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Originally Posted by hansgraf Maybe I need a salt water tank for dummies book. Is there such a thing? Actually yes there is. I own it lol. It's called "Saltwater Aquariums for Dummies" by Gregory Skomal.

Quick question - how mature should your tank be before you consider adding any coral/inverts to it?

Viper... is that turtle in your SW tank!? That may be a stupid question... but I haven't seen/heard of that before.

I was told by my LFS to use chemi-clean, but didn't want to use any chemicals so instead I left my lights off for three days and it's completely gone now. The best thing I found in reference to this problem was https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/73002/how-to-rid-your-tank-of-red-slime I'm not...

Originally Posted by fishmamma I jumped down but so far from what I read here is what I would do.....run BOTH carbon AND a Polyfilter in your tank (poly will also remove ammonia), buy some Amquel for an emergency and make sure to always have 4 gallons at a minimum of pre-mixed saltwater heated...

/bump. Anyone want to help answer the questions above?

oh and btw here is Mr. LMB

Here are some before and after algae shots...

:waves: well, I wanted to give an update on how things are going. So far so good I think. No more deaths, the cleaner shrimp and the blenny get along well Click here for post about shrimp "cleaning" the blenny My QT tank has finished cycling I believe. Today is the first day I tested it that...

What kind of meds? And what kind of parasite?! Are these things that you can test for?

Ok, so I know cleaner shrimp like to clean... but is it normal for the fish to sit there and take it? My LM Blenny seems very complacent with the shrimp doing this to him... he'll just sit in one spot and let the shrimp work... I've seen him almost turn him over and work on him too.. and he...

Here are the readings I got. I tested the main tank last night and I tested the QT tank this morning. I will test the main tank again today to check the readings. These measurements are liberal as well FYI. My readings are always higher than the LFS... for example when I think my PH is 8.0...

It's a four lamp system, all are the same size. 2 are dual dayligh and 2 are dual actinic...

Originally Posted by Speg Heres the problem with that.. if you let the QT cycle first.. then the main tank which still has the fish... is then being cycled as well... and most likely the algae blenny will end up dying due to insufficient bacteria to consume the ammonia/nitrites. Its best if you...

Originally Posted by Speg Is the QT tank cycled? If so then yes.. if not you're gonna need to run carbon in there to try your best to keep all the ammonia OUT of the system. Your main tank looks pretty nice =c) By the way.. once you get out of this mess... you should remove the rocks/sand from...

Originally Posted by Speg Never spiked? You may not even be cycled then.. if you got liverock that is from a LFS and is cured or taken right outta the ocean and live sand that is the same.. there is no die off to cause a ammonia spike to start the cycle.. If you really havent cycled.. now is the...

Here is what I have: The main tank, the QT tank, and the innocent bystander. I am going to test the water levels again on both tanks and post the readings.

Originally Posted by pbienkiewi your tank is still a baby. What do you have in it How many crabs, snails, ETC ? how many pounds of LR ? how deep of a sand bed ? Filtration ? Pumps ? dead spots in the tank ? Inhabitants: 10 Hermit Crabs 1 Cleaner Shrimp 3 Astrea snails 1 Lawnmower blenny that...

Originally Posted by Speg How quickly did your salinity go up to 1.027? It is pretty high.. and its possible that killed your fish.. would explain why he was breathing heavy. Higher salinities make it harder for fish to breathe.. but if he was slowly acclimated to that high of salinity he should...

Originally Posted by hot883 Inverts need a higher sg. somewhere around 1.025-27 I hear. Going from 27-to 22 will definately have an impact. You cannot raise or lower that quickly for any reason. Sorry for your loss, but IMO, there maybe more to come. IMHO also the tank is still to young for...