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How old is the tank? Do you have any other fish in the tank? What do you test your SG with? In my experience when your water is too salty, fish will not eat. Hope this helps

I liked my JBJ, but it needed an upgraded pump. I had a problem with heat, but thats understood when you put 150 watts over a 12 gallon tank. I really have not messed with any of the new nano's, but I really like the cleaness of the Solana's. Best of luck!

I have never bought a new setup and Ive been in the hobby for a couple years now. You will save a bunch of money, but you have to be patient and wait for the right one for you. With a FOWLR you are going to want the same filtration as a reef tank. A sump/fuge will always aid in this process, and...

From my experience coraline algae likes the power compacts. If you seed the tank with a piece of LR with coraline on it you'll have it growing everywhere with those lights in 3 months. Make sure to keep the rock you purchase with coraline submerged at all times!

I had the same thing happen to me. I highly recommend the light diffuser to prevent jumping. $10 goes a long way keeping your $60+ fish off the floor

Great looking tank, love the TEK fixtures. Keep up the good work!

Do it in the order you have it above

< 30 seconds is my vote

I'm struggling to follow you guys, I'm just laughing imagining a women trying to figure it out! In a recent TIME magazine they talked about some videos on Youtube making revenue of 40k+. Try googling it

Thanks for the input you guys! Ima wait a couple more months and let the tank mature.

+1 same time. If they are similar in size, they will figure out who's who. If there is a larger fish in the community tank, get that one and any another. Something I like to do is observe them for 10 or so minutes and see who likes to hang out with who. It then becomes difficult to remember...

Thats pretty awesome! I have a GBTA also and it has been really stringy recently, and I'm not sure if its doing the same thing, or if it is PO'ed that I took the clowns that were hosting it out of the tank. How long would you say the process took?!

Thanks for the book suggestions and replies. My tanks been up 2 months. I have around 75lbs of LR. All my parameters are good, no ammonia, nitrites, or nitrates thanks to my sump. The calcium and KH were a little low, but I dose and test accordingly. I watch my pH and adjust by buffering my ATO...

My g/f went to a LFS the other day and the guy told her that we could get another goby to along with our yellow watchman. We have a 55 gallon corner tank, and I didn't think that information was correct?! Also, what kind of starfish can I get thats easy to care for, reef safe, and likes to be on...

goby's, sand sifting starfish, nassarius snails. They might not all eat it, but they will help it from occuring by keeping the sand stirred up

If your tap water is putting out a pH reading of 8.4, I wouldn't be adding any more buffer for your top offs! Thats an acceptable reading, but I would be careful not to exceed it. Can't wait to see pictures of the tank!

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I dose seachem calcium, builder, or buffer, depending on my weekly tests. I also alternate Vitachem and PhytoChrom weekly for my filter feaders I found that adding buffer to my top-off everytime was excessive for the pH of my DT, so I test pH before I top-off my top-off. My bi-weekly water...

"Bubbles are a no-no in saltwater. You want surface agitation" If all you have on your tank is a HOB filter, increasing the height the water drops to the water surface not only creates more surface agitation, it increases the oxygen in the water. What do you think protein skimmers do? create...

You might just need more oxygen exchange. Make sure your filter is dropping atleast an inch to the water surface to create bubbles. I would also check the salinity of the water. Your tank parameters would help. How long has the tank been setup?