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7.5 dKH is on the low side for Acros. Try raising it slowly to 8.5. Also, check your nitrate levels. A little nitrate (5-10 ppm) can actually help with growth, contrary to old-school thinking.

Acros can be picky. What's your alk and calcium sitting at? I've found keeping alk around 8-9 dKH and calcium at 420-450 ppm works best. Also, how's your flow? They need random, turbulent movement to thrive.

I've got a flame angel in my 45g, it's with 2 juvi percs and a royal gramma. So far it's been fine with the other fish, no issues there. I don't have coflake in this tank but it's always pecking at my live rock. Had it for a bit now, seems pretty hardy to me.

He's been spared by a faulty trap about 5 times already, I'll follow up once he's gone and the issue either persists or resolves.

My personal experience with Magnificents is they're notorious nippers - they'll mow down anything in their path. I've got one that's recently started nipping on a welso and it's getting the boot this weekend. The last one I had took out a large frogspawn, so I'm done with them. No more Foxfaces ...

I've been having some weird issues with torch heads deteriorating rapidly and I'm stumped about the cause. A buddy of mine joked it's like a fish is doing it because of how quickly they're dying off. I've had a pretty diverse mix of fish, so I thought I'd run my list by you guys to see if anything ...

I've got a few fish in my tank, including a couple of percs, a royal gramma, and a flame angel, all pretty small, around 1.5" for the first three and 2.5" for the angel. I'm looking to add some color, blues, greens, pinks, and I thought a 6 line wrasse could be a great addition. I'm a bit concerned ...

I'm on the hunt for something that breaks away from the usual LFS fare.