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I just noticed there's a sea squirt ON my featherduster! It's located near the opening of the tube. Would it harm my worm? I have 3 featherdusters and the one with the seaquirt on it opens less than the other two Thanks

I've been battling greenish cloudy water/algae bloom for 3 or 4 weeks now... It just won't go away!!! I thought it was my flakes that added the excess nutrients so i stopped using flakes. Im now feeding my fishes daily with garlic soaked frozen brines and phytoplanktons (very small treat...

I have an idea of building my own fuge. Im still in the process of planning so im open to suggestions. Here's what i have in mind so far: I want to make a HOB fuge. I'll buy a 5G tank, mod it into HOB (mayb i'll make a small shelf behind the main tank then put the 5G on top) with 2 holes near...

I have a pearl bubble coral which is deflated most of the time. I inflate for only a few minutes during the day time. At night, when i turn off the pumps, it inflate again. I noticed sometimes when i turn off pumps to do mods to the tank, it inflates bigger. Is it a flow issue that is...

I tried to buy some Garlic Extreme from my dad's friend's LFS but he told me not to waste money on buy those but to buy "real" garlics then take the juice out myself. I got about 2 teaspoon of garlic juice from a like 15 garlics... It was alot of work just to get a lil of juice. Anyway, I don't...

I finally got a real skimmer, the Coralife Super Skimmer 125 for my 30G, today!!! Im so excited to see how well it works b/c i've heard so much compliments about it. Already the top bubbles are covered with black gunk after 2 hours in service :). Anyway, i still have questions: 1. At the neck...

Im looking at purchasing a Corallife Super Skimmer. I can either buy the 65G or the 125G model. Which one do yall think i should get? My tank is 30G. By any chance, anyone knows how big are the pumps of the 65G and the 125G models? Thanks alot

So i went to the LFS this afternoon with my dad. The owner of the LFS is my dad's friend so he explained to me all these stuff about the skimmers. He doesn't have many brands of skimmers. He only has Prizm, Skilter and Corallife Needle. I asked if i should buy the Coralife one but he said...

Alright, so the general reef bioload rule for beginnners is 1 in. of fish per 6G right? Why do only fishes count toward the bioload? Surely, inverts such as snails, shrimps, tubeworms, anemones, etc. have waste products too. That means the bioload would increase if the amount of inverts in the...

I tested my Ph today and it was below 8.1. I dosed a few grains of PH buffer from Seachem directly into the tank, which turned out wasn't a good idea. One of my zoos colony closed off immediately. 2 of my shrooms shrunk to a tiny size then from their mouths, tentacles things came out. My red...

Would it be possible for me to add some substrate and tiny LR rubbles into my skilter 250? Mayb even some macros too? The skilter has a small empty space where the water is returned to the tank. Thanks

I noticed last night that on a piece of my LR, there were some orange corraline-like patches. Their color glows under my moonlight which looks really sweet. They are really tiny patches so i don't think it's possible to take pictures of them at this point. Mayb i'll take some pictures once...

My setup is explained thoroughly in my profile. Parameters: 0 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 3-4 Nitrate 0 Phosphate (using phos guard and it works :)) 8.2 PH 500+ Ca My tank is running well so far. Problems are: 1. Dirty (with some cyano i think) sand bed 2. Some small patches of hair algae 3. I have...

I know that anemones usually split when they are stress. Would this apply to corals too? My green ricordia is splitting and i wonder if something is wrong. Thanks

Im lookin at purchasing a flame angle for my 30G nano-reef once everything is settled (fishes and inverterbrates being returned :(, more clean-up members, 0 phosphates+nitrates). I will definitely have 2 clownfishes, a few soft/hard/SPS/shrooms corals, tubeworms, sea squirts, starfishes, crabs...

I was just looking at my fishes and an idea hit me. Now don't get me wrong about "declining forum's advices blah blah blah". This is just an idea that popped into my head that i think might actually work. Ich parasites's cycle is: infect the fish, drop off, multiply, then re-infect the fish...

I got a blue linkia yesterday. It crawled into my cleaner shrimp's favorite cave and stayed there. I could look into the cave and see my shrimp standing on it. My shrimp seems to be picking something off my star. Is he eating my starfish? Thanks

I found these tanks very attractive and unusual. Check them out http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/tankphotos16to30gallon/

I got a soft coral frag yesterday and when i put it in the tank i noticed a maxx of blackish tissue on the rock which the coral is attached on. It has 2 opening's that opens and closes! They look like they have tiny teeths. What are these? Will they cause problems? My camera broke so i can't...

I went to the LFS today and they just got some blue mandarins in. I was so excited when i looked at them but did NOT have plan to buy one b/c i've heard they'll starve and die due to my newly matured 30G. It was the greatest momment when the guy at the LFS fed them with brine shrimps and they...

I have a 130W CoralLight (65W 10K and 65W actinic) for a 30G. I was wondering if i could get a small clam in there. Any idea if i have enuf light for one? Thanks

I got a small frag with 2 (1 inch diameter) red mushrooms on it. The mushrooms seem to have some small blue dots on them. Are they flatworms? How do i treat this problem? Thanks alot, experts :)

I have a 30G reef and wondering if i should get 1 peppermint shrimp or two. Is there is reason y i should get a pair? I already have cleaner shrimp so im not sure if it's a good idea to have 3 shrimps in a 30G

I tested my tank's KH today and it's somewhere from 210 to 250mg/L(ppm) Is this bad? How could i fix this problem? Thanks in the advance

Sorry for the tittle hehe, i just wanted some immediate help. I have 2 false (or true im not sure) percula clowns. Both of them are about 1 in or alil more in length. The smaller clown has a big big belly. It's been like that for a few days. It is having a hard time to swim too. It seems...