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Hello all, I would like to add some more life to my three tanks little by little. Right now: 75 w/lots of live rock has 3 YT blue damsels 1" and a flame angel 3" and assorted hermit crabs, snails 60 w/lots of live rock has Picasso clown 3" and an azure damsel 1 1/2" and assorted hermit crabs...

Thank you jesterrace. I looked them up. What a cute face! Are they generally kept one to a tank? Yes, coralbandit. I can us an algae scrubber. But this is really tough algae for some reason?

Here's a pic of the type of algae I am dealing with....its kind of interesting. Not ugly. But it could get out of hand!

So my little 28 gallon nano cube now has 45 pounds of live rock covered in all kinds of pretty coralline algae and also various kinds of marine algae. Some of the algae looks like red trees, some like bunches of grass, some is bubble type algae in green or red, some looks like green lettuce....a...

Good news! I purchased a gold striped maroon clown two weeks ago and a bubble tip anemone from different stores. And the clown has paired up with the anemone. She seems so happy now : )

I did a partial water change yesterday with store bought RODI water. I have added some rock from other tanks and some dried corals. So far I love the look. The question is what do I really want? Its only 28 gallons so I have to be picky.

Culprit can you recommend a RODI unit? Where to buy, how to use, how much to spend? Also how long does it take to filter and prepare 15 gallons or 30 gallons? Thanks.

Interesting mommawilde! Yes, the two pumps came with the tank. I do think the water level was low and it was sucking air....causing the bubbles. One pump is defective so I am only running the other side. With enough water in it, the bubbles disappear. I have since added ALOT of live rock, some I...

It came with two 266 gal per hour pumps/power heads. A friend came over and said exactly what you said, Culprit. I unplugged the pump that wasn't operating properly and kept only the other pump. Just doing that alone made the water level in all chambers rise. Now the pump isn't sucking in air...

Hello all, I recently set up a JBJ 28 gallon nano cube quad. I love the look of the tank and love the lighting. I made my own stand and prefer it to the stand sold with the JBJ tanks. I was wondering about the pumps.....I have been reading about a lot of issues people have had and have had some...

Thank you Kjeldsen! Yes I have those too and have used differing kinds of filter media inside. I was hoping the amount of live rock and yes, plenty of water movement would be enough filtration. I did remove the wheels. Luckily I have very few fish too.

Thank you Cichlidude, when you remove the wheels then isn't the PF itself similar to any other cheap PF? Just pulling water into a box filled with whatever filter media and out over the top and back into the tank? Seems I could use any filter media in the box... I have used at times layered...

I really thought all the 45+ hermit crabs, emerald crabs, sally light foot etc would have been enough to eat up any excess food? Who knew?

To add, I took away the bio wheels but left the power filters going using the media in there already. that is the 75 has a Tidal PF and an emperor 400 minus two bio wheels. The 60 has two emperor 400s minus the bio wheels using filter media there already. I've been testing the water and the good...

Yes, 40 is way too high for a reef. Mine is only fish and live rock. In the sixty I have a serpent star, a couple sea cucumbers, 40-50 various kinds of hermit crabs and an arrow crab....lots of various snails too. Still I will work on bringing the nitrates down. I have always heard 40 as about...

Jesterrace said " . Furthermore the Biowheel serves ZERO purpose in a saltwater tank, since the biological filtration is all maintained in your live rock." That's what I wondering. Some people say the nitrogen cycle stalls there with the bio wheel since the nitrate is no actually removed from...

I have a 75 and a 60 set up with FOWLR. One has a Tidal HOB and an Emperor 400. The other has two Emperor 400s. I do use the bio wheels in the Emperors. I have used different types of media in all the power filters, sponges, bio bit/ball, chemI pure bags, actual Emperor cartridges etc. The tanks...

If damsels are big enough that they don't become lionfish food would they be good tank mates? I am less concerned with the damsels being eaten than I am with the damsels stressing out the other two fish. Would damsels torment venomous fish like a foxface or dwarf lion? I prefer YT blue damsels...

What order do I add fish? If I intend to have a dwarf lion fish and a one spot foxface fish along with a small school of damsels or chromis who goes in first? I always hear about damsels becoming territorial...but I would think they would leave venomous fish alone. Am I wrong? I will have a lot...

Well, I have done some more research and decided against sea horses. Really, everything I do doesn't have to be difficult. Since occasionally I have to travel and have a pet sitter, maybe sea horses aren't for me. Perhaps a brackish tank with spotted scats and spotted puffers? I could still keep...