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OK so here's the deal. In the last two months I've had the following fish in my tank: sleeper goby, 2 firefish, royal gramma, ocellaris clown The only one that is still present is the ocellaris clown. I've searched high and low, as much as I could without ripping the tank apart, and...

Thoughts? Just noticed this thing growing in the middle of my GSP...

Found it odd since the open brain doesn't look/feel anything like an anemone, but my ocellaris seems to have taken up residence on my open brain. Hangs around it, rubbin on it constantly... is that going to damage the brain long term? If so, would offering something else more appropriate...

So I currently do my PWCs by removing water with a siphon, then dumping in from 2 5 gallon jugs full of RO/DI saltwater. Now, the problem with pouring this stuff in is that it knocks stuff around quite a bit (couple frags got knocked to the floor of the tank etc). Now the fish and corals all...

So just got a zoa colony last night, and it looks fantastic - nice mix of green and red polyps... Odd question though...one of the polyps in particular is wiggling all over the place. Doesn't seem to be in any high flow or anything, it's wide open etc, but it seems to be wiggling itself around...

So was at my LFS tonight (the one I go to because their prices and stock are great, but advice spotty) and they had a tank full of zoanthid colonys for 35 bucks - at that price, couldn't resist (probably 40 polyps I would guess). As I was checking out, the guy mentioned that I should be feeding...

So I live in central NJ and am fortunate to have two LFS within about a 5 mile radius of me. One is Pet Shanty in Scotch Plains, NJ - I use them all the time. They're always patient, experienced, knowledgable, and perfectly happy to spend hours talking shop - even if it won't always result in...

OK so recently bought a new reef master test kit (my old one had everything reading very low...and it was nearly 4 years old, so it was time). So in any event, tonight I did a round of testing... pH 8.4 KH 179 Phosphates, nitrates, nitrites all showing as 0 Now where this got particularly...

Any suggestions for reasonably priced clams that would work well for a new clam keeper? I have T5HO rolling on the tank, so not sure if that is sufficient? Oddly, last night while googling this very topic I spotted what looked like a seafood clam (like, a steamer) - I thought I had spied it...

OK so I have two firefish in my tank, both introduced at the same time, and both were getting along just peachy for about a month. A week or so ago, the big one started chasing and nipping at the little one - nipped his top fin down a bit, but other than that he seems to be ok...but in any...

OK so, running my 72, slowly adding corals, and really want to get some additional swimming life in there as well.... Any suggestions? So far have 2 firefish and a sleeper goby (think one of the firefish may be on the way out...big one is picking on the little one badly). Am planning on...

For those too lazy to watch...75 gallon tank with the following listed: Fancy Ocellaris Clown Female Bird Wrasse Green Coris Wrasse Blue Headed Wrasse Melanurus Wrasse Vlamingii Tang Purple Tilefish Blue Gudgeon Dartfish (x2) Firefish Purple Firefish Green Dartfish Helfrich's Firefish (very shy)...

So my open brain was kinda withered all day today according to my wife, so when I got home after the lights went out I attempted to feed it with some frozen mysis (this was only the second time it was being fed here) - well, the mouth went WIDE open, however the tentacles never actually came out...

So...as I'm starting to add corals (have a couple pieces arriving tomorrow on top of what is already in - just an open brain and some zoanthids...few more zoas coming) I've been reading up and watching the bulkreefsupply videos about calcium/alkalinity dosing, and where kalk falls into all of...

OK so, tank is doing well, couple corals in, few zoanthids on the way from reefs2go etc. So the question is this: I reworked my aquascaping so that I can now put things up high (the zoas I'd assume), or down low, or on the substrate (where I have an open brain right now)... it seems that the...

So...had a brief 2 hour power outage today. When the lights came back on this evening, I saw what appeared to be a nessarius orgy - 5 or 6 of the buggers in a big pile... Is it possible that I'm going to be seeing some little bundles of nessarius joy soon? Do snails even reproduce in that...

OK, so...72 gallon tank, 2 firefish and a sleeper goby. Everyone is happy, healthy, doing good things and living fishily, just as they should be. Haven't added fish in about 2 weeks, and all the levels are good, yadda yadda yadda. So, I stopped by petco today to pick up some food for my son's...

Suggestions on how this should be accomplished? I know it has a "mouth" like thing in the middle, but I'm not entirely sure how to entice it to eat. Do I just lay some thawed mysis on it and let it do it's own thing, or do I need to knock three times or something to get the feeder tents to...

So now that I'm starting to bring corals into my tank - what do you folks think about coral rx dipping prior to putting them in? Apart from their youtube videos being amusing, is it actually worth doing?

I'm sure this is a common, easy one, just happen to be new to the coral game. Thanks all!

Picked it up last night at LFS midnight sale. I got the important stuff (does it need to be fed, are T5 sufficient etc), but didnt have an opportunity to ask much beyond that as the **** was insanely packed. Anybody able to help with identification? Need to know where to place it in the tank...

Hey all, i'm in no way associated with the shop other than being a loyal shopper. Pet Shanty in Scotch Plains NJ is having a huge 9pm - midnight sale on Dec 3. 20% off livestock (fish, pets, some discount on corals too). Free 10 gallon aquarium for the first 50 in the door that purchase...

Hey all - ok so, most of you have probably already read my stuff but, quickie run-down. 72 gallon tank, got destroyed by 5 day power outage, everything dead, coralline falling all over the place etc etc etc Fast forward a month: its running well again, nitrates and trites at 0, phos at 0 etc...

So here we are, roughly 3 weeks to the day since tankageddon (for those who haven't seen my earlier posts, I live in NJ and the freak halloween snow knocked my power out for 5 days killing all the fish in my fowlr) and the tank is, if I do say so myself, looking as good if not better then it has...

So, as I enter my first winter with my new T5s, I've noticed that they do in fact keep my water substantially warmer then the old CFLs did. I can actually disconnect my heater altogether and the water stays pretty solidly pinned at 79-80 degrees. While that seems pretty perfect to me, I have...