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I'm not adding aptasia and never would purposely add them. The guy that owned a LFS tried selling them telling people that they are glass anemone and do very well in reef tanks. This is the same LFS I was talking about leaving on another one of my posts, and the one that was bought out by a...

Thanks for the input Snake, your a great help. Spongeycrab, I think you for the help on the list. You have been a big help as well. It looks like I have my list and my order to add them. Next is to purchase a couple at a time and watch my nitrates to see if I need to add the SC150 skimmer or a...

I have substrate in there that is over a year old that I put in from the old tank when I upgraded, maybe it is developed enough. If I start seeing it on the glass I may just give it to a friend or something. I know the peppermint shrimp will eat aptasia and the butterfly is suppose to, I just...

I already have a sand sifting star fish in the tank, but I have a deep sand bed in my refugium. Will the diamond goby take the nutrients away from the starfish and vise versa? If I can't have both that is fine, but what order do I add my fish list? I am also looking at adding three peppermint...

Yes it is a "Catalina" Goby. I am aware that these fish like cooler water (found that out afterwards). When I asked the LFS about it I was told different information about it. As it turns out the LFS could care less if it was good for my tank or not and just wanted the sale. (I learned) I...

You suggest the neon goby for the powder blue, is that on top of the cleaner shrimp that is in there? To pick between the Assessors and the Royal Gramma, which is a better fish, can I get two royal grammas (I think just one right)? Every damselfish I had turned out aggressive, but this one was...

I upgraded to a 125 gallon and am now ready to start adding more fish. I have a list of fish that I would like to have in my reef tank. I realize this question has been asked probably a million times if not more. I also realize that the "how many fish" question has been asked a million times and...

I will look around for something and see what I can find that won't cause harm to anything. If not I am guessing moving just the rock and livestock to the new 125 there would be very little if any that got into the new tank???? I literally will only have the rock and livestock in there. It will...

I heard there was some additive that you can put in the water to get rid of metals like this. Do you know if there is anything like that or is it just a gimic. I also wonder, since I will be changing tanks, if the metals would go away when I move to the 125 tank. I won't be using the water or...

Yes it ws alluminum. I got the idea from the LFS. I have bought one that is titanium and replaced it already. The aluminum wasn't discolored or pitted or anything when I took it out. It wasn't in there that long. Could that be the problem and how would I tell if it leeched anything into the tank?

The LFS I got the duncan from offers a 14 day guarantee for something like $7 more on the fish so maybe I will try one from there when I go to my new tank.

There are two local stores, well three if you can count *****, The LFS in question said they could order one for me but they have never been good at ordering what they say they are going to order for you. It may take a month or so to get them to order it. The other LFS had one in stock but was...

Sorry I was not on here for a few days, been busy with some other things while I waited on my refractometer to come in. Thanks for all the posts. I followed the instructions on my refractometer that I found for $40 and tested my water. I came up with 1.024. This just happens to be the same as my...

I will not be getting anything until I get the refractometer. I really may not be getting anything until after I get back from vacation and move to my 125.

I will start using the drip method and my refractometer should be here Tuesday. I ordered it because I thought it could be the salinity being off. This still doesn't explain the loss of the older fish unless they could take the wrong salinity for a while and couldn't take it any more. Can that...

Seth, You asked about my salinity and how it was tested. I answered with 1.024 with hydrometer and my refractometer is on the way. I did think about this earlier and read somewhere that people have had the hydrometers off pretty far. Someone stated that theirs was off .015. If mine was that low...

@flower So I can just add water from my tank to the QT and a sponge from there into a 10 gallon the day I bring the fish home and that will last two weeks? If that is all it is to it I already have that at home and could do that. Even if I just set it on the coffee table for the two weeks would...

O, ground rod is made of an aluminum wire that is connected to a copper insulated wire (copper wire is not in the water) then goes to the ground prong of a plug. The hot legs have nothing in them Could the alluminum wire be causing a problem?

Sorry Snake, I was typing another answer to smallreef Quote: Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 I wouldn't blame anything on th Lfs yet. How long of a ride home is it from the store? 30 minutes What is your acclimation method? Float then change part water over time, then add only fish to tank. I...

@smallreef sandbed was probably 2 months. It was brown when he got in there. There was a good patch of algae growth but he rarely ate it. He would eat off the glass, off the powerheads and eat flake food The catalina is still living, I meant it was added about 2 months after the sailfin and the...