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Nice Tank! You must be so excited!! I am giving myself a year to learn and prepare and then I am going to build a reef tank too!! I can't wait!!

Being still wet behind the ears (so to speak) and have made some mistakes...did not buy fish in the right order, too many fish - the usual stuff I guess. Anyway, damsels cycled with me and my first fish was a yellow tang (because my LFS took a month to get my clowns), then 2 weeks later a Racoon...

Sting_ray - would it help if you lowered the resolution of your camera?? Mine goes down to 640 x 480, not great for printing, but great for internet pics. Just a thought...

good question goldrush - wouldn't the water stagnate too?? Grow algae, etc??

Frink - after yours and others posts, I took the damsels out yesterday afternoon. I also too out the Racoon Butterfly last night and left only the Sweetlips, tang and 2 clowns - they all get along nicely. The Racoon was fine until the clowns and sweetlips (they had been in my Q tank until...

Frink - after yours and others posts, I took the damsels out yesterday afternoon. I also too out the Racoon Butterfly last night and left only the Sweetlips, tang and 2 clowns - they all get along nicely. The Racoon was fine until the clowns and sweetlips (they had been in my Q tank until...

Hi Liz - I had to ask too! It is a film at the top of the water. I can see it best when looking up though my tank so I can see the light reflecting on the surface. Apparently it is undisolved food particles and can prevent a good oxygen transfer into the water and eventually breaks down into...

WOW! Thanks so much. That was SO helpful!! Seems like I should keep the mix tank, maybe replace the airstone with a PH. I do have one last question.... is there any reason to discard unused water after a week? Can it go bad??

I continue my attempts at wading through wildly conflicting and confusing advise. One of todays wangers was regarding the curing of my water. In the beginning I mixed, warmed, etc. and added water to my tank 20% changes every 2 weeks. Then I was told 'heaven forbid' you add freshly mixed...

ok - my LFS never mentioned that this kit would not test for everything. I will go get the other kit.

737 - This is the same experience I just had with my new clown fish. I am thinking at this moment it was my acclimation proceedure. It was too long and I left the tank lights on and it stressed the fish.

Yes, because the bad bacteria would build up in the Fluval and then get flushed into the tank.

Bang Guy - You may have hit the nail on the head! I was told by my little LFS to acclimate over a 2-3 hour period. 1 hour floating and then 1/2 cup tank water every 1/2 hour for the next 2 hours. Today we drove 4 hours RT to our huge not-so-local fish store and I told one of the managers my...

I brought home 2 tank bread Ocerellis (sp?) Clown Fish last weekend from a big fish store 2 hours away. I put them in my main tank (I know! won't do it again, but the FS assured me 'their' fish were ok!!) One died immediately. I acclimated them for 3 hours, however I could tell he was...

I have had my tank a short time too. I also cycled with Damsels and they did ok until the end. (Took 8 weeks, by the way as I did water changes and vacummed too!) I would cycle with Damsels again, but did not know any better at the time! Anyway, one of my damsels started getting weak at the...

Boy, this is a great question. I just bought a Tetratest Laborett (?) and since I am so new, I have no idea if this is normal or not, but it has all these little tiny bottles and wants tons of drops to test each vial. Seems like for $25 bucks it will not last long. Then it tries to be a...

Hi - I have been told (by everyone here) to yank my UGF so I went to a big aquarium store to get better filtration. They sold me a Fluval 304. I thought this was ok because I see it mentioned her a lot. Anywan, my LFS guy who has been holding my hand through the whole newbie experience says...

Thanks everyone! I thought everyone would say that I needed one immediately and then confuse me even more!! My LFS has suggested to feed less and see if the protein build up goes away. It seems to have helped. My big problem is my tank is a see through and I am trying to avoid too much stull...

Hi - I have tried to buy a skimmer twice at two LFSs. Both times I have been told that it was not necessary as long as I was doing regular water changes, however I also read that my butterfly or was it my Tang really needs one. I am worried as I can see protein on the top of the water and I...

Well, I decided to take him back :( Feel like I am giving up a child or something. He is SOOOO pretty, but the last thing I want is to kill him because I can not feed him properly, or they just don't really live well in tanks. I have to say my first trip to what is supposed to be a REAL...