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Hi, just a quick update - been thinking about my tanks and I've recently set up a 2ft cube reef, which I'm really enjoying. I'm now considering a change for my 5 footer, thinking of switching it to freshwater and keeping the 2ft as my only reef tank. Not 100% decided yet, but if I do go for it, it ...

ive recently started a small 2ft tank for coflakes, so i'm thinking of going for a fowlr setup in my 5 footer, which is a rio 400.

first off, i'll go over the equipment i've got -

a v2 400 skimmer (do i really need this if i'm just keeping fish and some inverts?)
a serifill 1300 external filter ...

Good to know! I'll stop stressing about my softies then. Maybe I'll try adding an LPS or two down the line.

I've got the same issue in my 40-gallon. My calcium's at 390 ppm, but my zoas and mushrooms seem fine. Do soft corals even care about calcium levels? I'm using Red Sea salt, weekly 10% water changes.

i think mine is female, so that's a good start. my lfs is pretty good, they always feed the fish i'm buying before i take them home, if they can't be bothered to feed them then i don't bother buying.
i've got some brine shrimp pellets, gonna try those with mine, anyone know any other good pellets ...

ive had my mandarin for about 9 months now, and its been in my 100 gallon tank for roughly 3 days, still getting used to the new environment

so i'll probably check the sex of mine and see if i can get a normal manderin of the opposite sex, and find a jar for it too.
if mine's a female, should i get another female or should they be opposite like males and females?
i'm thinking like betta females, they get along but males don't, is it ...

If I got another, I'd get one that eats frozen brine, but I think I've got a good amount of pods already, I mean I occasionally see one floating dead and the clownfish eats it, and I see them swimming about. I'll check the sex of mine, see what I've got.

oh i'm not even sure if mine's male or female, to be honest
and yeah, mine does eat frozen as well
but i've got 35 kg of live rock, and the calculator says i need 44 kg

I'm considering adding a normal mandarin goby to my 100-gallon tank, I already have a spotted mandarin. I know they generally don't do well with their own kind, but since they're different colors and the tank is quite large, I was wondering if I might be able to make it work.