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I've noticed an unusual behavior in my YWG the past two nights. He has started swimming to the top of the tank, and occasionally perches himself up high on the rocks, and even on the back of the powerhead! (see pic). He seems to act normal during the day, but in the evening (lights are still...

Was wondering if someone could help me ID these things that have been popping up in my tank. I noticed this one on the live rock a few weeks ago and today I found a few more. Looks like some kind of egg casing to me but I have no idea what it's from. 55 Gal. with: -2 Clownfish -Royal Gramma...

My wife sent me a pic of our YWG the other night when I was away at work. She got home late (1am) and turned the light on to check on the fish and she saw his color was grey/faded. The next morning she checked on him again and he looked fine! (See pics) Was something wrong with him or is it...

I'm hoping they pair up eventually but I'm afraid I goofed when I introduced them - The goby is slightly smaller than the pistol shrimp, and I drip acclimated them together in the same small 1-2 gal. tank. As soon as I put them in there the shrimp immediately started chasing the goby like he was...

I agree on the cardinal but the wife insists that the pj cardinal is "cuter" whatever that means lol. Just added a yellow watchman goby and pistol shrimp last night. So far they are hanging out in different areas of the tank. The shrimp is working on his burrow under one of the rocks.

Ok cool. Any advice on a shrimp/goby pair. Also will a goby and jawfish be ok together?

I'm looking for guidance on stocking a 55gal. Tank. I have about 60lb of rock and the tank is about 3 months old. Currently I have 2 clowns and snails/hermits (6-8 each). The next fish I want to get is a Goby/shrimp pair (any recommendations on specific types?) Then I would like to get a...

I searched a bunch of the forums and found similar stories to what you mentioned. After last night I just wanted to make sure there wouldn't be any issues with my clowns being aggressive towards other fish. I'm guessing what I saw was just their clumsy swimming and not so much aggression...

On 6/1 I added 6 Green Chromis (from Petco if that matters. Usually I go to an actual fish store) to my 55 gallon aquarium. They all appeared healthy - they were very active swimmers, schooled with my 2 clownfish, and loved to eat. Two days after I added them they began to die off one by...

Thanks for the replies. The only algae that I'm aware of is on the 3 pieces of live rock.

Hello all, I just began to stock my first saltwater aquarium. It's a 55 gal. with approximately 60lbs of rock (50lbs dry rock, 10 lbs live rock). I cycled the tank with a raw table shrimp. I noted an ammonia spike and a nitrite spike. Both returned to 0 without any indication of nitrates...

I asked this question in the middle of a different thread, but I'm still not clear on the answer. What is the appropriate size skimmer for a 90 gallon tank? I was told to look for one that is rated for twice the volume of the tank, but skimmers usually have two numbers in the specs: -What...

It's the model number. I guess it stands for back hanging. So when the manufacturer says their skimmer is "good for tanks up to 90 gallons", it's actually not?

Looks like the skimmers are rated for the tank size as well as GPH. Should the tank size rating be double my tank size, or the GPH? The BH 300 is rated for up to 110gallons with 250gph (more than double my 90gallon). Will this suffice?

Thanks for all of the input guys. So what you are saying is, if I put dry rock in the tank it will eventually become live? What is a good percentage of live/dry rock to start off with. I'm in no hurry so I would prefer to do this as economically as possible if I could use more dry rock. I...