Recent content by Sadial

That worm was bigger than his dog!

Still kicking myself over introducing live rock that was not completely cured. I have a plague of these worms in my tank - I estimate 25 - 50 of them. I thought they were eunicid worms but now I'm not entirely sure. I think that worm family covers hundreds of worms so Idk. I tried manually...

I agree with everyone who said to try trapping it. Not many people would waste their cat because it clawed up the brand new couch and enjoys shredding their furniture - although somebody probably would. I guess you could argue that a fish is a lower life form than a cat and you'd get all...

I book marked that link and am interested in trying the same thing. Thanks so much. I'm going to order the magnesium. If it doesn't blow over, I think it's going to get ugly. Pic 2 - I found 2 in the sump and one in the display. No shell that I can see. They are surprisingly fast.

I agree it's cool to see life instantly but I'm running scared on the bryopsis prospect. I can easily see this overtaking the tank is short order. I've skimmed through other people's ordeals with this stuff and it sounds rotten. I don't have a large clean up crew and what I have ignores it...

Think I hit the mother lode of unwanted hitchhikers this time around. I think I'm screwed. Set up a 90G tank. Went to the LFS for some interesting pieces of live rock to round out what I had. The cured rock was completely picked over. Feeling adventurous, I selected a few pieces of uncured...

I wish you and your daughter the best! In your position, I would get a 30 gallon plastic garbage can with a lid - maybe with wheels to get it out of the way if needed. I would premix your saltwater and toss in a power head and that's that. When we went on vacation last summer, I had family...

Oh Jesus, I'm so sorry. Sounds like radiation poisoning, like they were hit with a freaking nuke or something. I'm sure you'd rather forget this so I'm done with my questions :(

For the heck of it, I googled some of the things you were considering. No doubt you've already viewed similar results. However, the slime coat and rapid deaths seem consistent with Brooklynella - looks like that is a hard hitter, can kill within hours and can be carried in by anything 'wet' such...

I'm sorry this happened. It's a shame. I was curious about something you posted earlier in the thread. You mentioned a BB sized brown lesion on the chin of one of your fish and wondered if it bumped an anemone. Do you think that lesion was related to this disease/parasite?

What a great idea!

Thanks :) I agree they are lots of fun.

Wow, that nuts! Glad you caught it.

Good to know! Did you specifically feed your serpent star or did it find enough to eat around the tank?

Not sure! Live aquaria lists them as peaceful but what happens after the lights go out may be another story. I think they are scavengers and opportunistic feeders rather than predatory stalkers. Maybe someone who has one can chime in. I would like to hear someone's experience before I bought one...