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Dude looking good!! I love seeing those hawk fish just sitting there and staring out into space. Fire fish look happy and out. That’s a good sign. Tanks looking great. I’d say that elegance looks like it might be getting too much flow. yes coral placement is one of the hardest things. I place...

Yep. They like those brain corals. I stay away from anything that says reef safe with caution. I’m always the one that gets stuck with the caution side of it and they eat my stuff

I’ll bet the ID was wrong or he didn’t know he had a mantis shrimp. The other thing is the tank could have broken by no fault of the pistol shrimp and the noise it makes could lead the guy to believe it was the pistol shrimp. I don’t even think a pistol shrimp is capable of breaking glass since...

I love blastos and acans. Post pics of the corals please. That’s the best part.

Never heard of those shrimp but I love stomatella snails. They are just super cool snails. I had good success with them thriving in my reef tank and had some reproduction. I had them in my reef tank for years. I never was big on hermit crabs so maybe that’s why I had a bit of luck with them. I...

Heat the water and keep mixing. It should dissolve. 1.022 is not high or saturated. Is this for a reef or fish only?

They are very sensitive to acclimation. How did you acclimate them?

That’s a lot of fish and a lot of food. Puffers are very dirty eaters. did you mean 5 gallon water changes weekly? what’s your water tests look like for nitrates and phosphates? That’s likely the cause.

For the most part yes but they are reef safe with caution. Most people have good success with them.

I love gobies and smaller wrasses. A possum wrasse is cool. clown gobies are great. Shrink goby pairs are great. Jaw fish are cool. Bangii cardinals are cool. flasher wrasse are very best. Hawk fish are cool but can eat shrimp and crabs but lots of personality. Basslets are great fish too.

How high is high and why not just do a water change to lower it so there’s no stress on you or them. I’m sure they can handle some.

I love wrasses and there are so many great ones. most wrasses will do good together but some can fight. If your getting wrasses get either a few that look different in body shape but if you’re going similar body shape get a nice group and add at the same time. Some can fight. A LFS of mine had...

Looks ok to me. I’d just monitor it. Keep everything clean. Sometimes the fins just get damaged. Doesn’t look fuzzy or like parts of the fins are missing to me.

Your plan sounds fine. The only thing I would caution against is don’t for get how long it can take to acclimate critters to be environments. Also make sure the new tank and water is running for a few days. I recommend a week or something like that to make sure there are no issues with...

Agree it’s a water quality issue. as mentioned ro water is a must and the filters inside need to be maintained. nitrates and phosphates are the number one cause for algae growth. What’s your weekly routine? Testing? Water changes? Feeding? Tank inhabitants? Flow, skimmer? Food?

If the sand is dry yes rinse it. Also yes you will run the filter during cycle. You want the flow and the bacteria to colonize the filter and rocks.

IMO it depends on what’s in the live rock and what you want to preserve. If it’s ocean rock with feather dusters and clams and you want those to survive I’d avoid adding them with high ammonia and nitrates. Also IMO if the live rock is cured as in the die off of organisms has already occurred...

One of the great mysteries of life!! Just like blue raspberry candy. Ever see a blue raspberry??!!!

Your talking about hydras and aptasia. There is many types of cultures live rock without pests. Also dry rock will get aged and be beneficial. I think the issue with going too large is that they have trouble finding food. A 5 gallon might be right for the dwarf seahorses because yes I know they...

Mon mine was that for years. I think that was my number one cause of death.