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Is it ok to not add more snails or things to clean right now? It sounds like other people have so many snails etc..I have 2 and a serpant star. Is this ok? I don't want to kill anything Maybe I can do both clowns and a few more snails? :notsure: Will this overload the tank adding so much at...

4 months old

Ok, I am making the trip to the LFS today. I currently have 1 royal gramma, a serpent star and 2 orange Florida snails (the kind that you have to flip over UGH ) Anyways I want to add 2 percula clowns but I am wondering if I need to add more things as a clean up crew. :notsure: I lost 3...

Thanks for the help.. Guess hubby will be getting me a refractometer for Mother's Day

Do you know how I can check to see if the hydrometer is off? I know that is a stupid question...I have a friend that I may be able to borrow a refractometer from to see...Also, I acclimated my starfish the same way. He is still fine knock on wood. Is there anything I can do for him or is it too...

I floated them in the bag for about 30 minutes and then cut a slit in the bag and let them soak in the tank for about 2 hours. This is what the LFS told me to do. I know now that I should use the drip method but I have had them for around 1 month. I would think that this should have already...

I have a FOWL. I was told I didn't need the calcium test..... :notsure:

Well, last night I lost one of my camel shrimp -couldn't find him and found his "ghost" shell in the power head. I guess the starfish and other shrimp finished him off. Well, I just found my other shrimp floating around the tank dead. This is the third shrimp I have lost in about a month...

Does anyone have a favorite LFS in the Tampa Bay area? I just moved from Fort Lauderdale where there was the best LFS I have ever seen. I am finding things here to be a bit lacking

finally something right! Where do they come from? Also, one of my camel shrimp shed it's shell this morning or late last night and now looks like it is dying...Is it molting? :notsure:

I am not sure :notsure: What is that?

Ok- The last two weeks I have added three camel shrimp, 2 florida orange snails and a serpent star. Now all of a sudden I have found about 6 tiny little things on the glass inside my tank. They look almost like tiny little snails. Could my two snails have had babies? :notsure: Sorry if this...

Could it be acclimation when he was fine for a few days and then had trouble? I am a newbie obviously LOL so it seems he should have had trouble right from the start? I will definately do a search on accliamtion so I know in the future.....Thanks for all of the help!

My tank was set up late Feb. It has already cycled and has 20 lbs live rock, 40 lbs live sand, 10 lbs base rock....I acclimated them by floating in the bag in my tank for about 30 minutes and thencut a small slit in the bag and let float for 2 hours. This is what my LFS said to do. The thing is...

Well I have just had a Royal Gramma in my 55 gal FOWLR tank. This past Saturday I added a serpentine star, 2 orange Florida snails, 3 camel shrimp, and a percula clown (tank raised). Well everyone was doing just great - eating, getting along etc.. Yesterday when I fed everyone I noticed that...

UGH! So this afternoon I decided to switch from cc to sand. I did not buy live sand but the old castle play sand. I took out my 20 lbs of live rock along with my royal gramma and put them in a rubbermaid tote with my tank water, heater and powerhead. Naturally, the gramma is hiding in the...

Does anyone have any brilliant ideas on an easy and thorough way to clean new sand to put in the tank? This is not the live sand but just the plain regular kind... Thank in advance

Ok so I have an Emperor 400 and it is time to make my first filter change (at least I think it is)??. :thinking: From things that I have been reading it says to rinse something in the filter and replace the carbon. Also, I read I should do this once a month? Everyone agree? I have 2 chambers...

Thanks for all of the advice. I guess I am just being too careful :notsure: I added a gallon and it is back to the level I normally maintain...

ok- this may sound totally stupid :notsure: to most of you but here goes anyways... When I need to top off my tank because the salinity has gone up slightly how do I know how much to add to bring it back to the correct level that I try to keep it at? Is there a certain formula like 1 gallon=...