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Also, I forgot to mention - I've got an API saltwater test kit that I use to test my water pretty frequently, at least every other day. I'm also adding beneficial bacteria to the water to counteract excessive ammonia and nitrites, as well as even nitrates. I do water changes every 2 to 3 days too ...

I don't have a whole lot of fish in the 20 gallon quarantine, just a handful really. There's a valentini puffer, a huma huma trigger, a coflake beauty angelfish, a gold blotch rabbitfish, a clownfish, and a purple firefish goby - all small, between two and three inches except the rabbit and the ...

I'd really appreciate it if someone could chime in here.

I've been dealing with a marine velvet outbreak in my '72 Marine display tank since mid-October. I let the tank run fallow, keeping everyone's hands out of it. There's a 20-gallon quarantine tank in the same room, about 6 feet away. I figured parasites aren't airborne, so that's not the issue, right ...

I've got mostly blue LEDs in my setup, same as the vendor's display.

I just dropped $100 on a "Yellow Hammer" that looked incredible in the dealer's tank - super bright, highlighter yellow. But under my lights, it's just green. I've got a mix of white and royal blue lights going on, so I'm guessing I'm missing something in the spectrum - maybe regular blue, violet ...