I was not expecting to read this this morning, or any morning for that matter.
Just know that you can breathe now, because he is no longer in pain, but in a better place.
My sincerest condolences,
Mike
i didnt know you had corals, so it probably wont be PO4 because they seem to be ok , for the most part. but when things are not doing well and you dont know what it is, always start with testing for everything you can.
nevermind, i just checked and there is nothing on this site called exquisite wrasse. i went through all of the wrasse pics incase they named it something else. i cant believe they dont stock / sell the exquisite wrasse, it is so common in the trade! ....
i have once received candycane coral (caulastra) from someone. it was supposed to be all mint green. and it was. but then i switched over from weak VHO lighting to a powerful new T-5 Rig, and the outer rings quickly colored up to a nice deep red as expected with normal candy canes.
before...
well , live rock usually naturally creates lots of great caves, but usually for the BREs require special caves just for them, which is why people have tried burying PVC. just trying to help, i dont know much about eels.
it might be a sponge, but i am thinking it is most likely porites. this is not even a particularly pretty type of coral, i would just leave the snail be, and then when he dies see if you can find the shell. most of my dead snail shells pile up in the front sand.
one basslet is ok. i had a blackcap and really liked it. basslets can try to be a bully, but they just open there mouth like they are a tough guy, when someone enters their personal space, they dont really chase and nip.
wpg is an old school of thought for lighting. Wattage is really a rough measure of water penetration. it is really about Lumens and PAR, but for without getting into that, it's really about the type of lighting. PC's are bare minimum for softies and LPS. monti is the least light demanding...
no it is not that the goldfish is not nutritious, it is because freshwater have certain amount of a material, i think mercury , or some other metal, that will build up in the SW fish's liver and kill it over time.