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Well one of my clowns died this morning, the bigger of the two. Yesterday he was swimming towards the top of the tank in the back for most if not all of the day and this morning he was at the bottom and not very active. I put in some mysis for them, and he didn't really go for it. He...

So, I was looking at my tank the other day and I was thinking that I only have 10lbs of rock, and I should really have like 12-18lbs. This was also brought on by the fact that I don't really have enough hiding places in the tank because my CBS molted and my emerald crab ended up chowing down on...

Posted a thread over in the clownfish forum, although I know that not a lot of people frequent it as much as this forum. So I'm posting a link here, if anyone has some ideas or suggestions. https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=165282

Alright, just a little background for those of you that may not know. I have a nano cube, 12ga. Been up and running for over a month now. 10lbs LR, 15lbs aragonite. All water parameters are good, <.25 ammonia, 0 nitrites, between 2.5 and 5ppm of nitrate and between 8 and 8.3 pH reading...

I was planning on making some food for my new clowns, and I picked up some shrimp and garlic to make a little food for them. The only thing is, I don't have a food processor or blender to chop it all up. I was wondering if anyone has done this with a knife, or if it was possible. Anyone done...

So, my wife sends me an e-mail today with pics of my CBS. He appears to be molting, but I can't really tell from the pics. How long does it take them to molt?

So, we went to the LFS last night and the wife let me get a pair of clowns. They aren't the black onyx I wanted, but I got a pair of ocellaris clowns.

So my 12ga nano cube is rocking along right now, all my inhabitants seem to be enjoying their new home. I was just curious if I could, or should, add any more inverts before I add my fish. Currently I've got an emerald crab, gold coral banded shrimp and 7 astrea snails. I had 10, but I think...

So, I was reading the descriptions tonight for the CBS', and I noticed that it says you need to feed them daily. I have been feeding mine every other day, but now I know he needs food more often. I have been feeding him Prime Reef, because I was going to use that to feed my fish when I got...

So, ordered the refractometer today. Hoping I get it this week, but it hasn't shipped yet. Anyone know how long it usually takes SWF to ship them? Can't wait to have it as it will make mixing and changing water so much easier. As for my tank, I've had the gold coral banded shrimp in it...

I was thinking about getting a pair of black onyx clowns, I got a reference for a place to buy them from someone here on the forums that bought them from the place, but I noticed that SWF has black & white percula clownfish, and I was just wondering if they were the same as the black onyx...

I just bought an emerald crab this weekend for my new tank, established for 3 weeks, ammonia and nitrites both at zero, nitrates at 2.5ppm, using distilled water. The guy at the store told me I needed to have the B-Ionic for him because it would help with his shell, but I didn't buy it because...

So, just started my nano cube about 3 weeks ago and I picked up a gold coral banded shrimp and emerald crab, and I took my first pic of the gold CBS today. Couldn't get the crab because he's hiding, but here's the CBS!

So, I went to the LFS to pick up some stuff today, and since my cycle is over, I decided to get some inverts. They didn't have any turbo snails that were small enough for my tank they said, so I'm going to order a few this week for my 12ga nano. I picked up an emerald crab and a gold coral...

So did my water tests yesterday on the 12ga nano cube, but wasn't able to post until this morning because of the site upgrades. Here they are: Thursday, April 28th - Day 18 w/LR Ammonia: .0 mg/L Nitrate: 2.5 ppm Nitrite: 0 ppm pH: 8 My pH has gone down a little, but the lights were on and I...

So, did my 3rd round of tests today with my salifert test kits. Tank has been running with LR for 16 days now. Here's what they came up today: Ammonia: .25 mg/L Nitrate: 2.5 ppm Nitrite: 0 ppm (!) pH: 8.3 As for the ammonia goes, I'm not 100% sure on this. Holding it up to the white card, the...

So, I get an e-mail from my wife today that the water in the tank looks cloudy. I asked her a couple questions since it was fine when I left around noon today, and she then sends me some pics. Not sure what's going on, because I haven't done anything to it lately, just letting it cycle. So...

So, I added my live rock in the tank on the 10th and I tested my water again today. The first tests were taken on Friday because I just got the salifert tests. Here are my results from today: Ammonia: .25 mg/L Nitrate: 5 ppm Nitrite: .1 ppm pH: 8.3 Here's my results from Friday: Originally...

So, I got my test kits tonight so I broke them all out of the boxes and did my water tests. Now, my rock has been in the tank since April 10th, which would make it two weeks this Sunday. One of my pieces had some diatoms on it last night, but looking at my other piece today, it now has diatoms...

So, when I posted my pics of my 12ga nano last week, someone suggested breaking up my rock to unclutter my tank. So, I had my wife help me rearrange the rock in the tank until it looked good. I finally fixed the aragonite in the bottom today to cover up the pieces of PVC I put under the rock...