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Thanks for that. Anyone else?

On yesterday morning, my wife observed our Coral Bandit Shrimp give birth to a new off-spring in our 75-gal tank. She was nervous because we were told only one Coral Bandit Shrimp can be in the tank at a time or they will kill each other. I told her not to worry but to keep a close eye on it...

I have one powerhead on the right side glass of the tank.

I used tap water to fill it with the mix salt crystals. Should I have used RO/DI water?

Thanks. Well I have a clean-up crew on the way from saltwaterfish.com (the janitor clean-up crew). Is it safe to put them in the tank? Or I'm I sending them on a suicide mission and not a clean-up mission????

What exactly are diatoms? Is that good or bad? Normal or abnormal?

Hello to all. I'm new to the hobby and have been on pins and needles to wanting to do everything perfect in working with my tank in this cycling phase. I set my tank up 3-weeks ago. The color of the water is crystal clear. But at this point there is a rusty, metal like color on the rocks and...

Thanks alot TeresaQ

Hello to all. Let me first give the disclaimer that I am a novice at this wonderful hobby. With that being said, I just set up my tank last Saturday and I have been reading all of your expert comments on cycling the tank. I did not want to sacrifice the Damsels so I went with the shrimp...

Thank you. Your response was very helpful.

Hello to all, I am new to the hobby but have vowed to do it right. I saw the acclimation clip on this site and wanted to know, "Can one simply place the bag a float the water for a couple of hours and then release the fish into the tank?" I use to do this when I was younger during the time I...