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and what do you think about scrubbing off rocks with zoas on them? should i not scrub them at all? thanks

Well, i don't really know where to go from here. the phosphate test kit arrived. The test showed zero phosphates. However, the color of the zero on the kit was alot closer to the freshwater's zero than the saltwater's zero. So what would that mean, if the algae's not coming from phosphates...

Well, sad day. No need to worry about the tang. He died last night just after I did a normal water change. Somehow he also took the blue damsel and the strawberry psuedo with him. So now I still have my 2 clowns and clown goby. Fortunately, they appear to be fine. This is so weird. I've...

Yeah the naso tang I have is actually doing a noticable improvement on the algae. I know I can't keep him in there too much longer though. He's already too big for it and doesn't have much space to swim around since he swims around constantly, unlike all of my other fish. He's also kind of...

Yeah, I've read alot here and everywhere else about algae being the cause of overfeeding. I am careful about not doing that. When I feed the small pellets, which is the only thing most of my fish want to eat, I make sure no more than a few even touch the bottom without being eaten. As for the...

Thanks for the replies. As for water used, I bought a brand new RO/DI unit a few months ago that I've been using. I use ReefCrystals sea salt. I've tested all of my other parameters (pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, salinity, and calcium). They are all normal and in good condition...

Hi, I've had my 24 gallon aquapod established for about 8 months now. I've got 2 true percs, a damsel, a strawberry psuedo, and up until a few days ago, I used to have a bicolor blenny. Well, my blenny just died for some really weird reason. He was totally healthy and eating fine the day...

Yeah, my bad. I thought I'd heard of people shortening the name "psuedochromis" for "chromis". I didn't know they were different. I guess I shoulda figured that the 'psuedo' was a giveaway. :opps Thanks for the correction. But yeah, don't get a strawberry psuedochromis. They've got a...

Also, I have a strawberry chromis who is a big, bad killer. I don't know if yours is that bad, but mine has eaten and killed about ten hermits in the past 2 weeks and one smaller peppermint shrimp. I have a peppermint about the same size as him who he hasn't killed yet, but he's bitten off the...

I've had two tank-raised true percs for about three weeks. At night, they always act weird like that and get real motionless... sleep I guess. During the day, they don't get too crazy and act pretty fearless of me. I've heard tank-raised are quite a bit less scared. They never eat the flakes...

yeah, he's a strawberry. He also seems to bully my green clown goby, but he's got a ton of personality. He goes inside of a hole when the lights go out and he stays out of sight all night like he's sleeping. This is okay because I think the clown goby stays nocturnal anyway. I love the way...

I'm about to start week 2 of owning this purple pseudochromis. I received my cleanup crew just before him. While a few of my scarlet reef hermits died within the first two days of arriving, I had a new death today I believe. I came home from work this morning and found my chromis had a...

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Thanks for the advice Edgray... very helpful. I took your advice and got 2 fish and one bottom fish. I ended up doing the two clowns and just got them today. I got them young and small so hopefully they'll grow to be a mated pair. I also got a clown goby last night. I like all of the fish...

Yeah I did some research on it and the maroon's out. I also bought my first fish for it today. It's a Strawberry Pseudochromis. I'll put some pics up soon. Now I'm thinking of also getting a pair of perculas and a bi-color blenny. Here's the OR situation... a pair of firefish and one...