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Normally I feed the fish flake food. I think I'm going to try some frozen shrimp today and see if he will go after that because he doesn't seem interested in the flakes. I tried putting him in a small holding tank to isolate him from the others so that I could leave him some food the other fish...

I couldn't get a very good picture because he wouldn't hold still (the glass distorted my picture some too)... it's a good sign that he's moving around so much at least, even though he doesn't appear to be eating still and still has a wide open mouth.

It's whatever you want to call the saltwater stuff. Sand, gravel, it's all the same idea. I can try and post a picture later but I'm at work now. His mouth's just open, there isn't really much else to it.

He seems to be breathing normally. I have small gravel on the bottom of the tank and then large live rock pieces.

I have two clown fish which I've had for a few years, a wrasse, and a few damsels. I also have a pencil urchin, bubble anemone, snails, and hermit crabs. Starting yesterday, the larger of my two clownfish cannot seem to close his mouth and he just swims near the top of the tank, looking up as if...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Limpid Bulbs light spectrum degrades as soon as they are lit. Only after the 6 months to a year (depending on bulb) for T5's will they degrade enough to cause problem for corals and cymo growth. It is good to have the bulbs on different change out schedule so...

Thanks for the thoughts everyone. I'd certainly like to figure out the cause of this so that it goes away for good. I've been pretty diligent at times about cleaning it up but it never stays away. I unfortunately discovered today that my testing kit doesn't include a phosphates test but I did...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Limpid You need to test your nitrates and phosphates and post results. How old are your bulbs. What foods do you feed and how often and how much? What fish do you have in your tank? I'll run some tests soon and post the results. The bulbs are both under 1 year...

I'm having a problem with red algae (cynobacteria I think) in my tank that I just cannot seem to resolve. I have a 75 gallon tank. I thought perhaps that the issue was water flow so I added a second power head but I still am getting this growing all over the tank. If I leave the lights off for a...