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How do you know if/when you need a protien skimmer? (and what kind would you get? We have a 40 gallon, with 35lbs LR, 2 o. clowns, pygmy angel, 6 line wrasse, long nose hawkfish, some mushroom polyps, feather duster, linkia starfish, cleaner shrimp (yes.. the hawkfish ignores it!) atlanic...

We have had a six line (flipper) for about a month and he/she has never demonstrated that behavior. Ours loves to swim in and out of the rockwork, nipping constantly at the rocks and mushroom polys we have. I'm not an expert but those that are usually recommend checking water parameters and...

We have a long nose hawkfish and a peppermint shrimp (also some small gobies). I have also been told that hawks will go after shrimp. Ours attempted the first day and now leaves the shrimp alone. In another post someone recommended that if we keep the hawk well fed and train it to "beg" for...

We just purchased a long nose hawkfish. It wasn't acclimated 10 minutes and made lunge toward our peppermint shrimp. Missed the first time, but he looks pretty persistant! I hope this helps, all fish have different personalities. I just posted a similar question on the fish forum and got some...

OK...we made the executive decision and got the long nose. (paid $40.00 so far our most expensive fish) He spotted the peppermint shrimp and lunged at it(thankfully missing!) And our little gobies are kinda hiding in our barnacles. We'll do a wait and see today. I guess I could always try to...

Hmmmm now I'm not sure what to do! The fish is really fun to watch, but I guess it wouldn't be great if it hunted and ate the gobies! We also have a peppermint shrimp! If anyone else has experience with the hawkfish, I'd love to hear about it Thanks <img src="graemlins//yeahright.gif"...

Looking into a long nose hawkfish but already have some small goby's (about 1 to 1 and 1/2 inches long). Does anyone know if the hawkfish will have them for lunch? Will the hawkfish bother anything else (inverts?) Thanks...

Congrats on your new addition. Our first fish were two ocellaris clowns. They are doing great and such fun to watch swim about the tank. Best of luck to you! :p

Hi Molly: I'm not sure if this will help but...We have two ocellaris clowns. The smaller of the two has always had a bit of blackish color along his back (I say his because with a pair of clowns the larger will be the female). We have had them for two months and their colors have stayed...

Hi Saltwaterdave: I am no expert but can share our experiences. I have two kids that were breathing down my neck to add fish when we started (7 and 9 years old). We kept a chart of the water levels, added live rock (which was fun to pick out and then to see what was growing on it), then after...

Thanks everyone for the helpful info!! Only the clowns are acting well....like...clowns! Everyone else in the tank are acting the same they always do. We did have a feather duster shed it's crown yesterday. Don't know if that is related. I think they shed to grow (does anyone know if that is a...

Your new acquisition sounds like a pygmy angel. We have one that fits that description. Good Luck and I hope the little guy pulls through ;)

We have two common clowns. I know they are amusing swimmers... but yesterday the smaller of the two started swimming to the top of the tank and actually poking his head out of the water! The bigger (female I suppose) started "copying" him. Is this "normal"? They have been with us for one...

Thanks you guys. I'll probaly get 1 or 2 more. thanks again, em

Hi Carrie: We had considered a mandarin but are waiting for our tank to mature longer (37 gal only 5 months old with 32 lbs of live rock, live sand, etc) Do you know how long a tank would need to mature before considering a mandarin? and any other infor you could provide would be appreciated! Thanks

Thanks for all the help. I looked at a pic of the six line wrasse...a beauty. OUr pygmy angel loves to dart in and out of the rock. DO you think she /he will be territorial if we introduce a wrasse that also likes to dart in and out of rocks? The grammas are also nice looking Wish us luck...

Our alge eating, scarlet and emerald crabs all are pretty active during the day. The emerald is less active but it is fun playing hide and seek with him. The most active during the day are the alge eater crabs :p

Baron VonKlyff: Our tank is 5 months old. Introduced the clowns at month one, pygmy at month two and gobies at month three. I would hate to get rid of the clowns (my kids LOVE them) Fun to watch, etc. What if I get rid of the gobies (should be interesting catching them!!) <img...

Hi give me fish First and Foremost.........awesome sounding TANK! My kids (and I) would die to see all that! Anyway...We get our stuff from a place called Coral Reef in Seekonk, MA (not too far of a drive for us fortunately). It looks like a little hole in the wall but her fish, LR, etc have...

We've experienced both molt and death. When our scarlet and blues molt it's hard to distinguish between molt vs death. The molt has a more transparent appearance (legs and parial body) and are light so tend to sway in the current more. We also recently had a scarlet that had been pulled from...