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What was the Ca level in your tank before the WC, and how large of a WC did you do?
If they're thriving and reproducing in the fuge, it's more likely that your mandarin is keeping the DT population depleted.
Live Aquaria lists the decorator crab as a carnivore that requires meaty foods, so it's doubtful it will eat much algae, if any at all. My...
+1 Corailline said it all.
+1 on ReefCleaners. Every tank is different. On ReefCleaners' website, you fill out an application describing your tank, inhabitants, etc, etc and...
Honestly, we're all still learning. Information still changes as new studies are completed, technology to assist in fish/reef keeping is always...
LOL- you had vermatid snails. :)
Only rinse the sand if you get DRY sand. Rinsing live sand will kill everything in it and cause a major ammonia spike.
I've never known bristle worms to build tubes, only tube worms, such as featherdusters.
+1 on the goniopora. The pic before it looks like a featherduster tube.
For LPS/SPS dominant tanks, a lot of people like Reef Crystals or Red Sea Coral Pro. It won't hurt anything to switch, just start using the new salt...
Well, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that live sand or rock is a waste for a fish/rock tank, as you'll most likely end up with something that's...
He'd refuse or regurgitate it if there was a problem. You might want to offer other foods too, though. Everything likes variety. :)
Yes, exactly. They will reproduce and maintain population, as long as you don't have a sand-sifter in a tank too small to support it. Pods are...
It doesn't. You must buy live sand, or seed your sand with a cup or two of sand from an established live sand bed. The way to increase the amount of...
FYI, dragon gobies are sand-sifters and do not chase free-swimming pods. Perhaps you've confused it with the mandarin dragonette (often incorrectly...
That's not much better as your salinity is still swinging wildly until you get the right amount into the tank, which is not good for the long-term...
While bigger can be better, a sump/fuge is not even a necessity; so with that in mind, whatever fits your cabinet and budget, and holds the equipment...
What a lot of people don't realize is that sand sifters are actively preying on the live sand infauna. Most will usually deplete a well-established...
One note of interest is that the majority of fish that we keep swim in large schools in the wild. Yet in captivity, they refuse to get along with...
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