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will they school? i have one in my 55 with a sfe, small convict tang, some sort of goby and a chinese bar goby. if i get say 2 or three more would they school, or would they cause trouble? the reason i ask is that the one i have is hiding a lot and i am wondering if he would come out if he had a...

....get my new sf eel to eat? he is about 20 inches long and i have been trying to get him to take shrimp from a feeding stick but so far he is not having it. what is the best way to get them to start feeding. i have only had him a couple days so im not worried yet, but the sooner he starts...

would a snowflake eel be ok with the following fish? 2 small convict tangs ( 1 inch and 2 inches) a zebra bar goby a velvet fairy wrasse the lfs has one that is about 9 inches and another that is like 15-18 inches. i would love the bigger one, but do you think it would eat any of my fish?? im...

what kind of lighting causes brown algae to grow in the tank? does it depend on the light or is it something else that causes it. the reason i ask is that in my first tank, primarily green algae and purple coraline grew. now i have a new tank and all im getting is an orangish brown algae. is...

anyone have one? i am trying to figure out what the eat, and any special care for them. thanks

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i am so confused and frusterated right now. my tank got ich about a month ago and i did some research and decided to copper treat my tank. i put in exactly how much the bottle said. here is where i am totally confused. i have lost like 4 fish during the treatment. here is a summary of what has...

what should my copper level be at to treat ich. it is currently about .20. I am using a product called mardel coppersafe. i put the copper in about 4 days ago and my niger is getting even more ich spots since i put in the coppersafe. any ideas/suggestions or info on what my copper level should...

Ive been in this hobby for only about 6 months now. i have kept two tanks very successfully through that time period. I believe i have my first case of ich tho. my velvet fairy wrasse is starting to get small white specks on him. he doesnt have a lot, not as much as the fish in those pix...

I just bought a velvet fairy wrasse from my lfs. I love this fish!!! he eats anything i put in the tank and hes out swimming quite often. Very pretty fish. He scares easily, but other than that he is sooooo cool. why arent these guys more popular in the trade? also if anyone else has one, do...

What is a good way to get the oily film off of the surface of my aquarium water?

i have a small convict tang. it is like slightly bigger than a quarter. would i be okay adding a small snowflake eel and small niger trigger to the tank? or would they just tear him up? also have a royal gramma in there with him and some hermits.

whats the best way to get fish to accept flake food. i caught a few small convict tangs in some tidepools and while the nibble on my rocks, they arent really going after my flake food. would it help if i buy a fish that is used to eating flake food and maybe they will learn from him? any ideas...

how many cbs do you have in your 55? i have three right now and am considering adding some more. i have a spot here on oahu where i can catch them easily in some tidepools. how many do you think i could add. i know that they dont degrade water quality much. thanks

my tank has been cycling for over 2 weeks now and here are my levels ammonia 0 nitrite .5 nitrate 15 sg 1.021 temp 84 nitrite and nitrate are back on the way down from their spikes. need to get the temp down so im gonna get a couple fans to cool that down. waiting for some water to evaporate so...

hey all im waiting for my tank to finish cycling. when it finishes i want to go with an aggressive or semi aggresive tank. i have made up somewhat of a list of stuff i want to put in my tank, but im still trying to figure out my exact list. here are some of the fish i am interested in adding...

what do you think is a better buy for my new 55Gal FO tank. An AquaC Remora or a Red Sea Berlin classic. let me know why you chose what you did as well. thanks

what do you guys think of the red sea berlin skimmer. its the one that is rated for 25-250 gallons and i want to know if you think it would do a good job on a 55 FO tank. i have an opportunity to get one fairly cheap (50 bucks). thanks

OK plain and simple i want some ideas for filtration for a 55 FO tank without live rock. im looking to spend the least amount possible. so any ideas will be very much appreciated. i really want a HOB fuge but i dont think it would be big enough. so shoot away

i have an opportunity to buy the following setup for 150 bucks + 30 dollars shipping.....someone please let me know if this is as good of a deal as i think it is. - 400w HQI Single PFO Ballast - PFO parallel reflector and mogul base - 1 x 10K Coralvue bulb (1 month old) and 1 x Radium (3 months...