugium. So let me ask the first obvious question, wth is the...

I have a 24" 130W power compact on my 40g tank, but honestly if you are going with a reef I would just break down and get the MH lighting, imo. The cost difference between the two is fairly minimal from what I've seen. I paid $200-ish for my PC lighting, and the MH setup I want is $279. Might...

Originally Posted by corally You also need 100 + lbs of LR to support a mandarin (the same goes for the linckia). You can buy pods online, just do a google search for live copepods, but the mandarin will just quickly deplete them. The best thing for the mandarin is to take it back. Sorry to be...

Well, that's why I am asking. My nitrates are at zero... but I haven't done a "real" water change in about a month. I'm always told at the LFS why would you change your water if there aren't any problems with it... but we know how their advice usually goes.

Originally Posted by ReefNut Weekly, bi-weekly or monthly... whatever works best for you. I like small weekly changes myself. If you do monthly, what % water change would you do? I mean technically, if I'm topping off 5 gallons a week to account for evaporation, does that count as fresh...

I need opinions and advice! How often would you change your water if all your water parameters are reading 0? (nitrates included)

That is beautiful work creative, very nice job

Think it depends on whether or not the rock is cured. If it's uncured, it would more than likely cause a cycle again (probably not as long as the first since you've already established some good bacteria during the first cycle) whereas cured may or may not (usually not) Best to just throw it...

He did it again! I swear... either Oscar has nine lives or LMB's can live outside of the water and no one told me about it!! I finally moved into the new house this week and yesterday I broke down the main tank and got it ready to move. Well, Oscar absolutely refused to leave the rock he was...

I went to Curacao this summer and went diving for the first time. It was a special event for me because I'm scared of the ocean. It's very vast, and we're quite low on the food chain there so that has always scared me Anyway, went diving right off the beach, about 40 feet down or so and...

My guys got rid of my cleaner shrimp very quickly. Had I come home 45 minutes later I would have never known what had happened to him.. and he was a fairly large guy. I still don't know why he died.. I'm assuming he tried to molt and he got jumped. Poor little guy. I have more hermits...

Isn't it possible the shrimp died and the hermit crabs ate it before you found any evidence? My cleaner shrimp died and I came home to them "cleaning" it up. They got rid of all evidence in time so it's possible you have that scenario. The hermit pieces you are seeing sound like they are molting.

I just bought a house, and am looking to paint. It is water-based latex paint. What precautions would I need to take to make sure the fish tanks are safe from harm?

This stuff doesn't break up, it's just comes off as one piece. Very unlike the cyano I have had in my tank. It's not thick either, just a thin piece of it... like a sticker With everything that's been said I'm likely to think that it's not cyano algae then. At least it doesn't sound like...