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I bought a small fighting conch for my micro-reef tank (20 gal). I do not think this is big enough for the guy. He burrowed in immediately, and did not reappear for a month, when he surfaced and died. I was sad. He literally was on his back with his foot in the air. I read somewhere each one needs...

OK here's the deal. I have a 20gal SW tank with a Via Aqua Multi-Skimmer in my bedroom (small apt). It's still in its cycling phase, but I plan to eventually add 2 maybe 3 small fish, some coral, and possibly an anemome. Oh and a cleaning crew. Anyways, my question is this. The Multi-Skimmer is...

Ok, I have a 30 gallon tank. No protein skimmer or any live coral. Filter is a hang on the back type. I have one fish in it: a clown. I has been doing pretty good for about five or six months. Anyway, I'm thinking about putting another clown fish in the tank, so my first clown can have...

Hi. I have a tetra that looks like it has dropsy and it is not improving. I've tried antibiotic on it but may have been too late. Is this contagious to the other fish? Is this fish suffering? Should I put it out of its misery? How? Thanks

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I am trying to find someone that can give me some help. I have put out about $200 on percula's only to have them all die on me. I have a 55G tank with a tidal wave wet/dry. Water tests are all very good with ammonia and all testing at 0 and not having any problems with the other fish or crabs in...

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Does anyone know: what are moon-mice? Are they the same as polychaetes?

hello i was wondering if anyone could give me advice. we are thinking of converting our tropical freshwater tank to a reef tank, with coral, inverts and some fish. we have a 350l tank (juwel trigon 350)it has a internal filter which pumps 1000l/hour (aparently)which includes a heater, and 4...

I was in my local SW Fish Store, and I was being bartered to buy a 16oz bottle of Phytoplankton for $17. Does this work? Is this a good deal? I am looking for general opinions? If you do a search on ebay you will see some other brands, has anyone had any experiences with these? Is there a...

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Hello, I am farily new to the hobby and this question has probably been asked before, but I shall ask it again. I just finished building a custom canopy with two 96 PC light fixtures built in. Each light has its own reflector and the canopy has a lid on the front that hinges back to allow access...

I am quite new to the marine hobby but have had tropical fish for some time. the question is this my water in my 5 foot tropical setup is excellent, all parameters spot on, the parameters in my marine tank are also within specified levels nitrite 0 nitrate 5ppm ammonia nil ph 8.2 phosphate .25mg

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I have currently got a new marine tank setup going and its in the first few days of infancy. I have a RIO 125 tank with a Fluval 204 external filter, marine-glo and aqua-glo lighting. There is about 1" of crushed coral sand as substrate too I would like advice on when or if to put live rock into...

I currently have 2 yellow tail damsels and a 4 striped damsel, an emeral crab and assorted snails and small blue legged hermits. I would like to add a cardinal, a pacific blue tang, a clown fish and a yellow tang. Are these fish compatible. I've read you should not combine the same color or...

We've redone the Fishaholics website and are just dropping a note in case you haven't checked it out yet. Our Marine forum and material on the site is somewhat lacking, but we'd love to hear from you and add the knowledge from the marine newsgroups to our site. If nothing else, you could use our...