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What are your PO4 and NO3 like at the moment? To get rid of it you'll need to reduce nutrients, cutting back on feeding is a start. I would have just...
Sorry for your losses. Thats really odd that your fish are dead but not your inverts, if it was contamination of some sort you would expect your...
I wish I could get some in the UK. The most common spp. is Lithothamnion corallioides and form maerl beds. Given the right conditions and when it...
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Hydrometers can be completely out, I would invest in a refractometer if you can or get your hydrometer calibrated against one at your LFS or with a...
How long has your tank been set up for and how often do you feed your goby? Sand sifting gobies require a mature sand bed and 2-3 small feeds a day...
I rarely measure pH, I am more concerned with alk, mg, ca+, PO4 and NO3. pH can swing a lot in just 24 hours usually from 8.0-8.3. As long as your...
I prefer #2 just because there is more space between rocks, better nooks and crannies and water flow will be better.
3 meq/l is a good value for alk IMO
This does not look like a swim bladder problem to me. The fish doesn't look too buoyant or look like it's sinking.
A lot of fish do swim like that when exploring rock faces.
I have seen that behaviour in wrasse, blennies and a lot of other spp. but not in clownfish. I would just try to provide very stable parameters...
I'll be out tomorrow in pubs, bars and eventually clubs dressed as a scary clown.
3-6 would be fine, Personally I would go with 5.
A chalk goby or a watchman goby with pistol shrimp (but do not put the gobies together) would also work.
Royal grammas are one of my favourite fish, one in your set up would be good. Maybe a bicolour blenny, they also help by eating many different types...
You need to decide whether you want to keep your clownfish or your damsel pairs. Most LFS will take fish off you, some will even buy them back off...
Damsels get a bad rep for a good reason; they can be very aggressive. I have two pairs in my DT and one yellow belly damsel in my smaller tank....
When kept in threes, two will pair up and the fish left out will be attacked; just my experience of keeping many damsels.
This isn't entirely true, I have never seen a pair attack eack other. They swim around together and look after each other. I was talking about the...
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