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I was checking out my porcelain crab eating some Coral Frenzy in the refugium when out of the corner of my eye I caught some wild movement. I watched as a tiny brittle star engaged in an awesome fight with a bristle worm. :eek: The star kept pulling and twisting the worm until it managed to...

This weekend I went a little crazy and got a few things; a snowflake moray: yes, that is a cheesy plastic decoration from Petco, but hey after some coralline and eels hanging out inside, it will look cool. went back the next day and got another that was sold as a chainlink moray, but not...

A week or two ago a lfs had a sale but I missed it and they had one of my "will buy if I find the right one" fish on sale, an Undulated Trigger. For the last few days I have had this nagging thought that I should go check them out anyway and see if any are still available. So the dog and I made...

with cyano, dyno's and nasty algae? after re-arranging my filter scheme and adding chaeto to the fuge, I am almost ready to declare success. What was a nasty sea of brown, snotty filaments, green hairiness and bubbling green film a couple months ago has transformed into this; and...

I have a Golden headed sleeper goby. They have been one of my favorites ever since I first got salt water 35 years ago. He provides a nice service by keeping the sand bed clean and sifted. BUT he has a nasty habit of piling all the sand up against the front glass AND I can't keep any...

For quite some time I have thought that many filtration configurations are backwards, often placing the biological filtration section before the chemical section. In that configuration it puts a greater burden on the biological capabilities and in the end produces more nitrate as the end result...

I have a couple of pipe organ frags, one with green polyps, one with white. The green one has been in the tank for probably 6 months, the white one a couple of weeks. A few days ago I noticed that some of the "tentacles" on some polyps were shorter or missing. Each day it was worse and I was...

So I went out a month or so ago and got a mandarin. Yeah, I know, I know, but hear me out... I have a mini 5 gallon refugium chock full of 4-5 varieties of pods and a billion brittle stars. so when I first got him he went in the display and when he didn't eat (of course) I put him in the...

My lawnmower blenny is looking kinda thin now because the algae in the display is virtually non-existent now, certainly not enough to sustain him. What can I feed him? He shows no interest in any of the other foods or nori.

Curious if this guy is beneficial or harmful. it is all white with a faintly gray central line, it's gut I presume and is essentially flat with no obvious appendages. It is about an inch long.

so no matter how healthy they look at first, they can always open that pack of ich and give you a headache...:huh: So the other day I came into possession of a beautiful powder brown tang. (before I get hammered by the "tang police", yes I know my tank isn't ideally big enough, but trust me...

Well I'm gonna get a chiller this week, possibly tomorrow and I have settled between two that fit my needs and budget; JBJ Arctica Titanium Chiller and this one; Aqua Euro USA Max Chill Aquarium Chiller they have almost the same specs although the JBJ unit is rated for bit...

I've been browsing around looking into chillers. Now that it's June and the temps most likely won't go below 76 until late October, I'm going to pack away the heater and look into a chiller. What I am curious about and have yet to find is if there are any units available that handle both...

The other day stopped by Reef Raft and picked up a couple of frags, a really bright orange mushroom (will post pics after it picks a home, bought it unattached to anything) and this cool little guy. it caught my eye because it is very bright and contrasts great against itself. pics under...

Last night a rock fell directly on top of one of my paly's and now it looks like this; the odd, transparent one in the center. is it dead/dying or healing?

I'm wondering how big a role coralline algae plays in helping maintain reef parameters. I read recently that coralline algae is big factor in the de-nitrification process, breaking down nitrate. It makes sense as most algae utilize nitrate and phosphate. (wish I could find that link again...

is it best to have the light set to the desired intensity and start coral on the bottom/sand and slowly move them up to their final positions or is it better to place the corals where they will ultimately reside and then increase the intensity of the light slowly. Which is better? inquiring...

A while back I decided to try for an over-the-tank refugium and fashioned one from Tupperware containers. It worked pretty darn well so after a couple months I found a guy on Amazon, Steve at WindRiderCreations, who does acrylic sump kits and other things and contacted him and he made me my...

He was there Thursday night when lights went out, haven't seen him since. :( I know he has a habit of squeezing into nooks and crevices at night, but he wasn't in his usual "bed" this time. I really have a strong suspicion that he became food for my green brittle star. They have been know to...

I picked up a couple of frags today and when I got home I found this guy swimming around in the bag; it is maybe a little more than an 1/8 of an inch across, maybe a 1/4 inch if tentacles are fully extended. When it swims it undulates like a jellyfish and then when it finds a spot it...

Well I'm about 99% finished with my canopy/light hood, all that is left is picking up two 6omm fans and it's done. I picked up one of these; Pet Supplies : Galaxyhydroâ„¢ Led 55x3w Dimmable 165w Full Spectrum LED Aquarium Light Panel for Reef, Coral & Fish : Amazon.com and since I really...

I was just thinking of the times I have been injured by a tank inhabitant over the years; I have been: stung by a medium red volitan lionfish, felt like being injected with molten lead bit by a small/medium snowflake eel, bled like crazy bit by a large Oscar, minor scratches and a little...

There should really be 3 different categories; 1) dry rock- pretty obvious what that means 2) live rock- rock that has living flora and fauna on/in it 3) bio-rock or biologically active rock- rock that has been cultured and has BB colonization, but no other forms of life. Seems that often...

my cleaner shrimp; a couple of weeks ago I had to take out my arrow crab because he became huge. The only critter the lfs had that held any interest for me was another cleaner shrimp, so I made the trade. I already had the pair you see above, added at different times, but they buddied up...

Woke up this morning to see that my skimmer went nuts overnight and filled the overflow jug with water, again! What could be causing this? Everything is working as expected, nice dry foam/skimmate production for days and then for no apparent reason it goes wacky and overflows. It has happened...