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Keeping pipefish are easier as compared to seahorses. Been keeping pipefish for at least 4 months already. When I first got them they just ate the little micro-organisms on my glass. I did'nt even need to hatch bbs for them. After about a few days they started to accept frozen mysis. Hehe...recently bought a female Jann's pipefish. It immediately paired up with my resident dominant male.

When talking the boss never look at his eyes. If not he just hypnotize you and before you know it..you end up with a hole in your pocket.

Anthias can grow so big!? Where did you see that fish? Is it genetically engineered?

HeH..then someone might have to raise them till they are larger than mysis shrimp? I don't mind buying at that size..kinda cute..

Yep...silicates needed to make the skeleton of the diatom. Phosphates are needed for all living things. It is essential to make DNA.

You might be able to get away with a Kole tang? Or a dwarf angel? I once had a dwarf angel (greyish white body with faint black stripes and and orange ring around the eye)...it was always with my yellow tang. They sort of like paired up?

He said some lah..maybe 1-2? LoL... I don't mind keeping some ultra small shrimps in my tank...as long as my pipefish can't eat them..

Yes they will be killed. It's like saying...I have an enclosure with Lions ....would be be alright if I add in a wild dog?

Just hope they do survive. Shrimp larvae are actually zooplankton. Zooplankton would eat other zooplankton or phytoplankton? Oh well..hope the phytoplankton works.

Hmmm...my turbos love the diatoms on my glass ley. Now my glass walls are almost sparkling clean. Even the sand too. Anyway..when my tank was 1-2 months old..still had algae bloom. Had those string-like hair algae that would float up by the pulling of the bubbles that they produced via photosysnthesis. Looked like floating riccia (freshwater plant). Anyway..used to manually harvest them. And they did smell nice to me. Have'nt tried eating them though. Oh well...After another month things kinda settled down. No more hair algae..hardly any diatoms..and very nice coralline algae.

Geoliquid is for monkeys.

Your corals extended their polyps because they tried to eat ya little babies. You can try keeping them in your sump tank and dosing phytoplankton everyday. If they do pull through you can message me. I would love to buy some! I like things that are small.

Aiya...if you scared of overdosing..every week change 20% of your water can already. Newly mixed saltwater will help maintain the buffering capacity.

I hope my athelias will become the pests of my tank. So far they are doing well for about 1 month + already

Ok..maybe if your anemone starts to shrink and does not expand fully after maybe a week..you can consider putting it up for adoption? Rather than let it pollute your tank if it eventually dies?

1) Make your own. You'll never know what is in the saltwater they sell. 2) Many people recommend sump. As it can hide all your equipment out of sight from your display tank. I'm using only canisters. So basically it's your own preference. 3) Cheap custom made tanks? All custom made tanks are not cheap. Not really expensive also. 4) Got 2 types of skimmer. 1 type is surface skimmer. The other type is protein skimmer. Do a search on the internet and you will know what they are.

Sounds like a bleached coral skeleton to me.

Thank goodness the movie did not potray Nemo hiding and sleeping in Acropora. Just imagine...

Read somewhere lah. Soft corals depend more on iodine as compared to hard corals. His tank just cycle lah. The synthetic seawater should still have the correct proportions of the trace elements. That's why I ask him no need to add supplements so soon.

Someone should invent a way to force-feed fishes?

I know..it used to be a planted tank with a higher water level and about 4X as much sand. Now my water depth I limit to max 16 inches only. Sand I only put 15kg. Then as for the liverock...I use some very lightweight dead rock for stacking. The liverock I put on top are the small light pieces. Not the big bulky and heavy ones. My deadrock becoming alive already. Can hardly see any difference compared to live rock. Oh well...think I should reduce my water level by another one inch..hehe..

Add it after maybe 2-3 weeks after you have added your corals. Btw..iodine mainly used for soft corals. Calcium normally used in conjuction with scrontium. Mainly for hard corals and clams. Some soft corals need scrontium too. But the weekly water changes should be able to replace the scrontium level back to sufficient amounts.

Next time i get my own house...make sure my sump bigger than my display tank! Sumps can be interesting. Can keep weird things in there that you will not be able to keep in the display tank?

I think they should be active after lights off. My snails are parading my tank now when the light is off. Two of them keep following one another. LoLx. When choosing Turbo snails...I always choose those sticking to the sides of the tank. I never choose those lying on the floor of the tank. Reason? If they have the strength to adhere to the sides of the tank they should be healthy.

Smaller clams rely on phytoplankton and light. Bigger ones rely more on light. Try to keep your temperature at 27-28 should be alright. Try not to exceed 30.