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Originally Posted by mie I disagree 100%, The water column is basically a sewer in a closed loop system, i.e the home aquarium. It is crucial that routine water changes are done. true but the sump is the water treatment plant

patience is a virtue in this hobby be patient get your new tank set up, let it cycle then start moving the sand/live rock ect. into the new tank but only then, once you are done fiddling with it, should you move the fish into their new (roomier) home. (DON'T FORGET TO ACCLIMATE)

I've never had much luck with Coral banded shrimp and smaller ornamental shrimp together, but whatever works for you? in my experience arrow crabs and CB shrimp(1 of each or 1 mated pair of each) do best together in their own aggressive-invertebrates tank, yes there is such a thing for both are...

HAHAHA!!! this is a dangerous thread to post on this website, it will get very long, very fast, nevertheless onward and upward! I have a Reef tank not for the fish, but for the invertebrates, crustaceans, and mollusks in particular! I am partial to shrimp.

PS: buy the 100 extra shell package it will solve the snail-icide problem

hermit crabs are fine as long as they are under .5 in. long or big or whatever they will be fine (and provide entertaining wrestling matches) the really big ones are ornery,cause trouble, and are best left at the LFS buy the assorted variety, they are odd balls, but cause no trouble and buy...

replace your bio-balls/rings/ect. with live-rock-rubble, it's much-more better or somthing or other (don't throw away the balls wash them, not with soap, and keep them, for they will come in handy when starting a new tank)

that wax tidbit is interesting but do put the creep back in your tank (in your sump so it wont land on anything) because the salt creep isn't just salt, it has calcium and other trace elements in it, the likes of which is beneficial to your tank and maintaining the mineral equalibrium<spelling?.

Cool

I dont know, but that would be cool :jumping: , my camelbacks had little babie shrimps-es once, but my spotted dragonette took them for pods and ate them all the more luck to you

if you just bought a MH light your tank will be Algea-crazy four at least a month

if the gsp's were moved then it wasn't the anemone anemones can't move stuff they can only kill it

they're pods, they're good :)

sorry, if you will read the archives you will be enlightened everybody makes mistakes

the temperature has little or nothing to do with it. your problem is your piss poor method of aclimation, which in it's self isn't even close to being acceptable!!!!!!! read the aclimation thread in the archives!

baking soda will keep the Ph up put in about 1 tbsp per day untill you get a good read-out and as for the skimmer, I don't care, what other people say, you are infinitely better off with a skimmer (even a cheap one is better than nothing) ...........but not the Fission nano-skimmer those...

Payton's right inverts are carriers

put the "creep" back into the tank because it consists of a select few minerals in your "sea salt mix" and by putting it back into your tank you are mantaining a concentration of nutrients, beneficial to your coral/inverts/assorted critters/etc...

I would go even bigger! 55 min. for an upgrade

yup, (they're damm good at it too)