6 days after adding to my system my green mandarin is going nuts for frozen brine, he may have accepted it even sooner but today was first confirmed sighting of him eating frozen. He is in the fuge and was skinny but has about cleaned out pods in the fuge and is loving brine, also starting to...

Our 144g bow front is only 6 months old with sump only. Currently in tank: 150lb LR 3 bangai cardinal fish 1 six line wrasse 2 black clownfish 1 sebAe anemone 1 fire goby 1 clown fairy wrasse 1 diamond goby 2 cleaner shrimp 2 peppermint shrimp Sometime next year a custom refugium will be...

I got a few new additions to add to my tank and got a green mandarin. I know the tank is huge compared to this itty bitty guy, but I havnt seen him since I added it. First thing he did was land on the rock work and swam down to the back. My Anthias and Sailfin are new and those come out...

I have a green mandarin dragonette who is doing really well, I have had him for about 4 months. I was just watching the tank and he started releasing some white milky substance from behind his gills, but not out ofhisgills I dont think. Is this some kind of chemicall attack? he was just grazing...

i would like to have a mandarin in my tank but i dont know how to take care of the m if anyone can tell me how please i have a 29 gallon biocube

Got a nice almost 2 yr established aquarium finally got one of the fish that made me fall in love with saltwater, i got some pods on the way and hopefully he thrives and lives for a long time..... and the most important thing my wife loves him already:dance:

Fish To Be Avoided: (fish that have incredibly low survivability in aquaria or are totally unsuitable for home aquaria) Moorish Idol (a few success stories but miniscule amounts live long, difficult feeder, mystery deaths, and even when accepting prepared foods often slowly starves)...

:read:I am cooking my rock 1/2 now and 1/2 after that. When I switch out the rocks I am planning to thoroughly clean the tank. I have had major problems with hair algae and when I switch out the rocks I don't want to recontaminate the cooked rocks. :arg: So when I do this will I need to...

so 5 weeks ago my fish got ich. I moved them to a QT tank and treated them with copper. Little did I realize this was real bad for mandarins. he died the next day. so 5 weeks have gone by letting my display go fallow. My LFS said mandarins have a slime coat ant can't get ich so I can add him to...

I spent most of the day working on my 75 gallon reef tank and then started taking pictures. I tried some things that were new for me, and learned a couple of lessons from them in the process. I am planning on adding a whole bunch of pictures to this thread so it will not be very friendly to...

AGA 92 gallon corner tank AGA 20 gallon (sump/fuge) LifeReef single overflow Mag 9.5 return (2) 250 watt 14k MH (2) 55 watt CF Actinics (Dawn/Dusk) Purple Tang (2) Ocellaris Clownfish Pink Spotted Watchman Goby 140~ pounds live rock Shallow sand bed (< 2") I think that's everything. If...

How do you Prefer To Pair up fish? !?

I want to add one more fish. Currently have: 1 Mandarin Dragonette 1 Purple Tang 2 True Percs What is your suggestion?

Hi Guys and Gurls, I am in dire need of a replacement 3200 GPH Dolphin (Ampmaster) marine pump if anyone has one or knows of one locally (upstate SC) that I can buy (even retail at this point, $$$, the days will make a difference). If I cannot find one by Saturday evening, I guess I will order...

I'm throwing in the towel. I have water damage repair guys here because my filtration system blew out a tube while I was out of town. TONS of damage to the house. Meanwhile, this weekend I discovered that the heater in my sump has been cracked for a while I guess, and the elements inside are...

Poll on the ich There are different theories on whether ich lives in the tank all the time and if it has to do with the general health of a fish whether they can fight it off or not. Or if an outbreak means you have ich for 6 weeks and then you don't have it in the tank anymore. My fish died...

I am posting this not to say Salifert FWE is a bad product but to warn anyone else that may be considering it's use to be extremely cautious :read: I HAD a very beautiful 200 gal softie and LPS tank last friday. I have suspicions as to where I got the flatworms but they are now out of biz so I...

Hello everyone, Since I am new to TRT, thanks to FatTony for introducing me to the site, I thought I would share some pictures and information about my tank setup. I am definitely one who has learned and is still learning from experience and has bought many pieces of equipment more than once...

I have been here for just a couple days, reading up and learning. I found you guys after I had the bad experience of finding out that my hubby had purchased me a gift card from Aqua Zoo for Christmas 2 days before they closed. I came here trying to find out the details. I am fortunate in that...