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  1. salt0727

    Could I add more fish to my 30 gallon?

    We have a 30 gallon reef tank. We have 1 3 stripe damsel, 1 yellow tail damsel, 1 black and white percula clown, 1 percula clown and 1 diamond goby. We also have a few snails and hemit crabs. Could we still add maybe 1 or 2 fish?
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    Question about Duncan placement

    We have a duncan frag and recently we bought better t5 lighting and for some reason I think the ends of the tentacles might have some discoloration. The hubby says it doesnt but im not sure. Some of the ends have a slight yellow tint. We have it in the bottom because we had it higher up with...
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    Help! Peppermint shrimp eating my snails

    We have 2 peppermint shrimp and we brought 4 nerite snails and after acclimating them we put them in the tank. As soon as the smallest one started going towards the shrimp's cave one of the shrimp came out and started picking at it and finally dragged it in. It bagan to go after the other ones...
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    HELP WITH NEON TRUMPET FRAG PLEASE

    I was just moving my neon trumpet coral frag around when it fell off the plug. What should I do?
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    Question about testing kits?

    We have a begging reef tank and we havent bought our own test kit yet we have out water tested at our lfs where we have made a friend. We have it tested often but we really need our own. We are just wondering should we just buy a saltwater master test kit or also buy a reef test kit? What tests...
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    One of my peppermint shrimp has a black tail, can anyone tell me why?

    A few days after we got 2 peppermint shrimp I noticed one had a black tail. Would there be a reason for it?
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    SCORED AT LFS!!! NEW FISH AND CORAL FRAGS! DID I GET A GOOD DEAL?

    We came home last night with 6 new additions to our tank. We picked up a black percula and a regular percula for $60. We also got 4 new frags for $9.99 each. We bought a frogspawn, a neon trumpet, another kind of trumpet and a star polyp. We are supper happy and I will add photos later. We think...
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    SORRY I NEED MORE HELP WITH IDS

    i finally got a good picture of a crab that came in with my lr and something else that also hitchiked on it. The crab has been in there since the beginning and I have only seen it when i feed the fish or when i really look for it, it never leaves that one rock.
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    i have a new id for you guys

    My tank has been running a few weeks now and I just noticed these things on some of my live rock. They look like tiny red orange bumps with clear little spikes or arms coming out with white dots on the ends, I tried getting a good photo of them but no success. I have a few pics but not very...
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    Damsels sick? help please

    Yesterday we noticed our 3 stripe damsel had like a white pinkish scuff looking mark on forhead right on left side of his first white stripe and it runs across his head. Today we noticed something very similar on our yellow tail damsel but it has it on its body. It seemed to go away on the yt...
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    Help with finding a coral?

    I went to the store and was about to buy a coral frag but wanted to research it before buying. I forgot to write down the name and now cant remember it. I do remember it started with HYDRO. Not sure if that would be enough to help me out but if you have any ideas please let me know
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    Any ideas on what livestock to add to my new 30 gal tank?

    The hubby and I have a new 30 gallon tank that is finished cycling and ready for some fish. We already have about 10 red leg hermit crabs that came with our rock, 2 peppermint shrimp, 1 3 striped damse and 1 blue tail damsel. What other fish do you guys recommend? We would like to get 2 clown...
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    question about damsels

    We have 2 damsels in our tank and recently we saw a huge 3 stripe damsel at our local lfs shop. We are wondering how long it takes for a damsel to fully grow.
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    PLEASE HELP ME ID AN ORANGY WHITE CRAB WITH BLACK TIP CLAWS?

    I bought some live rock last week and just yesterday i saw the crab's legs peep out of a rock and just now when i fed my fish for the first time it started to come out and I finally saw it! it is like a light orangy white crab with black tips on the claws. Im trying to id it so I know if its ok...
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    I might have a crab who hitchiked on my live rock, how can I get it to come out?

    I bought some live rock last week and just yesterday I saw what looked like a white crab come out of one of the crevices in the rock. I couldnt get a good look at it before it disappeared and I havent seen it since. My hubby thinks I imagined it, lol. Any ideas on how I can get it to come out so...
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    Anyone have suggestions on good lfs to buy my fish from?

    Im in the Chicago area and would like to know what shops to check out. Any suggestions would be appreciated!
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    What to do about aiptasia?

    Hello, I am just starting my tank and bought some live rock. It has one aiptasia that is rather large and I just noticed a few itty bitty ones. I bought some Joe's Juice but im wondering do you guys think I should take the rock out of the tank and treat it outside of my tank so that I can turn...
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    what is this on my LR?

    Hi, everyone im new here and to the hobby. I just bought some LR from someone who was getting out of the hobby. im wondering what some of the white stuff on it is. Any info would be much appreciated
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