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Originally Posted by pete159 its normal when there is not enough water movement on the top of the tank. Do you have a HOb protein skimmer?, or HOB filter, both of those with fix it, also try pointing a powerhead at the top of the water. Once there is more water movement the oily gunk goes...

YEs yes yes, forgot to mention that. Add slowly.

Originally Posted by TruPerc I am considering adding additional sand to my sand bed, but my tank is already established and I do not want to pull everything out to do it. Is there a good technique for doing this? Is this a bad idea? I did this and I used Aragonite sand that is not live. I...

I have this film on top of my water, is this normal? Doesn't seem to bother anything and I cant seem to make it go away.

I had asked in the past about what to use to glue frags and was told superglue. WHen I set up my hypo tank I glued some pipe together for the fish to hide in and I used a hot glue gun. Is this glue bad? It worked great and didn't seem to bother the fish for the 4 weeks or so they were in there.

Originally Posted by Al Mc I hypo all new fish (exception: mandarins) as it is relatively easy and safe. I do not trust that I would not miss Ich on observation and do not want to have to break down my DT and hypo all the fish in it if I get an Ich outbreak. Been there....done that...not fun...

I have noticed that mine just hangs under the rocks by like one or two arms just dangling. Then he will move somewhere else and later be back dangling. Is this normal for them to just "hang" around like this? Reminds me of that cat poster that says "Hang in there" with the cat hanging by one...

From what I can see with my [hr] eye, looks like the second pic. Are these good? Are they food for my fish or cuc?

They are too small to photograph but I have alot of these what I think look like ant things walking around the bottom of my tank. Any idea what these could be? I compare them to ants only in size.

Thank goodness the power was only out for about 5 hours. Everything was fine when I got back home, whewwww.

Originally Posted by DBESTNINDY I am going through hypo also but I read that a week of getting the saltwater back up to normal and then a week after that before moving to DT. Is that how you did it? I am getting so impatient to get my fish back to their home. I had them at hypo for 3 weeks...

I would like to know what people think of these stars and what is their experience with them? I just got one and I have a 55gal with a hippo tang, 2 clowns, 2 chromis damsels, 8 red leg hermits and a cleaner shrimp. I needed another scavenger to help clean up and liked him.

Well I wont have any circulation till I get back home with a pump tomorrow afternoon. So we may be looking at it being down 15 hours unless it comes back on before I get home. The stores were closed on today when I got them to get a pump. I will do a partial water change when I get home if it...

Bad storms at home knocked the power out and not sure when it will be back on. How long to I have before I start worrying? I have a 55 gal with small hippo tang, 2 clowns, 2 damsels. If it is not on tomorrow then I will get a small battery operated pump.

I have noticed now these worm like things are all over my glass. Dont seem to be bothering anyone but I hope they are okay. I cant get any pictures of them. though. Any ideas?

Originally Posted by florida joe Change them over a week’s time What do you mean? Change one at a time until all 4 bulbs are changed?

My anemone is still alive after 6 days but not eating and not inflating to its long flowing self it used to be. I have it right now in a strawberry box in the tank to protect it from floating around. It still deflates to the size of a silver dollar and will inflate but what should I do? Just...

Good news!!! I have completed hypo and finally got my fish back in the DT. All spot and ick free!!!! They seem so much happier now!

Originally Posted by Salt Life in my fuge I have a 4" DSB, chaeto and like 8 pieces of small-medium sized LR. You can add some snails in if you'd like, I have a couple nerite snails that eat the algae on the glass, a strawberry hermit crab, and another crab (not a hermit) but it is really cool...

Tempered glass will shatter like it has been shot if you drill it.