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It's nice and sunny here in Hampton Roads today. We lost power at 8 yesterday morning but power crews were on top of it and it was on within 2 hours. Luckily we have power today and all is well. My dad didn't fare so well though. He had minor flooding in the house over on Mill Creek across from...

[Moderator edit]. There probably aren't any extension cords left in all of Hampton Roads either. The stores are bare. I'm thinking I'll be okay. My temp shouldn't get too low and I can easily keep it from getting too hot and I'll do water changes if need be.

I'm in Hampton, VA with no generator. I'm hoping my tank will be stable enough without power for (what I'm estimating to be) a week or more.

To me it seems like they don't fix the problem. I've already given a fish funeral, so I can't take the fish back. There are signs on all their tanks stating that all Saltwater Fish are non-refundable -- no exceptions. That should probably have been a crystal clear warning. I'm taking this as a...

I'm not exactly sure how long the fish was at the store. I know it wasn't more than 3 days as I had gone to the LFS on Friday and saw one Coral Beauty and I then made the purchase on Monday when they had 3. I knew I would be taking a risk buying a new arrival, but I thought it would develop Ich...

I'm thinking it must have been stress. I've bought a starfish, snails, crab and shrimp from the same LFS but this was my first fish purchase from them. Every time I go in there, I see a number of dead fish in the tanks. I didn't see any dead fish today, though, and I decided to make the purchase...

On the bottle it says for Fresh or Saltwater use. So I don't think it was that.

He was about 3 inches

I bought a Coral Beauty today. I drip acclimated for 3+ hours and added it to my QT tank. An hour later, I checked on him, and he was swimming back and forth across the front of the tank, in the middle of the water column - seemingly fine. An hour after that, I check on him, and he was dead on...

I've mostly read to never expose a starfish to air because of air pockets possibly becoming stuck in the arms. I was wondering how true this is. I remember going to the state aquarium and being able to hold different types of starfish, fully exposing them to air. Also, since CC Starfish enjoy...

Noticed small white tubules in the same area today. Any insight would be helpful. Thanks.

It has a stem coming from the rock, so that led me to think it was Aiptasia.

So, I noticed some white flatworms in my tank a while back, I've got about 3 or 4, and from what I read, they should be harmless. I just saw him going to town on the bug things and eating them up.

It's been running about 5 or 6 weeks. The coloration appeared almost overnight and I expect it to go away. I'm not using tapestry so im not too worried about that. The mite looking things have me raising a brow, however. I only have a few turbos and a CC starfish right now, so if it is a...

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I noticed what seemed to be a swarm of tiny bugs on the glass behind one of my powerheads. They are no bigger than the tip of a needle. A few of my snails like to hangout in that corner, so I'm thinking they might be eating them, but the snails don't really move much when they are there, so...

When it comes to the poly-fill, is there a certain brand you'd recommend or anything I should look out for?

I rinse my filter pads in old tank water during each WC. I keep tapwater as far away from my tank as possible. Living directly on the Chesapeake Bay leaves me with 50 year old, rusty water lines. I don't even drink tapwater. To do the switch, I'm planning on filling my current media bag with...

From what I have read, if I used ceramic rings, I could rinse and reuse them much longer than AC, and from what I've read from others, can use them almost indefinitely (at least until they began to break?) I'm thinking I'll use ceramic rings and place them in a filter bag, possibly made out...

I've been searching the web and the forums to determine if I should use activated carbon in my HOB on my 29 gallon SW tank. There seems to be no general consensus. I've read that the pros outweigh the cons and then I've read that there are no benifits if you aren't trying to remove meds, odors...

I am planning on getting some reef eventually, at least 6 months down the road. I want to be sure to have a well established tank before taking that plunge. When the time comes, I'm going to take him back to the LFS or as mentioned, get a harlequin.

That would turn out too much like some of my past relationships. I couldn't bare reliving it. Lol

Well...he seems to be better now. He's moving around the tank, so that's a good sign. I'm going to try feeding him soon and see how that goes.

I bought a choco chip starfish two days ago, and I think he's a gonner. Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0 Temp 79 Salinity 1.024 I think my tank either wasn't established well enough or he had a bad breakfast. He was doing fine this morning. There was a small snail next to him on the glass and he...

Well I do believe I am fully cycled. Just got home and did all the tests. Ammo 0 Trites 0 Trates 160 Thanks all! Time to get my QT going!