I'm looking for something that will be compatible with my current tank inhabitants. Currently I have a blue hippo, 4 clowns, hermit crabs, snails, shrimp, a goniopora coral and a LT anemone. Any suggestions? Preferably a hearty creature.

O.K. guys I am new to the hobby. I cycled my 75 gallon tank. Did a water change waited a day and went to the LFS (mom and pops, very reputable) I bought two clown fish and a blue hippo tang some hermit crabs and a coral banded shrimp. She has been very active but shy. She has been eating. I...

Okay guys, Im going to lay everything out here so the experts can weigh in and hopefully I will answer any questions so that you may be able to give an answer so we dont spend 5 days of me answering the little tank specification problems. I am at my whits end with my aquarium, the only reason I...

I recently bought a blue hippo tang about 1 week ago. He was doing well but yesterday he started laying on the rocks in the tank. He was eating well and very active. Then all of a sudden he's just laying around. I've seen others doing this at the pet store. Is this just normal behavior or is he...

I hope I am in the right forum. I have a quick couple questions I currently have a blue hippo tang about 2-3" I have had him in my 135 for about 1 month I would like a NASO BLONDE TANG are they compatible? I know these fish get pretty big thats why we are putting in a fish room in are...

Hey all, I bought a baby blue hippo tang about 2 weeks ago, and maybe 4 days after we put it in the tank we started seeing ick spots. Following some posts we found on this forum and after talking to the LFS guys, we decided to go with a copper treatment. As soon as we put the tang into the...

I recently purchased a saltwater set up from a guy who was getting out of saltwater. I took all his fish, live rock etc. He had what he called a blue hippo tang in a 55 gallon aquarium and said that for the last 6 months he thought it was sick but it eats and isnt bothering the other fish...

Well I Just Purchased A Hippo Blue Tang On Sat By Mon I Noticed It To Be "scratching" On Lr, Today The White Spots Are Now Noticeable, I Just Started A Hob With Biofilters So I Am Able To Start A Hospital Tank, My Question Is, Am I Moving To Fast, Do I Need To Remove All Fish And Start A Copper...

I have a mature Blue Hippo Tang that is suffering from ich and don't have a quarantine tank to medicate him. If someone can give him a good home for either a trade or cash please let me know. I'm not sure I have a tank big enough for him and that's why the ich (stress). Thanks

Well i talked to a few of you about my fish and im pretty sure it was ich because i woke up this morn and they were dead. laying in the sand dead... :( but the neon goby is just fine swimming around..but yup thats my sad story for the day. and im not having anymore fish for a while (except the 2...

Finally registered here, after browsing through the forums for months, gosh I'm lazy! Well here are some random pics of my 55g newbie reef and its inhabitants:

Thought I'd put up a picture of the new Regal Blue I got from Chuck. He's doing very well. He's adapting well. Now he just needs to get comfortable with people coming in and out of the room. Sorry about the grainy picture, I had to take the picture from the other end of the room and use the zoom...

I was 4 days away from completing a 6 week course of copper treatment in my QT tank when I come home to a brown tank that I can't see through. My HOB filter on my QT tank broke. Initially have 4 dead fish. I scrambled to aclimate them back into the main tank but over then next 24hours I lost...

I have a 5' 120 tank. Who would you put in it? Here are the fish I have in the 120 and holding tank. 1 Pr of Maroon Clowns 1-sailfin tang 1-yellow tang 1-African Hippo Tang 1-Lyretail Hawkfish 1-Manderin 1-Lawnmower Blenny 2-6line wrasses 1-Yellow watchman goby 1-Royal grama 1-Bi-color blenny...

Well, after i broke my 125gal tank that i was setting up (screwed up drilling for the CLS). I got a 180gal. this is what i have right now in my 55 that will be going in the 180gal plus what i will be adding. let me know if this is to many or i can add more over time. 55gal fish Yellow...

YES! I have official began my build. I am upgrading my 75 gallon. I will post some pics of the room that I am partitioning off and what the plan is. -I ordered the tank today. Will be here on Friday (I know, quick huh) -Will get a hundred pounds or so of live rock on Sat. -Bought an...

Again. Blue hippo tang. Achilles tang, &&my queen angel. I was just wondering if anyone knew how well achilles did with fighting off ich. &&if my angel had a good chance of survivng. I had a coral beauty who died before I even saw the ich. If anyone has any info that can help at all. Please share.