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  1. chshwong

    I can't keep clownfish(only clownfish), help guys

    just curious, now that i know i need to quarantine my all my new fish, how do you actualyl quarantine a Yellow Watchman Goby? Do i actually need to create a sand bed? (cause that's a lot of work, but if it must...)
  2. chshwong

    I can't keep clownfish(only clownfish), help guys

    damn.. coming from freshwater keeper... i didnt' realize quarantine was a must.... I just set up 2 hospital tanks.... 1 to treat my clownfish (1 already died) with hyposalinity (with extra bucket to do formaline treatment every other day), and another hospital tank to hyposalinize the rest of...
  3. chshwong

    I can't keep clownfish(only clownfish), help guys

    Hello, Background and setup: i've been doing freshwater tanks for years and decided to try saltwater. This is a 30-gallon FOWLR. It has 40ish pounds of live rocks, cycled after a month. I made a DIY 10gallon sump and a DIY protein skimmer for it. Temperature always between 26-27 celsius, with 2...
  4. chshwong

    Do I still need my canister filter?

    I'm converting my 30-gallon tank from fresh to saltwater, almost done cycling. It's meant to be fish with live rocks. There are currently 40 pounds of live rocks with about 30 lbs of live sand. I read that if I have live rocks, and a protein skimmer, I should remove my canister filter. Is that...
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    Sudden removal of protein skimmer causes Ammonia Spilke?

    I'm almost done cycling my 30-gallon fish with live rock tank. Doing it fishless :) I'm new with saltwater, and i have a question about protein skimmer. I read that protein skimmer removes the organisms which could go into the nitrogen cycle. So to me, that means protein skimmer could largely...
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