Are clownfish and Cardinalfish compatible?

Sry just to clear up my question how long until my nitrates go down...just realized I wasn't that clear

 

ohh. not sure, ill let the pros chime in...

 

I think that all depends on how high your nitrates are and honestly how your environment will break down nitrates. I don't really know what to say. You could do water changes to lower nitrates as well.

 

it would have to be a big water change to make a difference though.

 

just order 160 gallons worth of salt

 

nice to see youve gotten everything running, im guessing by the time you get all this extablished youll be tempted to just ditch the idea of any seahorse or pipefish and go to a reef tank.

 

I use a circulation pump that uses a propeller instead of an impeller because it pushes more water in a wider pattern. my pump is creating sand dunes in my tank lol.
I recommend aquascaping your live rock so water can flow evenly around the rock while minimizing dead spots where detritus can build up.

I have a scooter dragonet which is in the same family of the mandarin and I got it eating "Hikari Marine -S-" sinking pellets. It is a great advantage feeding it fish food because it rounds out his diet and brings out his colors plus its growing real fast. The trick is to feed it natural food it eats in the wild and then slowly introduce the food you want it to eat as long as it has its main food as one of the ingredients.

 

Yep, a propeller like hydor koralias will do you good. I get dunes too

 

Just looked it up! Beautiful fish. Does it need live bc it says that on live aquaria.

 

Scooters need pods too there awesome fish.