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Originally Posted by New2Salt1 WHat kind of lighting? DO you plan on coral? If you are going to add coral, I wouldn't add too much more live rock, especially if you are buying frags attached to rock. Maybe just a few, small, strategically-placed pieces of rock to create a good foundation. You...

if you don't have a fuge some people put it in canister filters. works good for m e

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Originally Posted by 1journeyman Run carbon and do water changes. Test for ammonia. Sadly this is why prefilters MUST be on all powerheads that anemones can encounter. + Very true

Originally Posted by first timer the night before i caught him sneaking up on the mushrooms. last night he got one. he wont come 2 food, & he is in a crack the second my hand hits the tank. if i don't get him soon i will be out alot of money. maybe i'll stab him with a meat fork like a harpoon...

also a good idea is to run two heaters so if one kicks out you have some backup till you get new one ! just a thought

it looks like cyano to me

you need more water movement (more PH S). More water change with RO water and things should clear up

ok good news and bad news good news the damsel is gone, bad news he died. I had to take out all my rock work and even then he stayed some hole he found so i took the rock out and shook him out....dead. I only did this because i got a pygmy angle today and he started beating the poop outta him...

yehhh trigger it is

Originally Posted by sac10918 Yes, I would like to keep corals... Do you think if i remove my airstone that the rotator pump will be enough to keep the air oxgenated? ooh ya and ditch the air stone

IMO no way if you want to keep a successful reef you will need better flow. Get some powerheads

what can i put in with them

Originally Posted by m0nk Yeah, it's going to be risky with any new inhabitants when you already have a damsel in there. The damsel is going to be very territorial and aggressive. This isn't so bad if you get a large clown that's already semi-aggressive or aggressive on it's own, like a...

Do you plan on keeping coral?

Originally Posted by PerfectDark You can, some are more aggressive than others and its recomended to add the damsel last as they tend to be the more aggressive ones. you see my problem is the mistake i made by putting him in first and now cant catch the bugger so i have decided ill just let...

Probably a dumb question but can i keep a clown with my damsel? (i thought clowns damsels anyways )

Originally Posted by Debbie Hey don't go and do the fake thing just yet. They do like hairy mushrooms and normal mushrooms to host in. Another great coral is the toadstool leathers. All these and mushrooms don't require the type of light that an anemone would. Another thing to remember is that...

Originally Posted by PerfectDark Oceanic has an air stone driven protein skimmer used for their cube tanks but also it can be used inside any small tank with the supplied suction cups.. its only $35.00. I dont know if thats too much for ya but IMO $20 for materials and then the time to make it...

so should i be scrubbing them off the glass, also when can i add my clean up crew