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If I read that right thats not even a total of 80watts..total?!! Tank is very young, hasnt matured yet. You might want to take him back so he can get some light or upgrade your lighting or he will surely die.

You will definately need to get your nitrate and ammonia as close to zero as possible and you may also need better lighting (5 watts per gal) and maybe some more filtration (at least a 10x turnover). I'm not familiar with the additive that your putting in your tank but I would think twice before...

Great pics JCarter! I have the exact same lighting set up only its on a 55, VERY COOL!

Yea- unless your chicken wire is stainless steel I wouldnt use it. Its too flimsy also.

Hi Jzuse, First of all it dosent look very healthy. A few questions for you: 1. How long have you had it? 2. What kind of lighting and filtration do you have? 3. How often do you do water changes? 4. What are your calcium and alk levels? 5. What do you mean by stimulating it? Answers to these...

I have never heard of anyones tank doing worse after adding a UV. I use a turbo twist on the discharge of my fluval 304. I have a 55gal RT and have not seen any ill effects since adding it. If anything I have seen an improvement in algae reduction and the general well being of all tank...

I dont know if it is "normal" or not, but my RBTA's were getting deformed (kinked) tentacles before I started to feed them. I now feed once a week and sometimes once every other week. They no longer have any deformed tentacles. I dont know for sure if this is feeding related. My water quality...

Good plan! good luck and keep us posted.

Are you using RO water? add some Mexican Turbo snails, they love algae and yes a Yellow Tang will browse all day long. GOOD LUCK! -sawsman

Sounds good. Everythings been doing so well lately I just figured the filter food was part of the reason why. I will keep it at a minimum though...I'm crazy when it comes to water quality! drive my co-workers nuts probably. I work with all types of water at my job. Thanks again.

Thanks murph145, I've been feeding one tsp of kent phytoplex once a week (like to keep this stuff at a minimum). I'll probably continue this as I also keep some shrooms. appreciate your advice. -sawsman

cleanup crew in my 55 gal. 4 Astrea snails 6 Turbo snails 4 Blueleg hermits 3 Scarlet hermits 3 Zebra hermits 1 Skunk cleaner shrimp They have all been in the tank for a year- havent lost any and all is well.

I did a search for info on a green finger leather coral. I found there to be conflicting answers about feeding them, some say yes and some no. I have recently been told to not feed my green star polyps and now am wondering about the finger leather. so my question is... do you feed a green...

I guess I'll stop trying to feed them then, they're just doing so well I figured it was helping. Thanks for the info ViPer!

my green stars will close/retract once about every two weeks or so but they wont stay closed for longer than eight hours. I spot feed mine phytoplankton once a week and then zooplankton once a week. they have doubled in size in about five months. I do have MH lighting on a 55 gal and the polyps...

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I havent heard that angels are hard to keep. I've had my Coral Beauty for ten months and its doing great! I also have a Royal Grama and he's doing excellent also. A small shoal of green chromis would be neat, I like they way they swim together. any of these fish are great choices in my opinion.

You probably should not get another tang. one tang for that size of a tank is plenty and some will say you need at least a 75 gal. I would go with an angel fish- Coral Beauty or a Flame Angel as they both are "hardy" IMO and they both are colorful. -sawsman

Aquarium Systems Sea Test kits manufacturer of Instant Ocean. Thier Cal kit is a titration test kit but I'm not sure of the other kits.

agreed