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my valentini puffer has little white or light colored spots on his fins(all of them except the tail) I gave him a fresh water dip, but the fins still look the same. The spots are too small for my camera to pick up. The spots are a little bigger than a period. thanks!

do valentini puffers only eat shrimp and not corals? will it mess with a coral banded shrimp? I have mushrooms, ricordea, kenya tree, toadstool leather, and star polyps. clown, foxface, six line wrasse, flame angel, pygmy angel in a 75 gallon tank with a 10 gallon refugium and 5 gal sump.

Ive got a 75 gal. reef with 75lbs of LR. Foxface, LMB, Flame, Pygmy angel. how much more fish can I put in? Ive got a number of easy corals(leathers, shrooms, buttons, star polyps any suggestions?

I am getting rid of one of my 75 gal. tanks(for now) and want to move the live rock from it,to my other 75 reef. All the fish in the tank that I am getting rid of seemed very healthy, except for tiny,tiny black dots on a powder brown that never spread to other fish in the tank, or bothered him...

I usually do water changes on my reef every 2-3 weeks. But i have been real busy and its been almost 5 weeks! all of my readings are perfect though. any comments on why everything reads perfect? nitrates are even <5 I have mostly easy corals(mush/leathers/xenia/hair polyps) 75 gallon, 10 gal...

I have a 75 gallon with 40 lbs of live rock. I dont have a protein skimmer on it, but I plan to when I get some extra cash. The tanks about 5 months old and I have been having a problem with nitrates! I did a 35 percent water change today and it only brought them down to around 25. I think...

just wanted to let you guys know that after over a month, my fish are doing great and have no signs of ich or anything else(only the powder brown has little black specs on him that never went away after the formalin baths)! also, my foxface that got attacked by my clowns is slowly growing his...

Ive got florida ricordia. will it live/propigate by cutting a piece off of one and putting it on a piece of live rock?

I started my fuge a couple of weeks ago and it now has greenish brown algae on the glass. should i clean that off or let it grow wild? also...I have chaeto, a couple small pieces of lr, and a couple blue legs hermits...any other suggestions?

My foxface is doing good! hes eating really well(getting fatter) and his tail and scrapes are looking better and I dont think they got infected!

I started my refugium today!!! Whats the difference between reef mud and live sand? Which one should I do, and how deep? What macro algae do I use? Should I put pods in there(the ones in the bag)? Any other suggestions? I will post pics tomorrow, I appreciate all your input!

Please help! I looked in my tank just now and my foxface has a big chunk missing from his tail and back dorsal fins. He also has some scraping/chunks taken out of his scales near his tail! I immediately thought my clowns did it, but I have never seen them even go near him??? He does hide in...

I have heard that one way to get in trouble with your reef is having too many fish. I guess this is because of all the excess nutrients? I have a 3.5" Foxface, 6 line wrasse, two ocellaris clowns, and a Lmb Can I add a few more small reef fish? Any suggestions?

I have given my powder brown 5 formalin baths as beth suggeted. She still has tiny black spots all over her body. Should I keep giving her more baths? Try something else? Anyone done anything else that worked for you?

Will an acryllic magnafloat scratch my glass tank or only the other way around?

Am I overstocked? 75 gallon tank, want to upgrade in 1.5 years to a 150 gallon powder brown(3.5") Hippo(1.5 ") Burrfish puffer (1.5") Bannerfish(3") I was thinking of adding a couple firefish or small blennies etc...(no more big fish in my 75)

I have a foxface lo. I have noticed that his eyes have kind of a translucent dark blue surface (like a porc puffer, but not as bright/colorful) Have any of you noticed this?

i was mixing saltwater in a 15 gal bin and had some left over after a water change. It has been sittting with a powerhead and the lid on for about a week. I opened the lid yesterday and it smells pretty bad! Is this normal? Should I throw it out? Is there a time frame for the water? My...

i have given my fish three formalin baths and I have noticed that all of their fins are getting frayed and ragged looking. This must be from the formalin right? I am following the instructions on the faq. I also gave them a fw dip with formalin. should I keep going? the black ich is still...

My PBT usually is a really light brown color(almost beige sometimes). Is this normal or not good? Ive seen pictures of other PBTs with a really dark brown color.