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wow... ok..i went to return the 2 extra clowns and llo and behold.. the lfs doest give refunds so i kept them i hesitantly added them to my display.... 8 hours later they seemm to be doing fine one pair has chosen a few rocks on the far left of tank another pair is oddly swimming with the 4...

thanks i appreciate the input.. b4 i purchased the 3 clowns i asked the guy at the lfs if i could have more than 2 clowns in a tank.. ( i told him i had a 150) he told me with a tank that size i could keep a max of about 6 as long as i buy them all at the same time and they are all juveniles...

just re arranged one of the live rock formations that the damsels love and added the 4 clowns.... so far so good... clowns are keeping to themself and damsels are keeping to themselves.....

i just ran back to the lfs and purchased another clown.. so now i have 4

almost done acclimating.. will keep u guys posted when i introduce them

thanks i have 4 blue damsels that are quite territorial with the live rock formations the clowns i dont know what they are.. got them from lfs for 14.99 a piece (they are about 1 inch long).. is it advisable to re arrange th elive rock to get rid of territories b4 i add the clowns?

I have a 150 fowlr tank is relatively new (up and running for 6 months with only 4 damsels, 5 hermits, 4 snails) i just recently purchased 3 small clowns.. will the damsels pester them? or will they be fine? i know i need to get the damsels out of there buts its difficult.

hey guys i have a 1 acre retention pond in my backyard that would be great if I could use for fishing in th epond now are only perch i have no idea how they got there..... (any ideas?) my question is do any of you know of any service (beside going thru the state)...where i can order live...

simple question.. can one mix crushed coral with live sand? rite now i have a 3.5 inch crushed coral bed but wanted to mix in some sand.. is this advisable? tank is 150 fowlr 8 small hermit crabs 1 large hermit with anenomes on its back 4 damsels

hey i purchased a large hermit crab (2.5 inch diameter) with anenomes on its back from lfs today and acclimated it (approx 2 hour drip) as per instructions the crab seemed fine during acclimation and was very active and even ate ! however once i introduced it to the tank it has been inactive for...

thanks.... now i know what to tell friends who think i have a "dirty tank"

question.. what can be the possible causes of my live rock and crushed coral all starting to have a dirty yellowish/brownish tint.. everything was fine and looking white-ish until about a week ago... is it a lighting issue causing algae or something else... nitrates are fine and phosphates are fine

thanks is there some general rule/time frame? 4 example, " remove x amount of gallons from display tank and then slowly introduce x gallons/hour" ? etc etc

hey what is the proper way to decrease salinity in my tank? i have a 150 fowlr running for 3 months. do i simply remove a few gallons from the tank and throw in some RO water? or am i to slowly or gradually introduce RO water thru the sump tank? please help

my tank is starting to get a layer of green algae on top of my crushed coral.. its getting out of control (almost a green carpet) tank is 150 gallon and i have 10 hermit crabs do i simply add more and more crabs/snails/cleaner crew creatures or do i turn off my lights for longer durations? the...

thanks a million !!! great explantion

i just watched the flash presentation on the left... my question is: 1) when acclimating how much stock aquarium water do i have drip into the styrofoam lfs water box that houses my new purchase? do i let an equal volume of my aquarium water mix with the lfs water? or do i double the volume of...

i have wet dry with skimmer i will try carbon...

recently some of my live rock formations fell over and stirred up some sand and cruched coral...this was 2 days ago.... since then my water has yet to become clear again.. what do i need to do to restore the clear look? its transparent but no longer clear like it used to be... how long do i wait?

great pix!! gave me some ideas... i will buy some more LR and play around with designs... thanx