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Anybody have experience introducing a fairy wrasse into a tank w/ an established hogfish? A 125 FOWLR.

Got a RO unit for Christmas. Just hooked it up. In approximately 3 hours, it has discharged 9 gallons of discard water as opposed to 1 gallon of RO water. Is this normal? I am running the unit off of my water line before it goes into my water softener. Would it be better to run the unit after...

Any experience with a gold rim tang? Curious because my lfs has two beautiful ones. I'm not buying (even though I'd like to have one) just curious. Several sites list them as "easy" to care for, yet I've always heard that they are fragile and hard to care for.??

I've had a yellow tang in qt for about 3 weeks due to popeye. His eye is back to normal and he is swimming - though rather unenthusiastically. He will not eat though. He may be pecking at a algae sheet, but wont touch any prepared foods - even with garlic. Don't know what to do.

I've got a yellow tang with popeye (stupid powerheads - microbubbles). The tang has had it for about two weeks. He's been in quarantine for about a week. The eye has gone down considerably since putting him in qt, but not entirely and the eye is still red. The fish has difficulty seeing out of...

I have a shrimp goby that keeps a cleaner shrimp as a roommate/cave mate. My other cleaners all hang out in their own cave. When the goby comes out to feed, sometimes the cleaner rides out on his back and sits there cleaning the goby. I've had other cleaner shrimp clean the other fish, but the...

Is there another tang that would do well with an established yellow tang? Tank is a 125 FOWLR.

Last two weeks my powerheads have been spitting a million micro bubbles. I've taken them apart and cleaned them, changed flow rate, all without fixing them. While all of this has been going on, my largest yellow tang has been hiding in a cave, refusing to come out or eat. I ordered new...

After two weeks of trying to stop my powerheads from spitting millions of micro bubbles, I concede defeat. I'm going to buy new ones. How many GPH turnover is recommended for a 125 FOWLR?

Okay, I have been fighting with my tank for two weeks now and am losing my mind. Naturally I have my weekly water change to reduce my nitrates from 20 to 10. Now I have got both of my powerheads spitting out a flat million micro bubbles - for two weeks. I have taken them apart, cleaned them and...

Will hawkfish (longnose or flame) eat cleaner shrimp and hermits? All the websites say "monitor with". Don't want to introduce a fish that will graze on my clean-up crew.

I've had a Spanish hogfish for over a year in a 125 FOWLR. Would a blackcap basslet be compatible with the hogfish?

Added a heniochus butterfly a short while back to my tank (180g FOWLR). Fish is great, eats well, gets along well w/ everyone else (2 Yellow tangs, 3 chromis, 2 percs, 1 wrasse, 1 flame angel). Was told that I should have added a couple more heniochus w/ the first, because they like to school...

Have a 125g, FOLR containing the following fish: 2 yellow tangs 3 green chromis 2 percs 1 wrasse (Spanish hogfish) 1 flame angel plus inverts What else could I add to the tank w/out upsetting the balance? Have had no addittions to the tank in nearly 6 months and all of the above parties are BFFs...

My son is bugging me to get a new fish. Have a 125g FOLR tank w/ following fish: 2 yellow tangs 3 green chromis 2 percs 1 flame angel 1 wrasse (spanish hogfish) Nothing has been added in last 5 or 6 months. Is my tank full and if not what else could I add?

So, I broke down and bought a refractometer. Been using 2 hydrometers (figured at least one would be accurate). Found my sg to be 1.28 instead of 1.25. I guess an RO unit is next - per you guys advice. There should be warning labels on saltwater aquariums advising you that once you start in the...

Would a 1/2 degree drop in temp each night be harmful to the fish?

Lost my raccoon butterfly a few days ago and can not figure out why. I watched him for a month at the LFS, they let me feed him, he was kept seperate from other fish in a section usually reserved for corals. In other words - a sure thing. In my DT, at first he had a hard time with yellow tangs...

Got a Raccoon Butterfly - first day in DT and my yellow tangs are "flashing" at him and spurring him w/ their tailspikes. Turned off the lights and calmed everyone down. My last Butterfly (yellow longnose) was beat to death by the tangs, so I thought since the Raccoon wasn't yellow, he would be...

I was told recently that having more than 2 cleaner shrimp in a tank is risky. Is this accurate and why? I have a cleaner shrimp and a coral banded shrimp that I have had for 8 months or so. The CBS is huge (he's molted at least three times since I've had him) and I know that I'll need to remove...