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I cleaned up my 20 gallon long tank and have the fish in there now... salinity is at 1.022. I will be moving it lower a little bit till I get to 1.009.. 6 weeks of this.....sucks...

something else I just thought about.... Yesterday was the first time I fed the fish "Rod's Fish Food". It's a frozen food... Dont know if that could have anything to do with it, but thought I'd give any info that I could think of..

As a side note, one clown is sitting on the sand some....but he will then swim around some as well..

That's very interesting... I saw a couple spots last night, but just a few. before then none at all. This picture is from Thursday...(man I'm glad I decided to take some pics) Originally Posted by SrgVigil Did you just first notice them this morning? Because if so then it would not make sense...

so it's time to get all the fish out and treat them all correct? Originally Posted by pbnj Yes, that's ich. The parasites drop-off the fish during their lifecycle only to hatch on the substrate into even more parasites. They usually re-attach at night when the fish is sleeping near the sand.

This morning both clowns seemed to have white specks on them. One (seen in the pictures below) seemed to have more than the other. I had an appointment and I just got back and they seem to be gone. In this tank I have 1 fire fish, 1 mimic yellow tang, 2 chromis and the two clowns (false...

I may have to put a video on youtube see what everyone thinks.. hard to tell..

My fish seem to be just hanging out in the corners and they look lke they are getting blown around sometimes.. i have three Koralia 3's.... is that too much in a 90g? Right now i just have the fish, shrimp, snails, hermits, mushrooms and zoas...

Amazing. Went out this morning and god some seaweed and a clip...popped them in there... we wasnt real sure at first and hid behind the rocks.. then slowly appraoched it and started chowing down. He is swimming all over the tank now...

i know, he kinda makes me nervous watching him Originally Posted by meowzer I don't really know anything about that, but it kinda looks nervous

see for yourself.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox8i5v3P8HA

Tank is a little over a month old... 90 gallons.... I have tried ORAGLO pellets and flakes... I have a 55 gallon sump with a protein skimmer(Kent Marine Nautilus TE - working like a charm), 25 pounds of live rock, 70 pounds of base rock... also have a little firefish in there that is...

by the way..... i tested my water.... 1.024 salinity ph is good ammonia and nitrite are zero nitrate is 5 79 temp

I bought this yellow tang on Wednesday evening. I acclimated him using the drip method like I have always done with my fish... He looks great, his color is very vibrant, except his lips look a little whittish, but not alot. He has not eaten anything yet.... plus he is keeps swimming up and down...

seriously, get a tank with built in overflows.....its so much easier and cleaner!! it's a must! I would suggest looking for used equipment as well MOD EDIT plz dont offer websites other than this one Originally Posted by renogaw RR means reef ready, it has builtin overflow/returns. if you...

Welcome to the hobby! You have picked a great place to learn. I have had about two years of saltwater experience and I am still asking questions and learning something new almost everytime I log into this board. Here is some good advice.. Read the below threads and read them slowly. There is so...

Id add some more snails....maybe some nars or margaritas to mix it up...plus they are good cleaners...

I think it will be ok. The firefish found a little cave that he likes. He went there when I first put him in the tank and when the lights went out. Lights came on this morning and he was out and swimming all over the place. I dropped a couple ORA glow pellets in this morning and he ate them...

updated full tank pic...

I did a 25% water change today.... after the change here are my test results... Ammonia 0 ppm nitrite 0 ppm nitrates 5 ppm I decided it was time to take a trip the the fish store! I bought.. 15 blue hermits 2 scarlet hermits 20 Nassarius snails 10 Margarita snails 5 turbo snails 2 xl turbos 1...