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I may agree with Peredhil that a true QT is of less value than a hospital tank. I personally quarantine and medicate all new fish for several weeks...
I am not sure where my elegance is from - more likely indonesia due to the low-ish price I paid for it. I've had it for about 9 months now in my...
Why is that difficult to believe? Do you think that the nutritional content of a live chicken is different from that of a dead chicken (if fresh)?...
I was given to understand that the advantage of live vs non-live phyto was that it was less polluting to the tank. Being live, it would not begin to...
Yeah, it should be. With your MH lights you could put the clam lower if you wanted, but I still think it would be happier on a rock at least...
Out of all the giant clams, croceas need the most light. As mentioned above, they are also rock-boring clams and need to be on rock. As such,...
If you like the look of a bicolor fish, you could try a royal gramma - much less aggressive than a pseudochromis. Or you could try a bicolor blenny....
It looks like aiptasia to me. Are the tentacles all coming from a common center? If so, fairly safe to assume it's aiptasia, and I would take it...
If the water parameters in your tank are stable, the best thing is to leave him alone and see if he recovers. But keep a close eye on him, and get...
Siphoning your tank should not affect the pH of your water. As far as your koralia 2, try angling it very slightly upward so that it creates ripples...
First of all, tap water on its own has approximately a neutral pH (close to 7.0, or sometimes lower), depending on where you come from. When you add...
Well, it sounds like your cycle is well underway, with your ammonia and nitrite at zero and your nitrates sky high at 80. Keep in mind, though, that...
Yeah, the answer depends on the size of the mandarin and the size of the amphipod. A large adult mandarin may eat an adult amphipod, but most...
Cool. Sounds like you've done your homework. I would check out the article on silicates on RC if you haven't already - it's a very informative...
In response to your question, yes it will definitely reduce the amount of light that gets through to your tank, especially if it gets dirty. I'm not...
Gotta throw in my 2 cents here. First of all, it's a stunning fish. I'd LOVE to have one, but my 90g is too small for one. Hopefully you will...
Yeah, the UVL bulbs have a pink-ish purple hue to them, unlike the ATI or Geisseman. That's why I don't really like the look of the UVL ones. For a...
No carbon. It may interfere with the copper med, depending on the med you choose. Your main filtration in the QT can be a small sponge filter, if...
Any of the copper meds will work, as long as you monitor copper levels to make sure you don't OD. Keep in mind that you will be doing very frequent...
As with almost any new fish, there is usually a period of "hunger strike" while they adjust to their new surroundings. For my tangs this period...
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