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Quote: Originally Posted by Flower Hi, Mysis shrimp is frozen food as well, and found in the same place at the pet store. It's just more nutritious then brine shrimp for your finned buddies. The pollution I'm talking about are phosphates, (think of it as an invisible killer, it feeds algae...

Quote: Originally Posted by jay0705 No u seem to seem to do it rt. Your nitrate and nitrite are all low or zero rt? Yep never had a bad test yet.......all 0

Quote: Originally Posted by silverado61 I might just boil down to the simple fact that the crab was in the process of dying when you got it. That it was nothing that you or the fish did to it. You seem to have done everything right in the short time you had it. Just bad timing is all...

Quote: Originally Posted by jay0705 Its acclamation and water quality. There more sensitive to certain things than fish. Emerald crabs I have 50/50 success lol so u can try just acclimate slowly Thank you for the advice, I have always viewed anything I added to my tank as a creature who has...

Quote: Originally Posted by jay0705 A good cuc is never a bad idea. Hermits, shrimp, snails. All help keep a balanced tank Like I mentioned before, my hermits are a stable reliable source, but my shrimp and sally light foot crab appeared to get eaten when I got my angel fish.....

Quote: Originally Posted by Flower Hi, Your rocks should not be so unstable that the fish can topple them...you can't build on shifting sand, the rocks need to be on the very bottom of the tank. A rock slide could crush the critters or break the tank. The fish sifts all the time, if it ever...

Quote: Originally Posted by jay0705 Lol yes dead rock will become live. I buy dead rock as my base. Place live on it and over time it all is alive. Weight its more the stand then the tank. If the stand supports the tank evenly and is sturdy, load that sucker up. Ah, you tempt me to destroy my...

Quote: Originally Posted by jay0705 The biggest help in sw is good live rock. Its amazing what the stuff does. I buy a new piece or 2 every other month or so just bc of the good stuff on it. Iam far from an expert, I prob have too many fish in my tank, I also prob over feed. But my tests and...

Quote: Originally Posted by jay0705 Mine eats daily when I feed, but . Still sifts. So the sifting is normal. Get a few more hermits they will help w extra food Oh I think I'm going to wait on the hermits.....I have renamed my Goby "Sifty" as he is literally crashing all the caves I had built...

Quote: Originally Posted by jay0705 Light foot is a bit large to be killed and eating. I would guess it died and then was scavenged. Crabs are weird. I have hit or miss success w emeralds I was surprised it died so quickly since nothing was bothering it and my water is good......do you think...

Quote: Originally Posted by jay0705 I had the same issue. Honestly idk what it was. There was something in a piece of my base rock. Bc I took it out let it dry for a week put it back and nothing has touched my shrimp since What do u mean by "something in a piece of your base rock?" I do have...

Quote: Originally Posted by jay0705 If hes eating flake your fine. I have a golden sleeper goby that are sup to be hard to keep alive. He eats anything frozen I put in my tank. The over sifting is they dont care where they scatter it. On your rock, coral, ect thats the issue people have w um...

Quote: Originally Posted by jay0705 Honestly I agree w flower. Salt isnt that hard compared to fresh. Research your fish and start w hardy easy to maintain ones. Clowns, dotty backs, fire fish, certain gobys, blennys. Ive done both and I think salt is easier. You can keep critters in your tank...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jordan S thanks I will consider that too. I haven't really started researching salt water fish that much since I don't plan on getting them till next year sometime. I know that you cant just go to store and come home with 20 fish like you can with a fresh water tank...

Quote: Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 SeverelySalty, Back in the day, that's all people ever did - was to grow coralline all over the back glass and even on the sides. It was considered a challenge and people loved to show it off. Now days, people say that it looks trashy and does...

Curious to hear yours and other opinions here.....I have my tank placed in an area that makes it very hard to clean the back side of it, and the live rock also presses up against the back making magnets or even hand scraping difficult without moving the rocks and freaking out all of my fish. I...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jordan S ya the people at the store are pretty smart when comes to fish. they got more fish in there own fish tank at home then there store sells. but ill also look online what fish are good together. I have to say I do rely on the people at my fish store too, I know...

I would highly recommend (as someone who is about 2 years into this process also), that you master the salt water fish keeping before trying corals. Firstly you need an entirely different lighting set up than what comes standard with normal tanks that is about $400 so unless you purchased that...

I have been reading a lot of posts on here about this type of Goby being bad for my ecosystem due to over-sifting the sand, how they are hard to keep alive because of feeding and just wanted some advice for anyone who's had one or knows more about the species. My tank is 55 gallon, has been up...

I have a 55 gallon tank I have been slowly building up for the past 18 months. It is currently stable in the sense that the water tests are always good, the two fish (Coral Beauty Angel & Tomato Clown) I put in there 14 months ago are alive and healthy, and the two scissor tail Gobies I added...