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Ok its been a while since iv been on here but here it go's i have a 75 gallon salt water fish tank 2 Ocellari's clowns a yellow tail damsel and a 3 striped damsele one Sailfin algae blenny one bulbed anemone 4 hermit crabs and like 5 snails
and one fancy starfish.

Ph- 8.3
ammonia- 0
nitrate- 0

salinity- 1.020

I am begining to see all over my tank at least a hundred little tube worms with red brislses they are small bat a few are quite large is this good i am finding them all on my rocks filters and glass

i have base a peace of live rock i would like to upgrade my tank to get more out of it at A LOW COST.... LOL

can i get more fish any sugestions i would liek to egt a few shrimp and some more snails and crabs how many should i have of snails

also one of my clowns is hogging the anemone it is a darker orange and also bigger when i go in the tank to clean the glass it seams to attack my hand i think its the female i would like to get them to share it and i would like to breed them how can i do this is it easey hard etc i also have a 30 gallon that is being set up i can use that to bred also i have a powerhead in my tank and a wave maker strip

what should i get for lighting ill have a adiquet light ill go look up what it is and post it

thanks for the help NORREC

In the age of darkness the blind man is the best guide. In the age of insanity look towards the mad man to show you the way

I found these snails what u think for a clean up crew http://cgi.ebay.com/100-LIVE-DETRITUS-ALGAE-SNAILS-FREE-US-SHIPPING_W0QQitemZ320046630473QQihZ011QQcategoryZ66788QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

In the age of darkness the blind man is the best guide. In the age of insanity look towards the mad man to show you the way

Those snails would be a poor choice. I just learned about them the other day- http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-11/mg/index.php. As you can see, they are not what they are described to be.

"I am begining to see all over my tank at least a hundred little tube worms with red brislses they are small bat a few are quite large is this good i am finding them all on my rocks filters and glass"

If they're tube worms then they will not pose a problem unless you just don't like them.

"also one of my clowns is hogging the anemone it is a darker orange and also bigger when i go in the tank to clean the glass it seams to attack my hand i think its the female i would like to get them to share"

Don't worry too much about that. If she wants the whole anemone, you won't be able to stop her from having it without stressing one or both fish out. The best suggestion I can give you is to take her out for a few days, let the other clown establish itself in the anemone, then put her back in. But there are lots of complications, like the male possibly starting a sex change, or the female going right back to what she was doing. Plus, lots of captive-bred clowns (I'm assuming yours are) just don't care about anemones.

Spawning is easy, breeding is hard. The fry basically need rotifers and a seperate tank, and are best forgotten unless you're really dedicated to raising them.

If you want to keep your anemone alive, unless its nonphotosynthetic you'll need a strong light. I'm not an anemone person but I'm fairly sure most of them appreciate metal halides. You should find another opinion on this, though. Most people kill anemones within a year of purchase, usually because they are underfed (nutrients and light).

As for the rest, I'm sorry, but I can't understand enough to help you well.

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