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Bought this toadstool 2 days ago and it is placed in moderate light and high flow. From the front, it seems healthy, all the little tentacles have popped out, but the stalk is totally bent over. Is this normal or should I worry? I had read that they like high flow, but could it have too much...

Have a 29 gallon cube with 25lbs of lr. It has 2 ocellaris clowns, a shark nose goby, 5 smaller snails, a turbo, one emerald crab and 5 red leg hermits. I also have one zoanthid. Everyone seems to be healthy and happy. Can I add more fish? What are suggestions for relatively easy to care...

Just found this on my zoas. What in the world is it? Will I keep finding hitchhikers for the rest of my life?

I have a zoanthid in my tank for a month and just moved it to the sandbed two nights ago when I had to move some rocks around to isolate a sick fish. Today, I found a piece had fallen off into the sand. Is this normal or did I damage it during the move. Can I pick this piece up and set it on...

Have a relatively new saltwater tank. It has been inhabited for about a month. I have 2 ocellaris clowns and a royal gramma. When I added the gramma, she hid in the rocks for 2 days. Since then, she seemed to adapt and was swimming around in the open water with the clowns, only going into...

Just found these on my live rock this morning. Any ideas?

I'm a total sw newbie. So far I've found aiptasia, some sort of worm that I haven't seen since, and an asterina star. My husband saw this today and asked me if it was anything. I really don't have a clue. ID, anyone?

Just wanted to start a build thread, so I could document my project and anyone could provide critiques and advice. I'm sure I need a lot. Today, my hubby decided we could convert his 27 gallon cube to salt. We ran out to buy supplies before he could change his mind. So far, we have a sand...

We just got a number of small aquariums for free, including 1-20 gallon long. I have wanted to start a salt water for a while and I'm close to convincing my husband to convert this 20 to a nano reef. I think his current hang up is that I told him we really couldn't have an anemone or starfish...

I have a tank that contains only ghost shrimp and pond snails. The snails were supposed to be a snack for my pea puffers, but my puffers did not thrive in my tank for some reason and they both died within a month. Right now, I'm planning to heavily plant it and let the plants establish before...

Decided to add one Bolivian Ram to my tank after doing some research. It sounded like the best type of cichlid for me to start with in my established community tank. Anyway, I went to the LFS and went to the tank marked "Bolivian Rams". A surly teenage employee asked if he could help me. I...

Possibly adding dwarf cichlids to a 27 gallon My husband has a 27 gallon tank that is pretty empty, since he can't decide what to do with it. Right now, it has 1 gold gourami (has to stay in this tank because she was getting picked on in my other tank), 3 black kuhli loaches, 1 oto, and 1 cory...

I finally decided to go with 3 dwarf puffers instead of 1 f8 puffer for my 15 gallon. The tank was already cycled and contained a couple fish (just moved to a bigger tank) and some nuisance snails (puffer snacks). Today, I changed the gravel substrate to sand, added new water, and changed the...

In a brilliant newbie move, I bought a bunch of anachris without doing any research at all. I knew I had heard it mentioned many times here and the fish guy said it would grow in a low light tank. I thought when I opened the wrapping around the stems I would find them to be all connected and...

I'm on vacation in Fl and my husband and I have been tossing around going salt water after seeing all the aquariums down here. We have a 27 gallon (not sure on the dimensions, but it's more square than long) that we're considering converting to a seahorse aquarium. At minimum, what do we need...

Is there a type of plant that stays relatively short and will spread like ground cover? I'd like to create a sort of "lawn" in my tank. I'd prefer relatively low maintenance, since I'm new to the planted aquarium biz.

I have a tank that I planted a month or so ago. I planted a few plants, including amazon sword, the kind you get in the tube at Petsmart. 3 out of 4 of the plants are thriving and one was destroyed by an active fish. Today, I noticed 2 green string things about 2-3 inches from the swords. Is...

I have a 30 gallon that is fully stocked with 2 gold gouramis, 6 cherry barbs, 3 (soon to be 6) neon tetras, and a pleco (yes, I will get him a bigger home soon). I would like to add a snail and a couple interesting inverts, if I can. I have heard that you do not have to worry about bio load...

I have green water, algae bloom, I assume. How do I get rid of it and keep it away? My 30 gallon aquarium, which I acquired used from a friend, has had fish in it for 2 months, 2 gold gouramis, 3 neon tetras, 6 cherry barbs, and 1 pleco (yes, I know he's going to be too big. I'll find him...

In about a month I am planning to buy a Figure 8 Puffer for my 15 gallon bowfront. The tank is cycled and there are currently a handful of fish in the tank "keeping it warm" for the puffer, but they will be moved before the big guy moves in. I also have some nuisance snails that are waiting to...

I have a 30 gallon tank that currently contains a pleco, 3 neon tetras, 2 mickey mouse platies and 2 gold gouramis. I intend to rehome the platies soon and I might also be moving in an oto who is currently living in the future home of my future figure 8 puffer. I hear rumor that the neons...