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Drain the sump, remove the bubble traps and scrape off the silicone. Then refill your sump and run carbon to absorb any nasties that your silicone...
If given time, it will likely start eating (especially if it was eating in the store). You might try frozen brine shrimp - it is low on nutrition,...
Please do not consider any dips for this fish. A dip will stress the fish and will not kill the parasites, since they are really only vulnerable to...
If you can find them locally, try live black worms. If you can't get those, try live brine, as suggested above. If you can't get that, try frozen...
What else is in your tank in terms of livestock? If your damsel is being territorial toward the small tang, it will just bully him again when you...
Your mandarin will not survive if left to eat only the pods in your small tank. If you don't want to keep buying pods, you could set up a pod...
"turbo" is generic. Mexican turbos are one type of turbo snails. Other types include zebra turbos, black turbos, etc. Many people prefer the...
RO/DI water that comes from your own system and is tested by a TDS meter is probably the purest and best choice of water that you can use for your...
If all you want is softies, you may not need to dose any Ca or alk or mg. Water changes with quality salt will do it. However, if you are thinking...
Is this for freshwater or saltwater? If it is for freshwater, I would recommend a canister filter and a wet-dry together. If it is for saltwater, I...
Any established system has pods, as long as it was started with live rock. I'm not shocked you never saw them, as they don't tend to come out except...
SWC xtreme 160 or 160 cone (or reef octopus 160 xtreme). Pretty close to your budget, and will rock your tank.
Well, as was stated above, if you have liverock/sand in your system, you already have copepods and likely amphipods. You don't really need to add...
Amphipods will feed on copepods, but many people do keep them together in a fuge. If the main purpose of this is to feed a mandarin, I would forgo...
No, they will not school in your tank. In the wild, fish school to avoid danger/predators. Generally in tanks fish will not school unless they...
I would amend your comments a bit. Coralife is generally not considered a good skimmer, and I would not recommend that brand. SWC makes a good...
Granular Ferric Oxide. It is a chemical that you can buy from any LFS (bulk reef supply sells it for quite cheap in bulk). It absorbs phosphate and...
Ok, the carbon is a good start, but IMHO you need a skimmer and GFO. The skimmer will remove the organics before they can decay into excess...
A few thoughts/suggestions. 1) Are you using RO/DI water for your water changes? If you are using tap water, there is the likely source of your...
If you are able to get zero now, then consider changing once you get more than zero. The first thing you will likely need to change is the DI resin....
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