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" I have huge one about 5 inches " Pics?!? :P

I had an Emerald Crab for a long time and it was very peaceful, it would run around the edges of the tank and night and go about its life without disturbing anything. It molted and then was promptly was eaten by tankmates with no prior warning a few months back. Three weeks ago I bought...

Here is my 15G: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=53634&highlight= This is over $1000.

Fish like this (livebeaers) will breed and multiply to the point where you have so many of them, they poison the tank with their waste. I understand you love the little fish now, but you need to be careful and make sure that love does not turn into an overstocked tank full of sick fish...

So your fish whacks it head on the eggcrate when it tries to jump out instead of ending up on the floor.

Very common. Many places need to do this to protect themselves from people who like to use mail order like a rental service. Sounds like your order total went below $175 by returning the item, thus you no longer qualify for free shipping??? How much you pay to ship it back is up to you :)

How long has it been set up?

Ok, so two weeks ago, my Mushroom Leathers looked like this: Not the best Leathers around, but healthy and opening daily. Now, a few things have happened: 0) The front Mushroom got big enough to touch the back one. The back one appears to be shedding extra fast where they could have...

Yeah Isopods are parasites, they attach themselves to the side of a fish and can do significant damage to fish in a short period of time. Here are some Cirolanids I caught in my tank:

I updated the pics in the original post, they are much smaller now, should load quickly for most people on broadband. To answer some questions... -The tank is just over 8 months old. I have pics from back then all the way to now. Just to give you an idea of the progression, he is the first...

Mine do this too. Once they get up near the top, I always wonder what the snail is thinking when it realizes there is no tasty food on the glass.

ammo, PH, temp and salinty is good.... Pretty common misonception really. Some people advocate using Damsels (which are about $3/each) to cycle a tank. Since you have LR, no need for the Damsels, the LR will cycle itself. At this point, you want to just leave things alone until those...

That live rock looks pretty dead. Live rock is normally only good for a day or two, three at the _most_ before siginificant die off occurs :( Also, that fact that the box did not smell is not a good sign. If the rock was full of life, there would be die off in shipping, and that die off...

Different bacteria breaks down ammonia into nitrites, and then nitrites into nitrates. All tanks go through different things while cycling. Also, go pickup another test kit for nitrites, maybe the one you have is bad :P

For Cories and Loaches, most people would say the owner should be dropping in some type of sinking food/wafers on a regular basis. Take the weight of those wafers, and compare it to the weight of flake food. That should give you a good idea of the ammount of waster that will be leftover. It...

Ok, here is the deal. The inch/gallon "rule" is just a guildine to get people thinking about stocking limits and keep people in line. You would not believe the number of people that have posted on this forum with an honest 50+ inches of fish in a 10g tank because the LFS told them it was OK...

Original Poster's sig: indy: Fully agree with indy. Your tank is not "basically done" cycling and you are NOT "ready for more life". If you Nitrites are still at 15, that is actually HIGH. you might have a long way to go still. I understand it is cool and all to get new things for the...

I have not posted much in a while, however I used to be a very regular poster on these boards. Then I had a baby and all that fun stuff so real life too over for a while :) Figured I would share some new pics of my tank. In the last few months I have gone from a 15H FOWLR with minimal...

Huh? Does yout refugium light also light the tank? The fuge should get its on light, and the tank should be on a seperate light. This way the fugre can get 24hr light if you want, and you do not mess up the tank =)

$290 spent on Live Rock is a much better purchase than $290 spent on a filter. Like Phyl said, LR makes the tank easier to maintain than other types of filtration. Also, marine tanks are not simple, even if you want them to be.

If the Kalk drip kicked it off so quickly, you tank has probably been Ca deprived for quite a while. How often are you doing water changes? Do you test Ca/Alk?

I would get another one. 29g is a taller tank and you need most output to get water moving vertically down throughout the tank. My 15g tall tank was not happy until I had 2 MaxiJet 600s (150gph each) and a Maxijet 400 (100gph). That is 400 gph in a 15g tank, not including the skimmer... I am...

It would be sufficient for a 46g, though a Remora Pro + Mag pump would be better ;) For sheer skimming ability, you can do better than a Remora. For ease of setup and use, you can not beat a Remora. Remora are basically impossible to mess up, there is only on adjustment, they are not...

I would seriously consider FOWLR. You can cycle with the live rock, and the live rock makes for some of the best filtration you can ever have. And it looks better than fake decorations :)