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Hello! I'm just now getting into the marine hobby and would like to try and expand my knowledge and learn as much as possible from other people's experiences. Below I will have the equipment I have, will be getting, and also what i would like to stock the tank with. Equipment that I have...

Hey there, two weeks I ordered a Humu trigger from liveaquaria.com. When he arrived the exterior shipping bag had been punctured and some of the water from shipping had leaked out of his bag. I called Live Aquaria to let them know after I began acclimating him. He's been in my 65 gallon FOWLR...

Day 2 on a male blue throat hiding in a ton of LR in a 180g I have a lot of tang so tank has a lot of movement, swimming. What can I DO to help bring him out of hiding? > lower my light to actinic only for 3 days? > lower my water movement to low flow? > other ideas? Hoping he doesn't starve...

Hi there, My name is Matt and I am totally new to SW tanks. I have kept Tropicals in the past, and thought I would get back into the hobby, and try my hand at a Reef Tank. I have just purchased an Aquareef 300 (read some reviews and this looked like a good starter tank). I have been into a...

Hey guys. I recently added a piccaso trigger to my dp tank. At the LFS it was not spitting out sand, like an engineer goby does. Why is it doing this now?:/ will it always do this or can I do something to stop it. I fed it octopus and it stopped for a few minutes... And now it's back at it...

I have basically finalized my stocking list for my tank. Now I will end up adding maybe another small fish or two at a later date but this will be 100% for sure what I am going to order: 5 Banggai cardinals 1 diamond back goby 1 tiger watchman goby 1 scooter blenny 2 O. Clowns 6 fire fish 1...

Hello everyone, I need some help with an ID for some white spots on my Pink Tail Trigger. This is my favorite fish and I am hopeful it will get better. I do not want it to die, nor do I want it to infect any of the other fish if it is Ich. None of the others show any sign of spotting. The fish...

I'm new to the saltwater community but, I have to move my 150 gallon tank from one house to another this weekend, I was curious if you guys had any suggestions other than what I had already planned to do. My tank has been set up for about two months now and I have to move it (I know ideally I...

I have an abundance of aiptasia growing in my reef tank. They are pest anemone and are killing my Kenya tree, I believe. I have a tank that houses a trigger, would I be-able to put a rock in there just covered only with aiptasia for him to eat? Then I could just put the clear rock back in my...

About a week ago my bluechin triggerfish stopped eating completely for some reason. I have tried feeding silversides, mysis, squid, scallops, shrimp, and krill with no luck. The other fish in my tank are eating as usual and have been really enjoying the increase in feeding that i have been doing...

Bought this little guy the other day because I had never seen one like him before. Can anyone help me out in identifying it?

What type of wrasse? Looking for a quick swimmer that likes to be out in the open with bright flashy colors use to have a Harlequin. 130dt

Hey I am new here and new to the entire world of salt water aquarium, I have had with good result 3 different 5-25g freshwater aquariums with various fish. I am currently in the phase of absorbing as much information as i possible can. So here is my dilemma, my research is giving me mixed...

Hello, I am a newbie as far as building a saltwater tank. I have a 37 gallon tank with a Penn Plax Cascade 1000 filter, inline heater set to 78 degrees, and a protein skimmer. I have about 40 lbs sand (20 of it is live sand) and about 10 lbs of live rock (I will be adding at least 30 more...

I have a clown trigger fish with two white spots on him. One is on his fin and one is on his tail. I was curious if this would go away or if I need to add some microbe-lift to the tank. He looks healthy besides the two spots. Thanks in advance

I have an adult, male blue throat trigger. Very healthy and eating well, he has just outgrown my tank. I had plans to upgrade, but now I'm not to sure when that will be. He is about 6-7" beautiful colors and very active. I have him in a reef tank and he has never touched any corals, clams...

I have a 150 gallon tank very fine quartz sand about 150 lbs about 100lbs of rock laying around for use if need be 35 gallon wet dry with a rio 26hf split into 3 loc line wide flow heads. i would like to do a predator tank suck as sharks, stingrays, lion fish, eels, groupers, barracuda and...

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Hello I am starting a 120 gallon tank. If I were to add an ocellaris clownfish, then wait a year or so would I be able to add a trigger. (humu humu or clown). (the trigger would be the last fish added to the tank and should be about an inch or so)...