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Thank you very much for all the responses. This forum is packed with great people! I will keep these polyps for now and see how they develop. I will take precautions when putting my hand in the tank from now on. I guess I won't know when some new hitch hiker my pop up. I bought those long gloves...

are they toxic? I did a search and found a link that claims palythoa have a toxin that can be very serious to humans. link: Palythoa Toxica Poisoning - One Reefkeeper's Personal Experience With Palytoxin Poisoning — Advanced Aquarist | Aquarist Magazine and Blog Are these good or bad...

pictures Here are three pictures.

These things just popped up a few days ago. They are in one area of one live rock only. The pictures are of the same cluster, just different shots. 75 gallon tank is about six weeks old. Purchased live rock was from an established tank that was neglected for a month or so when ownership of...

I did also buy Frozen Mysis. That is what the lfs feeds most of their fish. The Brine should be used as a treat I think? I will limit the Brine. How do you know when the water mix is ready?

The fish are still doing alright. They are very hungry. I didn't know how much they ate. I keep having to put more in since they gobble the food up quickly. They have had frozen brine, seaweed, and flakes. I had to give them a lot of flakes this morning, they were active and seemed to be...

Okay, I agree with you BallinCrew10, I dumped it. I guess better safe than sorry. I rinsed out the bucket with tap water and set the bucket IN THE SINK this time.

Oh gosh, my darn lab (dog) drank out of my 5 gallon bucket of RO water that I filled to make a batch of saltwater for the next change! Can I still use it? Do I dump it and start over? Get distracted for a second and my lab gets into it! She thought I gave her a nice big TALL bowl of water all...

Good morning! Seems my fish made it! At least so far. I have them in a 20 gallon aqueon setup. I added Instant ocean Bio-Spira and Prime to new saltwater. After a few hours I tested the water and it was low on the pH (7.5) and 0 for ammonia and Nitrites. There was some Nitrates (40). I had...

WOW! Thank goodness the tank my rocks came from was not nearly as bad as the tank in the link from Jlsardina. If I didn't take them, I am guessing it would have gotten there soon enough though. I really do appreciate everyone's comments and advice. As a beginner, the more input the better...

Thank you Ibrahim and Jlsardina for the great advices. I will nix the freshwater and use saltwater to scrub/rinse the live rock, I will search for some emerald crabs locally so I know where to go when I am done cycling, and I will be calling LFSs to see if they can take the fish. As for the...

Thank you TLTGF, I appreciate your time in completing such a thorough reply to my questions. I already have the test kits (API). I have an RO in my house set up for our drinking water. I had planned to use this to supply my tank water. I ordered a refractometer from ebay, for now I will use...

I think I got the quick cycling resolved. My main concern now is how to maintain the fish while the cycle occurs since it will be at least a week.

My tank isn't even plumbed yet. I have to clean it out still. I have a local person selling everything but the tank (which is perfect because I already bought last week). I wasn't expecting the fish but people don't want them. There are only two fish, a large clown (about 4 inches) and a large...

Thank you Rutrag. I will be doing the leak test on Saturday.