All of my anthias died one at a time after being happy and seemingly healthy for over 9 months in the tank. First the male died, then the super female changed into a male, then the other females died one after another every few days and finally the new male died at the end. I dont get it. All of the other fish in the tank are healthy and doing well.

I felt the need to write this as there are sticky's for proper acclimation on fish and inverts but not much detail on corals along with maintaining a proper chemistry in the reef.
[url]http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2157531&highlight=acclimation+of+new+corals[/url]

I felt the need to write this as there are sticky's for proper acclimation on fish and inverts but not much detail on corals along with maintaining a proper chemistry in the reef.
[url]http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2157531&highlight=acclimation+of+new+corals[/url]

My suggested protocol is to use tank transfer for all new specimens to insure against cryptocaryon irritans. 12 days and two 20 gallon tanks is all it takes.

The initial receiving tank is temp and SG adjusted to the bag water( SG a few points couple of points lower than the bagwater is ok but not higher) This obviates the need for drip acclimation and prolonged stays in bag water where pH can rise and ammonia toxicity can increase once the bag is opened. This is particularly important...

The Users' Guide to Green Hair Algae
[a companion to the cyano thread]

Green Hair is actually tougher to get rid of than cyano---because it pretty well WILL run its course in a tank.

But it's a pretty straightforward algae. It loves phosphate. It grows like mad in a new tank.

A lot of new people, hearing the bit about phosphate, run out and get a phosphate test. This is pretty useless for the green hair algae period of a tank. Of course you have...