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Hi - The folks here at LR helped me through a bad start up. My tank is now stabilized and I wanted to share some conclusions, because it might help others who are just starting. I have learned so much in the past 3 months - all the hard way. Mistake number one was listening to the LFS...

Hi - Knowing tap water has some bad things in it, does the water improve with time - with the cycle and with water changes - or can starting the tank with tap water cause persistent problems with water chemistry? I struggled to get my parameters settled down and correct - could the tap...

Hi - One of my two turbos has something weird on him (I think). I watched him as he stuck on the back of the aquarium - there were light colored tentacles emerging from out from under his shell. If his head was at 12 o'clock, there were tentacles coming out from 9:00 all the way around to...

My wife has (thankfully) really taken to the new tank. She was watching the tank really closely this evening and exclaimed, "Eww! What's that bug?" "Bug?" I asked. "Yeah, there's a little bug in there." She said she saw a tiny "bug" crawl out of of a piece of live rock, scurry down...

Okay...I've searched all over, but can't find any info on this... What is the life cycle of the dwarf hermit crabs in terms of their physical characteristics? How are they born? How do their shells develop, or do they choose them? I've seen what I think are shell-less bodies in the...

Hi - I lost another pair of clowns today. I'm at wits end! Here's the history - I'll try to be brief: 10 weeks ago, set up the tank. 29g. Started with 2 clowns and a YT Damsel. About day 13, one clown died. He was pretty torn up - I assumed the Damsel. Day 14, the second clown...

Hi - I was at the local shop yesterday and I was explaining my fish list for my 29 gallon tank. Right now I have 2 clowns. There's only room for 3-4 more (is what I'm thinking). So I mentioned a few of the fish I was considering - various gobi's, blennys, maybe a 6 line... As we...

Where do you all come down on keeping 1 clown vs. 2? I added 2 Ocellaris Clowns to my tank (29) a couple weeks ago - the first 2 fish in the tank. On their third day, both died. Water chemistry was great. The pair I added were not together in the store. One was much bigger than the...

Hi, How soon after adding a new fish can I safely make a water change? My set up is about 2 months old. The water is testing fine across the board (29g). I have only 2 snails and a handful of hermit crabs that have been in there about 10 days. Yesterday I added a single ocellaris clown...