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Hello everyone, My ocellaris clownfish, whom I have had for going on three years, has recently developed two identical "dents" or indentations on both sides of the white stripe closest to her eyes. She has otherwise been behaving completely normal. Has anyone encountered this before who might...

Hi everyone, tomorrow I am going to move my fish tank to a friend's apartment over spring break. It's only about five minutes away, and I am going to transport my clownfish and shrimp in a 5 gallon bucket with a heater and air pump (as usual). This morning, I woke up to find that my shrimp had...

After one of my powerheads burned out about a month ago, I decided to purchase a maxi-jet 600 to replace it since I'd heard such good things about maxi-jets here at SWF. The first day I put it in, I was really impressed. It was quiet and seemed to be doing its job perfectly. The next day...

Hello everyone, I just replaced my Eclipse 3 filter with a Tunze 3165 Internal Nano Filter. The Eclipse 3 filter provided a good amount of surface agitation and I was never concerned about the gas exchange until now. The Tunze is set up so the water flows out of it (at 211 GPH) at the bottom of...

Hello everyone, One of the two powerheads in my 20g long died on me a couple days ago. My new one won't be here until early next week, so I've been moving the working one to different locations in the tank so all the spots still get a little water movement. I'm not sure if this made my female...

Hello everyone, Unfortunately, I have an Eclipse 3 hood on my tank and have long since gotten rid of the biowheel and put a bag of chemipure in its place. I also use a polyfilter in place of the overpriced carbon cartridges that go into the other filtration area. This set up seems to work well...

Hello everyone, I have a 20g long with one female ocellaris clownfish and a cleaner shrimp (both are about two years old). Two nights ago, the male clownfish passed away. I don't really want to get another clownfish to replace him. Will the female be alright without another clown around? She is...

Hello again everyone, I lost one of my ocellaris clownfish last night. If you are interested in reading more about his condition, you can find it in this thread: https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/246631/lost-sense-of-smell. Since his passing, the other clownfish has been acting oddly. She is...

Hello everyone, I have a 20g long with one female ocellaris clownfish and a cleaner shrimp (both are about two years old). Last night, the male clownfish passed away. I don't really want to get another clownfish to replace him. Will the female be alright without another clown around? She is a...

Hello everyone, I have a 20g long with two ocellaris clowns and a cleaner shrimp. I've had the tank up for about two years now. In the past couple of months, the male clown seems to be having trouble eating. He was never an aggressive eater and always shies away when he sees the female going for...

Hello everyone, I've had a pair of Ocellaris clownfish for going on two years now. They've always been healthy and have eaten well. In the past 2-3 days, the male hasn't been eating nearly as much. When I feed them, both of them go to the top of the tank and the female usually gets the majority...

Hello everyone, I had a bottle of AmQuel+ in one of my fish tank stand's drawers, and unfortunately a small amount leaked out and has seeped into the wood. This was quite some time ago, but that drawer still smells like it (if any of you have ever smelled this stuff, you'll know how unpleasant...

Hello everyone, I am wanting to get a protein skimmer to hopefully help take care of my algae problem. My tank is a 20g long with about 20lbs. of LR, two clownfish, and two cleaner shrimp. I've been researching skimmers and am having a hard time choosing which one would be best for me. I don't...

Hello everyone, I've had my 20g long tank running for approaching two years now, and ever since its beginning, I've had algae problems. Since then, I have tried almost everything to get rid of it but nothing seems to fix the problem. I use RO/DI water, IO salt, use two powerheads, do not...

Hello everyone, As you might've already guessed, I just recently painted the back of my tank. I used flat black latex paint and rolled it on with a foam roller. While I taped off all the edges, a little bit of paint managed to seep inbetween the frame and the glass (oops). Other than being a...

Hello everyone, I am moving soon and, of course, my tank is coming with me. The tank is a 20g long and the city I'm moving to is about 2.5 hours away. I have two clownfish, two cleaner shrimp, 20 lbs of LR, and a little over an inch's worth of LS. What I had in mind for transporting it was this...

Hello again, I've decided that I'd like to paint the background of my new 20g long glass tank. I've read through numerous threads about doing that, but I have one question that I couldn't find the answer to. After I'm done painting, do I have to clean the tank out at all? Spray painting the...

Hello everyone, I have a 29g tank that I'm transferring over into a 20g long tank. The sandbed I have is by no means a DSB, but it's about an inch deep. I've heard stories about people disturbing their sandbeds and causing an ammonia spike, among other things. By moving the sand from the 29g to...

Hello everyone, For those of you who have been following my other thread (https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/224218/buying-an-acrylic-tank), I just bought the only 20g long tank from the local fish store. It's made by All-Glass so I assume the quality of it's pretty decent. I've noticed though...

Hello everyone, I've had my two Ocellaris clownfish for about a year and a half. They reside in a 29g with two cleaner shrimp. When I first got them, they were very active and would play in the current caused by the powerheads and would seem to utilize just about every inch of the tank. Now...