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There is no problem with trimming my star polyps is there? One of the edges of the star polyps began growing straight up and is beginning to block the view of part of my tank and i want to cut it. This wont spawn an even faster rate of growth will it? It is also beginning to over take some...

will butterflies nip at all corals or only a certain few like mushroom and zoos, etc.? if only a certain few... what few?

well after hurricane ike took care of cleaning out my 72 gal. im finally about ready to put some fish back in it. heres what im thinking. let me know about quantity/compatibility/ smart or dumb... thanks -yellow tang -blue hippo tang -flame angel -1 or 2 oscellaris or clarkii(havnt decided)...

So lil while ago the BTA in our 55 gal split and i put the smaller half in my 14 gal. Now he is getting too big for my tank and since he is a good lookin healthy anemone, I dont want to lose him. Any advice on how to remove him from my tank without causing too much damage or stress? He is pretty...

well i bought two new sexy shrimp this afternoon and put them both in my 14 gal bio cube. one went straight to my bta and has set up shop while the other was a little smaller and wandered around the tank all day long. he was awesome and my favorite, then tonight after i fed my pink skunk clown...

14 gal biocube. 15 lbs of live rock. has been running almost six months. has been algae free up until the past month when algae started growing on my rocks. it covers all of them completely now and my water turns murking. also there seems to be algae floating on the surface of the water. i do...

anybody have an opinion on how a pistol shrimp will be in a 14 gal nano reef? and what fish do they usually form symbiotic relationships with?

is 14 gal too small for a six line wrasse? i initially think so but figure wouldnt hurt to ask.

are six line wrasses COMPLETELY reef safe? I hear mixed things bout them, although I am still interested in purchasing one but dont want it to pick at any of my corals. Anyone had any experience with em?

looking to buy a RO/DI unit, my lfs closed down so had to get water from those windmills for last couple months and algae has had its way with my tank. where is a good place to buy them? and any body have pics or explanation of a good setup would be very greatful thanks.

had a 14 gal biocube up and running bout 3 weeks, approx 16 lbs of live rock had been the only inhabitant till yesterday, jus bought a rainfords goby, but anyways i hear its better to take out the cartridge filters and bio balls and replace with lr rubble. is this true? what will it help with...

looking to start a nano cube. im looking at the 14 gallon oceanic biocube or the 24 gallon aquapod cube. going to start a mini reef. anyone have any background or past experience on either, or possibly suggestion on another cube I did not mention. thanks for any help.

well my new project is a 32 gal hex reef tank. but i think it would be really cool to have the live rock stacked straight up in the middle of the tank. i dont know if it is realistic but thats why im here. anybody have some experience doing this and any trick to stackin it straight up?

i was wandering whats yalls opinion on how much to feed a bta and wut is best to feed it and if i should use any nutrition additives to help keep it healthy. right not i feed it silversides about once a week and it has done fine but i was jus being little curious

well had ym 55gal reef for 2 yrs and its been awesome but recently wanted to add a lil more rock so i bought two pieces bout 4 lbs each and put them in my qt for 2 weeks and they seemed good to go well after we put them in the main about 2 weeks later they started growing red algae and it was...

jus got a new refugium all set up gunna try to cultivate some copepods...put idk mayeb a few hundred in there and they r swimmin around got some phytofeast for them to munch on but do they need light or ne thing and if so how much?..and i put some in my tank also do i need to add the phytofeast...

it wont let me posts in general discussion so i am in here cuz its my only option sry it aint bout fish. here are some pics of this thing growing in my tank its been there for awhile just never able to get good pick i think i finally got some. so tell me what you think and what i should do bout it

im going to start a refugium and i would like to buy some copepods to put in there to get me a little colony going to ensure my mandarin gets nice and fat. i was just wandering if there was a good website or if someone on here sold any? please reply with any exerience or advice in purchasing...

jus recently got a green mandarin and i know they naturally eat the ...pods that are on the rock. but are there any tricks to make them eat the marine cuisine or brine shrimp or anything of that matter? i even heard sometimes theyll eat algae. any feedback wanted i have been wanting a mandarin...

i just got a very young bubble tip anemone and I want to make sure it stays alive. I will feed it some marine cuisine if he catches it as i feed my fish, but i also will give him some silverside. I have kept a long tentacle anemone alive for bout 6 months now that is symbiotic with my tomato...

In my 55gal. reef, I have had running perfectly for about a year now. Has all these(i forgot the true name) but they are like little anemones or featherdusters, they are brown and come on some liverock. Atfirst about 3 months ago there was one on the liverock and i thought it was cool looking...

hey im starting a 10g mini reef (its been going for about 3 months) i have bout 8 pounds of live rock. And 2 damsels. I have bout an inch of sand. But what i need to know is how much watts for my bulbs to have maybe a few small soft corals. i was thinking about 40watts. But also do yall know any...

i have a 55gal. salt and have had it up and going for about 10 months. And I started to get the brown feather dusters that grow on the live rock about 4 months ago. but now they have multiplied and multiplied and have completely taking over my tank they cover every rock; to the point you cant...

My condy anemone has moved right next to my pulsing xenia and the tentacles are constantly touching the pulsing xenia should i be worried and will the condy hurt the xenia. What should i do?

Will about 35 watts be enough for a ten gal mini reef? IM thinkin this one light for a ten gallon made by coral life has the double bulbs metal halides in it and getting two of them one with two whites and one with one white and a blue actinic bulb. Do yall think that will be enough for some...