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I added a dwarf lion to my 125 about 4 weeks ago and after the second day I haven't seen him since. I added some ghost shrimp and guppies for the first week (all disappeared). I have searched the tank with a flashlight several times after the lights went out with no sign of him. No carcass...

I had a saddle carpet anemone, anything picking at him was never a concern. Him catching and eating anything that came near him was my problem. One damsel, one hawkfish, multiple crabs and snail all became snacks. And he grew very fast. Good luck.

I moved from a 55 to a 125, and it was a pain but not impossible. I used a 10 gallon, and 3 large plastic tubs and a couple big plastic trash cans. I only used about 25 gallons of existing water, new sand, and all my live rock. Typical process, water from tank into tubs, seperate corals and...

Make sure everything is secured, these guys are clumsy bulldozers. Everyone I know that ever had one brought them back due to the destructive issues.

I am by no means an expert, but that picture looks like a little sponge, not aptasia. As stated, I doubt what you see was the cause of your loss, maybe a symptom a water problems. Good luck. By the way, my pepperment shrimp seem to love aptasia, didn't have much but they quickly took care if...

Thanks. I don't have anything to test magnesium now, but the third part of this BRS dosing regiment is magnesium. I was told to wait until I empty the calcium and all and then mix and add the magnesium suppliment. Sound right?

Talked to LFS and he is dosing 40 ml twice a day. I don't have as many corals as his tank, but clearly I started low. I'm bumping up to 40 ml a day and I'll work it from there.

I'm dosing BRS two part Alk and Calcium and haven't been able to reach an equalibrium. I started dosing with a level of Calcium at 390 and 10 ml per day dosing of each. I have gradually increased to 25ml of Cal and 20 of Alk and still seem to be chasing my target of 420. What levels are you...

I would leave him alone. Your anemone will move itself if it isn't happy. He'll move around until he finds a combination of water movement and light that suits him. Let him settle. Good luck.

Thanks for the ideas. I was successful in getting him out by turning off the return, siphoning out the water down to about an inch, urging him into a net. Now covered to avoid this problem in the future. Thanks. Bud

O.K, now I know that I need to put a screen over my overflow boxes, but for the problem at hand: my smaller (male) clown has jumped into my overflow box. I have a dual internal overflow boxes on my 125 gallon reef. No way I can get him out with a net that I see, if I get near him he shoots to...

If your Calcium stays at 480 you don't need to dose. I dose to keep my level at 420. A lot depends on how frequent you do water changes, salt, etc... your torch and frogspawn prabably aren't using up much calcium. Good luck.

Probably a good idea, never used a chiller but be sure you lower the temp gradually.

If my math is correct that's about 86 F which is a bit warmer than recommended. I keep my tank between 78 and 80 throughout the day. I think fish and coral can handle a pretty wide range, the just don't handle changes (big swings) very well. Good luck.

Mine had a similar encounter with a saddle carpet anemone, initially looked a little worse than iyours but only got progressively worse and died. If it doesn't worsten pretty quickly I think yours has a chance. Good luck.