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You seem a little confused about the cycle. A damselfish doesn't help the cycle other than adding some of its feces to the system to get it started. The only reason people used them instead of other fish was because they were hardy enough to withstand the poison in the tank. We've amped up the...

If you are going to add more LR I would do it sooner rather than later, but it will add time onto your cycle. But if you really are at the end of your cycle you could get your first fish set up in a QT tank so it will be ready when your tank is ready. But I wouldn't add a maroon clown as your...

Heres what I have in mine. 2 ocellaris clowns 1 sixline wrasse 1 snowflake eel 1 coral beauty Coral beauties are beautiful (obviously!) but they need to be added after the tank is at least 6 months old. Sixline wrasses are fun and relatively small. Ocellaris clowns are hardy and fairlly...

This just a thought, but a fan might help... pointed toward the light or the top of the water.

i have the same puffer in my qt, no idea on name but he will only eat brine for me, does your get a blackish color underneath everyonce in a while You should make an effort to get him to eat something else, he'll eventually starve on brine shrimp. Also, puffers need some shelled food in their...

For future reference, cycling your tank with damsels is an old fashioned practiced that is currently considered cruel and unnecessary. If you have live rock (which you should) then you don't need to add live animals to cycle your tank. As far as a cleaning crew goes, it depends on what size tank...

I don't have a sump in my 55. From what I understand, a sump becomes more important the bigger your tank is and a 55 is pretty small. Essentially the way to get bright coralline is to pick out bright coralline. From what I hear, saltwaterfish.com LR is really beautiful.

I'm still waiting to hear some sources (books, articles, documentaries etc) from those who think we can't affect our climate. So far I haven't read anything legit, that doesn't mean it's not out there, I just haven't read it. If you want me (a professed tree hugger) to shut up about human...

Junior prom was okay...not the actual prom but before and after. Senior prom was horrible. The food sucked. The dancing sucked. The pictures sucked. Everything sucked ...but I'm glad to hear yours went well. They are so paranoid now in alaska, that they purposely play bad music so no one will...

I'd like to hear from the people out there that deny that global warming exists and that it is human induced. Specifically I'd like to know what sources convinced you so that I can look into them myself. Also, what sources that back the existence of global warming have you read and found to be...

I think it is very selfish for humans to think that they are the ones who control what happens. I feel so alone in the world right now...Yes most humans are innately selfish. That doesn't mean that we can't alter our world. There are so many people on this earth right now that whether we are...

So you would rather pay 30-50 dollars every time you do a water change than set up a garbage can to fill up water in the garage or out back (unless you're like me and live in an appartment)? Seems like a huge hassle to me and a huge expense when most RO/DI units would only cost about the price...

That is an amazingly beautiful fish!!!

I feed my fishes randomly. Sometimes twice a day, sometimes once. I feed them at random times (generally afternoon and/or night) but there's no method to my....madness. I was just wondering do other people feed their fishes on a set schedule? Is there a benefit to doing this? I figure, in the...

Thanks all! I'll check some of them out.

My guess (note the uncertainty) would be that they don't eat all of the bacteria, just some, so they leave plenty to provide natural filtering for the tank...

i'd be a bit wary of what it claims it will produce though. I can't remember if my unit is supposed to produce 50 or 75 gpd, but in 12 hours it generally won't even fill up a 5 gallon bucket, so I don't know what to think about that...

I voted 6ft because then you can keep tangs...

I could afford a larger tank but do not want to have to carry more than 6 five gallon saltwater buckets from my fish store for water changes and the next larger tank sizes would me 8 buckets for water changes If you are getting that large of a tank I would suggest spending the extra money on a...