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How did you acclimate the fish? Do you have enough surface disturbance to add oxygen to the tank? My clowns like to sleep on the bottom on their sides when the lights are out. Maybe your clown is just getting used to the new tank. Is he breathing hard?

Alot of that depends on your lighting, water temp and ambient humidity. How much do you top off and how often? 1g of water = 3785ccm if that helps any.

Yeah it sounds fine. I think gring was just making sure that you weren't just going to add salt to the already freshwater that is in the tank. I had to reread his post a few times and finally understood where he was coming from. (Not that it was poorly written) Just make sure that you clean...

you can use either. LFS cured is preferred because there won't be as much die-off but most shipped LR will have more hitchhikers which may not live through a cycle.

I have them as well and I believe that they are a form of pods. I will try and get a pic tonight if I can.

The cocktail shrimp method is another method that you could use. Just go to the seafood counter at any grocery store and pick up a few shrimp. Toss them in the tank and let the bacteria do it's work. I cycled my tank this way in about 1-1.5 weeks. No Damsels to fish out and no stressed fish.

Lower temps means the water will hold oxygen better. Mine stays between 78-81

Those of you that have had the blue-legged hermits, do you have extra shells so that they have shells to grow into? I have 2 BLH's in my 20g and they have never went for the snails. I also have 5-6 extra shells in there for them to grow into and they have been using them instead of killing the...

First off you need to get a full test kit. Ones that test ammonia, nitrite, nitrate & ph. Here are my list of questions. 1. Are you acclimating the fish before you put them in? By this I mean do you float the bag for 15 minutes and then add small amounts of water to the bag over about an hour...

I would start with new sand. Preferably some southdown and then seed it with the top 1/2"-3/4" from your other tank. Disturbing a dsb could cause some issues.

How long have you had the SW tank setup and how deep is your sandbed?

Glad to hear

How old is the kit? I have the same one and haven't had any issues...given that my tank has only be up for about 5 weeks

My 20g took the 30" Satellite hood made by Current (same brand as the Orbit). I would go with the Orbit if you are choosing between those 2.

I don't know much about T5's but I would look at getting some more lights. I could be wrong, like I said I don't know much about T5's...

I just got the Satellite's, same setup Dual 65w but slightly different designed hood. I started off with some yellow polyps and ricordias last week and they are doing good. This was for a 20g long. Great minds think alike...lol

I recently picked up a 30" PC (Current USA - Satellite) 130watt hood for $120 + shipping for my 20g. If you are wanting a reef tank, PC lighting would be your best bet while being on a budget. If you go PC I would follow the watts/gallon rule and stick to around 4-6 watts per gallon, so you...

Sorry didn't realize the $45 was rock and shipping costs together. I thought you meant $3/lb + $45 for shipping which would bring the total to $90...my bad

My diamond goby is a pig as well. He will eat just about anything that he sees (mysis, brine, flakes, spectrum pellets & pretty much anything else he finds)

Ricorida...