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  1. how do I properly introduce new fishes into a tank with existing fishes?

    I know the existing fishes have already established territories in the tank (and rocks) and will aggressively defend their place.

    I have observed that the fatality rate of my newly introduced fishes are rather high, they either stave themselves or hide in a corner all of the time.

    I usually water acclimatize new fishes first before putting them in the tank (fish in floating basket for about 1hour).

    Recently I resort to resetting liverocks placement so that the turf war will (hopefully) be reset - this is working well so far.

    Do I need to reset my rock placement each time a new fish comes in? What other ways can I safely integrate new fishes?

    Thanks

  2. i also did have the problem. now i think its more controlled but not ideal. I use UVC plus shorten the number of hours for the lights. Snails to clear the brownish stuff sa well but i think i need more. just a pic to show if you have the same thing we are toking abt below:

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    Will construct algea scrubber next week to also help the situation

    Yyup this is the same situation.. But my tank stabilizing already I think.. Algae blooming rate is slowing.

    Just a check - Ah Beng is which one? is it AquaEmpire (opposite C2)?

  3. Few days ago I discovered a hairy leg poking slightly out of a hole in the live rock it turns out to be a living thing.

    I have also discovered that my clean shrimps are starting to get murdered one by one.. So I took out the carcass of a cleaner shrimp, tied it to a fish line and lowered it in front of the crab hole. True enough, the about 2 inch crab came out and grabbed the piece of meat.

    I did a search on other forums and the below picture is the closest similar picture of the crab. Any one can ID what it is and its temperament? I wish to have cleaner shrimps in my tank but first I need to get this guy out.. any ideas?

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  4. Hi all,

    Kinda new to this forum. Recently ventured into SW after swimming in FW for awhile.

    Got poisoned by my experienced uncle to start my own SW tank!

    Quick question: How do you guys cope with algae? For now I am doing weekly-biweekly water change plus glass cleaning.

    What other ways to reduce their growth rate? Any algae eating SW fishes / shrimps?

    My livestocks for now are 1x blue tang, 1x yellow tang, 2x peculia clown, 2x black damsel and 2x cleaner shrimp in a 3ft tank.

    Cheers! :)

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