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I have stuff growing on my snails. I have had feather dusters start on them before but I can't identify this. Three of my turbo snails have this and it looks like rice but tiny. I would love any insight on this and weather it is normal or not. Thanks, Drew

Hello all, Just thought I would throw this out there so some others won't learn the hard way like me. I had three beautiful conchs in my tank for a whopping four days. They were very good cleaners and fun for the grand-kids to watch. The hermit crabs seemed to follow them around too. Well...

I just took my weekly readings in my tank and everything is in check except nitrates. They are getting pretty high. 80ppm So how do I get them down?

I am not too clear on my QT after the fish are gone from it. Ok so after the fish are out I clean out everything and disinfect it. New filter media and then do I fill it back up and let it cycle? I have the fish in it now doing a hypo treatment for ich. Just wanted to know what happens after...

I just brought home a tang that now shows signs of ich. It is in my first ever saltwater tank. I have a 20gal. that I am setting up for a QT but it is still empty. What do I do? Do I use a natural ich treatment in my display tank? Or do I mix up saltwater and start the QT? I have all the...

Hello to all my fellow SWF friends, I recently have purchased two electric blue hermit crabs. They acclimated fine and came out for a little bit and then just sat in one spot for three days now. They are three times as big as all the other hermits in my tank so is it normal for them to be so...

Hello to all, Just for starters I wanted to thank everyone for getting me off and running in the right directions on my new saltwater adventure. Your information is priceless! I have a question concerning my Ocellaris Clownfish. They are swimming great and seem to love their new home. When I...

Ok so now my live rocks and sand are getting some really neat looking stuff growing on them. Some looks like little red blisters and some are just pinkish red patches. Other colors I am seeing is a tan and a black patchy looking stuff. Are all of these types of algae? And most importantly...

Hello all, Just wanted to see if a horseshoe crab would be a good choice for a fish only tank of mine. I have a CUC and live rock and sand. Would love to add a horseshoe crab if they get along with my intended fish and inverts. I'm doing a peaceful tank with clowns, Golden head sleeper goby...

Hello everyone, It has been two weeks since I put the shrimp in my tank. No Ammonia yet. The shrimp look sick as heck. With live rock and live sand I would have hoped that this would have started by now. My neighbor has a saltwater aquarium and has offered some of his water since he is going...

Was just wondering if Saltwaterfish.com sells Ocellaris (False Percula) Clownfish mated pairs? I would like to get a pair for my new aquarium in about a month. Thanks.

Now this may sound silly but how do you acclimate a saltwater fish? I have done the floating with freshwater but this is not the same. I was planning on putting the fish in my sterile tub and dripping the water from my tank into the bag slowly. Will that work?

I finally got the water and sand in the aquarium today. One step closer to getting it going! I am Andrew Palagyi friends call me Drew. I live in Ohio and have been in the Navy, wife and two kids, six grand kids. Have done many things and seen many things. Way too many hobbies to mention but...

The aquarium I am setting up is a 60gal. live rock, fish only tank. I was wondering how do I know what size pumps do I get? Should I get a wave maker controller or just power heads? Any help would be appreciated.

Hey everyone, My name is Drew and I am a newbie in the saltwater world. I am doing bunches of reading and still have the basic question of is a live rock tank a reef tank? I'm learning a lot from Snakeblitz33 post and am loving it! Thank you all.