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I never see my purple firefish anymore :( I mean, I can see him if I look in the cave he hides out in, and he comes out for only a few seconds to eat. But he used to be out all the time. It seems as I added more fish, with each fish I added he would be scared and hide for a few days...

A few weeks ago I added a yellow watchman goby. Two days passed with no sign of him and then I found him in the sump. I had a space between the top of my overflows and the tank top so I super glued gutter guard over that and put him back in thinking there was no way he'd get out now. Over a...

Does anyone have one (or a group)? Have you found them to be hardy? Do they pick each other off like chromis? Anyone know if a bengaii cardinal would harass them? LA says "If a larger aquarium is available, it will handle a small group of this species. As a group, they will establish a...

For those with foxfaces, anyone have one take a really long time to get back to all yellow color after adding it to your tank? I am trying not to worry, but it's been 2 months since I put him in my tank. For regulars on this site, you may remember I lost my first foxface after four months for...

When I went to add calcium yesterday, before I did my usual roll call for my fish, I was very surprised to see my midas blenny in the return section of my sump. The poor little guy went over the overflow, down the return pipe, into the skimmer part of the sump, went over the wall into the...

I came home yesterday to find my magnificent foxface had died and I'm not sure why. This fish was my pride and joy and I am so depressed right now. My only big fish since I set up this 125 gal in February. He was the last fish added, a few months ago. All other fish are acting normal. I...

I'm not sure what to do, I think I made a regrettable decision. My LFS had two fish I really wanted, a midas blenny and a purple firefish, so I got them both and I have them in a 30 gallon QT. My LFS guy said they'd be fine together but I shouldn't have listened to him because now the blenny...

I see many pictures of tanks with really nice purple coralline. But mine has always been pink. Anyone have any ideas why this is? And what I can do to get the darker purple kind?

I have a torch, frogspawn, long tentacle plate and hammer corals. From what I've read they can extend 6 inches or more to sting other corals. My question is, will the same species sting each other? Can I buy another frogspawn and place it near the other one or will they sting each other...

I got an exquisite wrasse from LA 3 weeks ago. A few hours ago I saw him laying on his side in a pvc pipe (he's in QT). He seems to be breathing a little fast. I put food in and he did start swimming around but spit out the food and went back in the pipe. Until now I thought he was pretty...

I got two feather dusters a week ago from LA. They were both out of their tubes during acclimation (dripped for over an hour). Then one has been out all the time and the other I have not seen out at all since then. I anchored them in sand with a few small rock rubble to keep them steady. The...

This past weekend I put my magnificant foxface in my DT after a 5 week quarantine where I treated with Prazipro and Cupramine. Within the first few days after I got him I noticed he had cloudy eyes. I read that it could be due to poor water quality. But my params were fine and I did frequent...

Just curious if and how you try to remove detritus from your main tank? I've read that you should use a powerhead or turkey baster to try to blast detritus off your rocks during water changes - anyone do this? Or try to siphon it out as you change the water? Or if you have good flow and clean...

My green star polyp coral was doing great until the past few weeks. I got it 6 or 7 months ago as a tiny piece which spread really fast in my 55 gal. When I put it into my 125 gal almost 3 months ago it did great for a while but not it's not extending nearly as much as it used to, maybe only...

Yay! I just found that exquisite fairy wrasses (from Maldives) are available on LA right now. This is a fish I have known I wanted to add eventually, but I thought I should add a wrasse last. But these are classified as peaceful and I think BL1 told me they are but I just want to confirm...

I'm thinking of getting a generator in case the power goes out - anyone here know alot about them? I'm trying to calculate how long it will power my return pump based on maximum wattage of the unit. I guess I'd spend a little more if I knew it would last longer. Or I guess I could just have...

I want to get the Foxface Lo (the one with no spot) because from what I understand it will have a brighter yellow color. Anything special to look for? I know that when they're scared their color isn't good, they may be pale or greyish looking. Any way to tell if it's healthy? I know if it...

Now that I have a tank with a sump, it's okay to cover the main tank almost completely, right? As long as the sump gets plenty of air and I have a skimmer that adds oxygen too.

I bought two of these Ecoxotic Panarama Pro fixtures for my 125 gallon tank that is 72" long and 21" deep. The manufacturer recommends 3 of these for that size tank, but the guy who sold me them (where I bought my whole tank setup) said that two would be enough when I told him I only have soft...

My alk is at 7 kh (kind of hard to tell, the color starts to change from blue to yellow at 6 but is mostly yellow at 7 and pure yellow at 8). pH is 7.9 in the morning and 8.1 at night (right before lights off). I am really surprised that I already have borderline low pH and alkalinity in my...