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midas blennies change color easily based on "emotional" stress levels. they become very pale and almost pink but deep yellow when comfortable. This has nothing to do with water quality nor is it exclusive to midas blenny's. Anybody who's had a powder brown knows when its being aggressive (like...

old tank used to stay over 80 and peak at 84deg. never lost one coral or fish and or any negative results from it. anything 84 deg or under I'm not worried about or considering a chiller.

keep em (perhaps change the bulbs). going from 40w to 65w isn't going to make a bunch of difference.

Originally Posted by Clayton805 I had a Koralia 2 in there already. I added another #2 and a #1. Could too much flow could have killed him? Maybe new flow pattern stirred up something? Zero percent chance the flow or flow pattern could have killed it. one dead fish= minor set back (unless...

well thats true but the bubble tip isn't an aggressive stinger and it could be in there a pretty long time beforeyou have to worry. forget about a sebae or long tenticle. the bubble tip is about the oly hosting anemone I'd attempt in one. By the time you have to worry hopefully it will split a...

just keep the water stable and clean. be selective in your bulb choice. I've tried about 3 different amino acids, all types of coral feeds ect but really nothing works better than just good stable water quality with adequate (bi)carbonates (alk) and calcium. Keeping phosphates low helps. water...

I fish socially but only with old college mates and could care less about the catch. Last good fishing we were in walmart wet suites we bought earlier, at 3:45am pouring rain and semi drunk as all get out and it was good fun. I only do it because one of my best friends is a marine biologist who...

premixed is just as good as mixing yourself if its affordable and the LFS maintains their water processing equipment. I trust my LFS in that regard (even though I mix my own). I'd test it randomly to make sure salinity is adequate and I'd probably test calcium, alk and mag for kicks although I'd...

nothing wrong with the biocube but if I wanted a covered nano I'd just start with a nano that would support what I wanted from the get go such as JBJ nano MH nano cube. the halide upgrades (nano tuners) is quite expensive for the biocube and you'd have to be pretty handy to rig something...

just dont do hypo and copper at the same time= deadly. copper works alot faster and requires alot less accuracy to be effective.

Originally Posted by HollywoodDiver I really dont get how the black ich is holding on so strong after being in a system with a high copper concentration. Copper doesn't do anything to the ich attached to fish. it works on the ich after the stage where ich drops off. copper works fairly fast...

things you can do to raise pH are: increase surface agitation, air circulation over the top of the water line or anything that will increase air/water gas exchange. water change(s) to remove built up metabolic acids which are a result of regular biological activity (fish breathing, eating and...

I have the viaAqua, no problems with it at all and the price is right considering it comes with pump and adjustable flow valve. On a larger tank or if you want buku amounts of media its smaller than all the others but it holds plenty of media for a 46g. I have GFO and carbon in mine and its easy...

%h Originally Posted by aviator How often do you feed your tank? We have a 55 gallon tank with a Bar Goby, Skunk Clown and a Dwarf Fire Angel. We feed twice a day, about 1/2 a cube of frozen mysis, squid, etc... at each feeding, but it's all gone within a minute or so... I'm worried about...

a good 4x24w is what you want. No pc will will be appropriate for high demand. even if you could theoretically get enough wattage you couldn't fit it over a 24" tank.

a tunze 6025 is probably about as strong as a k3 and the flow is more direct. having used several of both the tunze mounting and directability cant be beat. Koralias have wider dispersion pattern, are quieter and better value. its really a wash. I use the tunze because I can mount one on my back...

too many fish plane and simple. hardly even matters what kind. there are probably six of some small gobies that could be appropriate but lets just say 95% six fish in a 28g is too much. Way too much for your fish stock.

Originally Posted by TANG4me You will love your Flame though. Their curiosity is unmatched. Your fish will be fine. coral and falco are much less shy and full of personality compared to the flames but the flames got looks going for it.

just about any community fish besides other tangs and clowns.

Originally Posted by Xcali1985 That is a quote from SWF website: Source: https://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11...ot_parent_id=4 they have plenty of wrong info in their descriptions. they are USUALLY peaceful to each other especially when paired or added at the same time. if you have one...