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I mix the water in a water cooler on my patio. The thing I check the most is salinity. Now, I just add the water to the tank with all the fish and inverts in there, I have never taken them out during the water change. Should I do that? What is the best method for a water change? I was a...

I have noticed my fire shrimp to be EXTREMELY intolerant of water changes. The first one I had started jumping and going nuts after the water change, and then suddenly stopped and died. I have had a couple of fire shrimp in GREAT shape for over a month now, and I performed a water change...

For the stars, I used the 1/2 cup every 15 min. or so acclimation method. My orange star seems to be doing better, as it is starting to move around the tank a little bit more.

I have also had a purple tang for about 1 month now, and in the last 3-4 days I have started noticing a similar "cloudy eye". The fish is also spending a lot of time near the surface of the tank. I also have a mandarinfish with some sort of growth on the fins (looks like puffy sand growing on...

Thank for the answers. First, for the orange star. It is on a 12-gallon nano cube two started two months ago. Salinity is 1.024. Ammomia and nitrites are down to 0. There is about 8-10 lb. of live rock. pH=8.2 As for the red star that desintegrated in two days, it was in a 30-gallon tank...

I have a 2-3 inch orange linckia starfish which started fine, then it started desintegrating (2-3 tips of its arms started to "meltdown"), and now it is recuperating. I also had a small Bali red starfish that desintegrated completely in two days. How can I fix this starfish problem? Any ideas...