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I was wondering if it was some kind of an anemone, but I wasn't sure if it was good or bad. After searching the net a bit i'd have to say this is correct by looking at pictures of aptasia. I have a chocolate chip star in the tank, will he deal with it in due course, or am I on my way to a tank...

I was just giving my tank the once over and discovered some new growth on it. The tank has been established for about 3 months now and the rock was cured when it was put in the tank. Water params are all great, and I have yet to loose a fish (knock on wood). I'm not running a fancy light its...

I'm going to be taking a week vacation for the first time since I've setup my SW tank. I'm unsure about having someone come and feed them for me while I'm gone. I've had no problems with the tank or critters thus far and think they will be fine for a week without someone peeking in the glass at...

Over the past week or two my hermit crabs have been busy, at least I hope. They've been moving the extra shells that I have laying in the san to different corners of the tank. Occasionally they'll come out and seach the sand for food, but then get right back to their corner. When I came home...

I'm picking up a hospital tank this weekend. How large/small should I bee looking at getting?

I too have the prizm skimmer, I too had noting but problem with it, until the handyman in me decided to make some modifications to it. I took the air hose that goes from the "plug" on the collection cup and put a inline air valve on it and left it hanging off the side of the tank. Then I took a...

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I just noticed that one of my clowns has a large white "pimple" on his lower jaw. Sorry about the picture quality but he doesn't like to hold still for the camera. Any ideas?

I'm thinking of adding a small yellow tang into my mix. I have a 40G tank with 2 percula clowns and 4 damsels. If I had to lose a couple of the Damsels to make room for the tang I would. Any thoughts?

Anyone have any experience with these snails, I put 8 into my 40g tank tonight and I can already notice a distance where they've been working the glass. Please don't burst my bubble I think I like them, but I hope they're going to do more good than bad!

I've got a 40g tank that has been running about 1 month now. I was expecting to start getting some algee and it's comming fast and furious now. It's a brown color and it's forming on all of the glass. I've put in 6 hermit craps to clean up the scrap food that's in the tank and put in 6 small...

I'm looking to add a small clean up crew to my 40 gal SW tank. Right now I've got 40lbs of LR, 2 Perc Clowns, a 4 assorted Damsels. I was thinking of a couple of emerald crabs but I'm not sure what effect they will have on my existing fish and future, long ways down the road, coral? How large...

This is somehting that I think might work. Someone I know has a new born at home and has to work during the day. The wife gets to stay home and take care of the little guy. He set this up so that he could be at work and log into his home computer and catch some of the action. Not sure how you...

You should let the tank cycle for a while (week or two) before you put in all of the fish that your going to. Nothing like waking up to 12 gallons of dead fish.

I too was told that the PRIZM was the best skimmer for me to buy from the LFS. However I haven't had as many problems with it as everyone else has. It does run a little loud for the first little while, but if you connect the air hose up to the air hose port on the underside of the collection cup...