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Just throwing this out there: maybe there's a predatory bristleworm that got to it, injured it, and the injury caused it to die?
Mandarins seem to sleep at night, or at least mine sits in one spot and doesn't move for 12 hours. They eat all day, so lights out wouldn't help him.
It could be from coralline growth, if there's not enough flow to keep surface tension from holding the bubble to the glass. It could be from...
The one with the star, in Muskingum county, right? That's the one I thought it was. But yeah, that stuff is bloody perfect for reef tanks because of...
Read the post right above this one! :P
I did some quick research on the limestone in your area, since you have your location set as public. I think you hit the jackpot when it comes to...
They seem to look like a misbar true perc with an unbroken black strip.
Other than that, did you have any problems with phosphate or nitrate leeching?
How long did you run the rowaphos and phosban? I don't know about those two, but GFO is supposed to work over a long period of time to reduce...
It'll do whatever it has done before in your other tank chemically, whether the tank was fresh or saltwater. Since that tank is good, I'd guess that...
I have no idea what you're talking about with regard to limestone. "Limestone" proper is coral skeleton, usually compressed. The base rock everyone...
Anecdotal counter to the double anecdote....
....or dose the bejeebus out of calcium to make them both precipitate....
I don't know for sure, but I thought bleach didn't break down organic compounds, just killed things.
Not true. Any organic material, whether dead or alive, will break down into ammonia.
That's a good point, totally slipped me. It is the brittles that hunt.
Something to consider as well: skimmers can also pull out some medications entirely.
I don't know any fish well enough to go "that fish likes to get cleaned" - that can live in a 29 BC, at least. They'll likely always react like that...
He's trying to clean the clowns; that's why he's out and likely always near them. The clowns likely aren't responding to it; I don't think they get...
I'd say yes, if you have nothing else to spend money on equipment-wise.
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