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I acctually withnessed my blenny eating my star was still alive for a couple of days then died not sure what possed it

I am planning on setting up a new tank but live in a small town and the nearest place I can buy saltwater fish is 20 miles away and they don't have a very big selection (less then 100 fish in stock only about 30 different kinds 50% clowns) I was wondering if there were any online sites to buy...

got a new lawnmower blenny last week and after a couple of days in my tank it ate my serpent starfish anyone hear of such a thing? thought they were mainly algea eaters

Was planning on setting up a new tank and want to try my best at maintaining it was wanting everyones opinion on what brand of salt is the best to use when setting up the tank...

I don't have an automatic top-off I do everything manually... there isn't any salt build-up anywhere either... salt levels were find over the weekend still at 28 but today the level is 5 still any info would be helpful...

Can someone help explain what happened... my tank lost almost all salt in the water and everything except my hermits died within an hour or two. My tank does not have a skimmer just a power filter what could cause this within a couple days time? any help would be appriciated... all other stats...

thanks I'll keep that in mind I want to keep my fish as healthy as I can...

I'm fairly new to this saltwater tank only about a month and a half... I've got 2 tanks one is 30g and the other 40g how often and how much at a time on adverage should I do a water change...

I recently purchased a racoon butterfly and since I got him transferred to the main tank he has been swimming up near the top bobbing it's snout in and out of the watter... it does every once and awhile swim a little lower around the tank then back to the same spot bobbing it's snout out is this...

Thanks snowman for the advice.. I can use all I can get with the info. the fish I know pretty well of their survival care but do want to know as much as I can about the corals... I like the looks of them but of course need to know how to care for them... thanks for the equipment pointers...

It had a good supply of algea and also seaweed particles (I read that they eat that as well).... water stats were all good... my star didn't survive :cry: it was doing real good for the first 4 days I had it then it went down hill... could it be possible that one of my crabs hurt it?? had 4...

Tank measure 38"W * 18"D * 24"H, full hood with flouresent and black light lighting, power bio-filter, heater, and mixture of crushed coral and crushed shell gravel... I am new to the hobby I mostly just have had fish but want to try my hand at coral... my purple anemone is doing quite well but...

I'm trying to give my tank a good natural look I already have some purple anemone and a xenia colony that doesn't seem to be doing too well... worried about that one too... any info or advice is highly appreciated... being a new hobby I would like to keep things alive for quite awhile... trying...

I purchased my star a few days ago and it was doing fine... moving quite well all over the tank but as for last night through the day today he was sluggish moving and this afternoon looked like it had a hole in the top center of the star now probably not my best choice of a first star but just a...