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Advice is much appreciated. I have the Red Sea Max 130 (not the D version). Currently I have the stock skimmer. I would like to add the inTank media rack and the Tunze 9001 (looks like the 9002 is no longer produced?). It is my understanding that these 2 products will fit seamlessly in my...

I purchased a healthy, 2 inch yellow belly blue tang from my LFS, and put it in my QT where I treated it with treatment dose Cupramine for 2 weeks, as per Lee's and others' recommendation. The fish has been eating a lot and generally behaving very healthy. I closely observed it daily and so...

Actually, the LFS is buying it sight unseen. I don't have to buy it if I don't want to. To make my questions more specific: if the 3 inch fish does not have a prominent yellow belly yet, in peoples' experience, when can you expect it to develop in terms of size and age.

My LFS is in the process of ordering a medium sized (3 inches) yellow belly for me, and I am trying to decide if it is worth the price increase, or if I will be stuck with a more expensive fish with a faded belly. So, a few questions: - Yellow Belly Blue Tangs supposedly do not develop their...

I've got a RSM 130 (non-deluxe version) with everything stock, including the skimmer. I do use the surface skimmer upgrade, and the water level is just barely above it, so that surface water flows downward into the filter intake. I have low-to-medium bioload with only 3 fish, some soft...

The air intake is quite noisy. If I direct the tubing into the main tank this helps but not enough. I have tried stuffing a small amount of tissue paper into the tubing-- it seems to act as a muffler and helps cut the noise down quite a bit-- but this reduces the air flow below what I want...

Has anyone figured out a way to use Miracle Mud in a RSM without setting up a separate refuge? Would it be possible to put it in a very fine filter sock and put it in the chamber underneath the protein skimmer?

Do you have any insight on whether or not this pathogen is highly transmissible? I was going to accept an algae blenny from my friend but it was in the same tank as this clown.

Lee- Do you know what this is? Just appeared on my Clown in the QT. Got the fish from a friend who had it for about a month. I've had him in the QT for about 3 weeks. It's basically a reddish splotch on its right gill. Breathing a little faster than usual.

Got the fish from a friend who had him for about a month

My clown just developed this while in the QT. What is it?

Thanks for the response Lee. In other posts I think you have mentioned there is no difference between Copper and hyposalinity treatment for MI. Is there a reason you are recommending cupramine rather than hyposalinity for preventative treatment in Acanthurus sp?

Just got back from my LFS and the owner suggested not only to quarantine the blue tang I purchased but to treat with copper as well before adding to my reef tank. I thought the quarantine process was to monitor the fish for disease and treat if indicated. I've read that blue tangs have ich so...

hmm so this must be a common problem when letting a tank run fallow?

Thanks for the responses and the literature. I agree that low nutrient levels could be from the algae using it up, but there's no way to prove it is there?. I personally think it's unlikely that enough bacteria have died off during the 1 month fallow period to be responsible for my algae...

yes, but trochus snails are thriving.

Newish bulbs, not getting light from windows. Running purigen and chemipure elite. I'm pretty sure its hair algae, but if it is turf, what would that change?

I've got a RSM 130 that's about 6 months old. All my fish died due to a marine ich outbreak so I'm letting the tank run fallow for 8 weeks as suggested. Its been about 4 weeks since any fish. All that's in there is about 30 lbs of live rock, a long tentacle anemone, some green star polyps and...

I've never been able to keep mexican turbo snails for very long. Seems like 50% die within a few weeks of adding to the tank and the rest slowly die over the next 3-6 months. And they are never very active. In fact, my trochus snails are much more active. I do a slow drip acclimation process...

I have a 3 inch maroon clown who is extremely aggressive with anemones. I have gone through many medium-sized BTAs, and have always suspected the clown was just too much for them. They would do well and eat for a few months and then gradually shrink away. So today I bought a large...