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you should be doing a water change every couple wks minimum. at least 10 %. on your set-up would be about 7 gallons. i have a ro unit and do my own water. qt tanks are used for sick fish but you are mainly using it to be sure the fish is not sick before you add it to your system. lots of...

how come you are not doing quarantine first? anyways how long are you taking to acclimate the new fish to the water. also are you using ro water to do your water changes. i put my new fish in a bucket then add a cup of tank water every 20 min for about 2 hrs then they go in qt for at least 2...

i would say yes

my tank is a 265 gal reef. substantially bigger then yours

ya, that sounds about right. almost looks waxy then it sheds. sometime takes a couple weeks. if its dying it will kind of collapse, fall apart, and when you take it out it stinks like hell.

well its not exactly free. one% of our income tax is for health care. its hidden so you dont see it so people forget but yes we do have good health care. how big is your tank. i use 8 watts a day just on lights

you lucky bastard. i live in ontario, canada and i have to buy my power from ontario hydro. 35$ for the meter on your house, 14 cents a watt and shipping charges for the hydro. the shipping costs more then the hydro i use. works out to 25 cent a watt. i run a 265 gal reef tank. lots of...

right on. you are really going to like it. in for a shock when you see just how much power you use. hope you dont pay 24 cents a watt like i do. 150$ a month for me

you can buy a gadget called a kill-a-watt. you plug your stuff in and it tells you exactly how much you are using. you can program in the cost of your electricity and everything. plug your stuff into a power bar. plug that into the kill-a-watt which goes into the wall. i bought mine out of...

leather will occasionally do this thing where they look like they have a bad skin disease, go real scummy looking and then shed the whole mess off and then look great. almost resembles shedding skin from a bad sunburn.

i have recently started to use a acclimation chamber to introduce new fish into the tank. it works well. however you want to introduce multiple fish. if your tank can handle it and all the fish are about the same size then i would add them all together. it would make it hard for the existing...

i am going to have to try building something like that. it looks really good.

that thing looks great. what did you stick it together with?

ya, i want one

test for iodine before you add. i have been running a 265 gal tank for about 3 yrs and have only ever had to add a couple of times. and at that only 6 or 8 drops did it. your salt mix should have it already. your rank is pretty small for adding that much

i keep a aquaclear 110 on my 29 gal qt, with a hang on back reef octopus rated for 110 gal. the extra water motion is good. i dont have to put extra water pumps on it. i think more is better then less

amphipods, copapods-good

i have 3 or 4 coral crabs in my tank. my opinion would be- if the crab has no coral then its going to die. buy another sps coral of the same type if you can and put them close together. aqnd he will move over if he doesent like the one he is in. mine move around occasionally, alwas on the...

my male red likes to display in the front corner. i think he sees his reflection. he killed his mate almost right away. i tried a green spot female and he totaly ignores her. i have had him for about 4 yrs and her for 3 . they were already full grown when i got them so i'm expecting to lose...

most of the pods that are in your tank live on the structure. those are the ones the mandarines are eating. i dont think they can catch the free swimming ones. i have a thriving population of tiger pods in both my tank and refugium. i can see them as well as the other pods at night with a...