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Could be anything. Has he always had it? If he's eating I wouldn't be concerned.

You can add all 50lbs now. In fact, I'd go with just base (dry) rock because if you add live, you run the risk of die off and another cycle. Since the tank's up, save yourself some $$ and get dry rock. It will be live in no time at all.

How come there's no drooly smiley face??? We sure could use one right about now! That tank's HOT! I can picture little Sofia and Wally prints all over those nice white cabinet doors :mrgreen:

Welcome to the site! Definitely slow down a bit. Also, you might want to make sure to add live or base rocks to your tank. Typically you'll want 1-2lbs per gallon. Monitor your levels because you don't want ammonia spikes to kill your livestock. And a tang is definitely not going to do well...

That's cool....glad you found us either way! No biggie :D

Welcome to the site, Mike, but just FYI, this thread is from 2010 ;) I hope you acclimated your urchin first....they're very sensitive. Why don't you start a build thread in our Tank section?

I've been trying to get my hands on one of those canisters, myself. Hey, D -- clear your inbox....I'm trying to PM you ;)

Check out liveaquaria.com -- they have a search filter based on tank size. So go in their butterflyfish section and filter to the smallest tank size requirement. That should get you started. You'll see that your 40 is definitely too small for any of them.

FYI, this thread is from 2011 ;)

+1 everyone I have a ton of pink ball nems.

+1 bl1...plus bangaii's pretty much just float there in one spot LOL except mine...mine actually did swim the length of the tank. Give them time either way...they might start hanging out together once the stress from the move is gone. As long as they're eating, I wouldn't worry.

Wow! Looks great!! Love the aquascaping.

Depends on who you ask. I've read that there is a nutrient-related reason (but I don't think I've seen an actual study), and I've heard that it's just an appetite stimulant (proven useful from experience). Either way, IMHO, it doesn't matter, really, as long as it gets your fish to eat? You...

I got completely lost in this thread :shock: So I'm just going to start over, even at the risk of having missed a bit of info LOL Ok, so first things first, how do you acclimate your fish? Were they eating at the lfs, then were they eating at your new tank? It's likely you just got bad fish...

My poor six line apparently got sucked into the overflow sometime today, and must have gotten chopped up in my return pump. I couldn't find him at feeding time (he was normal and active last night), so I checked around to see if he got through any holes on the lid, or in the overflows. Finally...

Man, your tank gets so much growth!! Nice!!

Ironically, a reefer with a similar name to yours posted this: https://www.livingreefs.com/first-sea-horse-tank-t40674.html It's just a couple of posts before yours...and the 2nd post on that thread is little_fish stating that they need 70degress.

Honestly, there is no effective treatment for ich that can be used in the dt. There are treatments that claim to cure ich and can be used in the DT, but they're most likely not effective in killing it. Chance are the fish just naturally fought it off. If they're eating and otherwise looking...

Any kind of treatment (or lack of treatment) is unpredictable. The two times I tried to treat fish with ich or parasites resulted in deaths. But like noy's experience, he had good luck with it. In the end, you do what you feel you need to. Either way, there is always risk of death whether...

+1 reef & cv Are you using tap? Check your levels, too. Stirring up your sand bed at this point would cause a mini-cycle and could kill off fish and inverts. If anything, you could stir up small patches at a time at every water change, that way it's only a little. But yeah you should find...