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I know, it will be missed for sure. The neighbors were complaining about the new pump that was apparently bothering them below me. The new mag pump was pretty loud.

Unfortunately, I have called it quits. Between the algae problem, pump going out, and neighbors complaining about the tank I had to shut it down.

My fish are doing great. My anemone is finally hosting my clownfish, what an awesome moment. Now that I have my anemone in the tank I am running my metal halide lights all day. I am noticing the temperature in the tank is between 82 and 84 degrees. I have also noticed some of my zoanthids...

More pictures coming, I am trying to borrow my sister-in-laws nicer camera.

Sorry for being MIA. I have some serious updates since my last post. I now have 6 fish, yellow tang, blue hippo, 2 false perculas, midas blenny, 6 line wrasse. I also have 10 zoanthids, 2 hammer corals, and now one anemone.

Here are a few pictures...two clownfish and a Midas Blenny. How many clownfish can you keep in an aquarium?

Yeah, well I guess I need to start acclimating them for a longer period of time. I would like to buy some peppermint shrimp. I was thinking about ordering them from saltwaterfish.com. On the other hand, I did a water change this weekend and measured the nitrates afterwards, golden! I...

Ok, some of the snails have lasted. I need to acclimate them for a longer time, I think I only acclimated them for 1 hour. I need to get a couple shrimps.

I am familiar with it. I have been noticing a lot of my turbo snails dying. Will that increase the nitrate levels? I wish I new why they were dying.

Yes, I am using RODI water. With the nitrates between 10 and 20 can I add the fish now or should I wait until after the water change? I am really interested in purchasing a couple of zoanthids.

Yeah that is what I am planning on doing. The tank has been fish-less for 6 weeks now. I didn't do any water changes during those 6 weeks. I changed out 30 gallons on Sunday. The skimmer has been running for a week now and is pulling out some stuff but I can't image the bio load being that...

Definitely! So, I changed out about 30 gallons of water yesterday. I also removed all the bio balls because the guy from the LFS said they weren't any good. When I tested the water today the Nitrates are still higher than I would like. They are somewhere between 20 and 30ppm. I haven't had...

Sorry for being unresponsive. I have recently added 2 clownfish and one Midas Blenny to my QT. They have been doing really well so far. Meanwhile, I purchased a new protein skimmer because I wasn't happy with my old one. It has been doing great as well. I hope to keep the fish in the QT for...

I should have taken your advice and waited. Within a week of the being in the QT all 3 fish died... damn. I will now start from the beginning and hopefully do it right this time.

I do have inverts in the tank. I am transferring them to the QT today. I am having a Hell of a time trying to catch that Blue Hippo.

The QT tank is up and running. It is a basic 36 gallon tank with a hang on filter. I has been running for 2 days now. Apparently, I need to put a piece of live rock in there to get the process started. I thought I had a positive ID on the ich but I have to say I think he/she is getting...

Once I have QT up and running will I have to treat the water in the display tank?

The skimmer has been working great! I just need to fine tune it. I am trying to find a cheap tank that I can setup for my QT. I am trying to go as fast as I can.

The fish seem to be doing great. The tang rubs his sides against things but no signs of ich?

What do you recommend as a good HOB filter system?