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Don't put the cart before the horse and just get a fish with out knowing what the ____ you are doing. This is not freshwater and the poor fish will die if you don't know the last thing about cycling a tank and don't even know what it means then don't get a fish yet. Get a book on saltwater fish...

Take $25 or thirty dollars and buy yourself a good saltwater book and then make a stock list and price it yourself. Smallest starter size for saltwater fish tanks is about 30 to 55 gallons minimum. Good luck. If you are worried about money then this is not the hobby for you. The equiptment gets...

Originally Posted by Ryan41 Thanks! I am thinking about including a few clown fish, and maybe an angel fish, damsel, and small puffer, probably no coral yet. Ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaa your joking right?? Get yourself a good book on saltwater fish care first. I would not even put one...

Well.....I cancelled the order for the Scribbled angel that was to come on Thursday. If anyone has a big tank and is looking for a really beautiful scribbled with blue eyes let me know and I will tell you where to find her. Lesley

I was not going to stock at the levels of the tanks in Japan. I may cancel my order for the scribbled angel and just put the majestic and the goldflake together in the 180. I think the two would get along fine together. Lesley

I think the best thing you could do is remove all of your live rock and inverts to the 10 gallon or maybe even a larger rubbermaid tub with a power head. You will need to feed the crabs lightly with some sinking fish food pellets. Keep the live rock out of the tank for 5 to 6 weeks to be sure...

Originally Posted by Gwiley Just out of curiosity, how much ammonia if any does snail/hermit crab fecal material have. Would they be more like a cow and actually cause more benifits then harm? Or am i just a overreactive nut talking about snail poop? You're just an overactive nut.....join...

Originally Posted by trigger11 Your LFS is correct. You do not want to have regular gravel in a SW tank. There are two options Crushed Coral (which kind of does look like gravel) Or Live Sand Live Sand is the preferred substrate as it requires less maintenance and also provides more of a...

Originally Posted by kevvypoop313 i bought the rock from this website, so it was precured and shipped. i got it and put it in my tank with live sand and now have skimmer, power heads, filters running, with lights on for about 2 hours per day... anything other suggestions? Also kevin If it is...

I take the long return pipe out and cover the overflow with a strainer at the bottom. One can also put eggcrate in the bottom. Then I fill the overflows with these 1 and a half inch bioballs and scrunch up some micron filter pads on top of that and they are a couple of inches from the water...

Originally Posted by 1journeyman Be sure to have 2 additional tanks set up and ready if you have to split them up... As with any "experiment", my primary concern is the ethics behind it. What does the "experiment" propose to accomplish? Will the hobby be advanced by it? Is the potential gain...

Originally Posted by efishnsea I'll be curious to see what happens , good luck !!!! Efishnsea did you know your birth year in your profile is listed as 1905? So you're 102 right? Not 102? Lesley

Just got a 190 gallon 6ft. tank and I am going to try to put three large angels in there. A Majestic 4 inch, a Goldflake 6 inch and a Scribbled 5 1/4 inch. I know a lot of people think it cannot work but a lot of people overseas in Japan do it with successfully. These are three of the more mild...

Originally Posted by HogCr8 How much water do I need to change out each day and am I better off using water from my DT and just cutting it with fresh RODI water to bring it to 1.009?????? It's a 20 gallon Xtra tall QT........... Yikes! Your display tank needs to be fishless for at least a month...

Originally Posted by browniebuck In our two tanks, we have a coral beauty, an eibli, and a keyhole (keyhole and eibli are in the same tank...friends). The keyhole and eibli are both in with soft corals and haven't bothered anything. Another rare dwarf angel that is gorgeous is the goldflake...

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A 125 weighs a lot more than a 75. Did you read your lease to see if it is allowed? 125 times 8 and a third pounds per gallon plus the weight of the sand are rock and the tank and stsnd. Might want to make sure it is supported by the max number of floor beams and is level. Good luck, Lesley

Which ever tangs you decied to get I would put them in at the same time as this tends to diffuse the agression as neither one was in there first to think the tank is all his to defend against an intruder. I would make sure that the more agressive variety is smaller than the less agressive...

Originally Posted by renogaw hehe make me one of a mandarin :) Yes, we need to hire a mandarin to be the mandarin police too.

I hate netting fish because of the problems that you had I have had many times as well. I now chase fish into a plastic bucket and also catch them out of a bucket in my hands loosely cupped around each fish and do not have any nets getting caught on my fish anymore. Lesley