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Hey guys, Been a long time since I posted, my tank was doing great until around last summer. Since then, I have lost all my snails and crabs (except for my 6 Nassarius snails... those are still doing great). I had a Cleaner Shrimp for about 8 months, and recently he just completely...

I don't have a digital camera, so hopefully my cell phone gives a good enough pic for identification. There is a round shell attached to the bottom of my Snail's shell. It has "tentacles" that come out, which could be a head or something that feeds on the glass as well. When I go near the glass...

I am having an issue with my 36" T5 Nova Extreme. The Actnic lights blink on and off and it is driving me crazy. I have to twist the bulbs until they stop blinking, then the next day that they turn on they are blinking again. Have to do this everyday and it's annoying. Have had the...

For the last 6 months, I have been having troubles keeping any snails or crabs alive in the tank. Tank has been up for 2 or 2 1/2 years, and water quality checks out good. I couldn't figure out what was happening until I saw the Goby grab a crab and shoot across the tank and into his cave...

This guy started as one little solo guy. Now it has 7 or 8 branches. Any ideas? It's pretty cool, like a venus fly trap. I can put food on it, and it closes around it and eats away. Thanks!

My Watchman Goby used to hang out in the front of the tank all the time and was out for feedings and what not. Over the last month or so, he now gets scared when anyone is in front of the tank and hides behind the rocks. During feedings, he still hides, so I have to put the food in and stay...

My heater has been in the tank for quite some time and has a nice buildup for Coralline Algae on it. Can this damage or affect how the heater does its job? I never thought of it until now, but wondering if I should try to scrape off the algae? This in itself may damage the thing, I don't...

Here is the latest pic of my 46g saltwater tank. Everybody is doing well. I'm looking for pointers on what to add to make this look spectacular now that I have everything down as far as maintaining water quality and so forth. I have a couple Zoos and a Frogspawn that my Clownfish thinks is...

Can you guys please tell me what kind of razor blades you use to clean the hard coralline off your glass? I have a Kent plastic scraper, that I thought would be good to avoid scratching the glass. But, it works for crap, I have to push really hard on it, and it still doesn't get a lot of the...

Heya, Last few feedings, my Goby has attacked the peppermint shrimp when the shrimp came out of the rocks to get some food. I thought for sure he was going to get him this time, but the shrimp was fast enough to go back into the rocks. The Goby actually tried several angles to get into the...

Is there a way to prevent the coralline algae from getting on the viewing sides of your tank? I get a lot of those purple circular spots on my front and side glass every week. I scrape them off, but they just keep coming back. Kind of a pain, cause they aren't the easiest thing to clean...

Ok, this guy never stops eating, he is a machine. But is this unusual behaviour? Everytime I put my hand in the tank (to clean, rearrange rocks, turn snails back over, etc.) the clownfish attacks me and tries biting my hand / arm. LOL, I know I shouldnt be scared since he's so tiny, but my...

Hi all, Here are some pics of my Watchman Goby and Pistol Shrimp. Both are doing fine and hang out together at all times of the day. Every time the Shrimp digs a new cave, the Goby moves over there. Pretty cool stuff. :) - Diet. I've been feeding Ocean Nutrition Formula 1 Frozen food and...

This is going to be a nightmare and I haven't been ambitious enough to do so. We have approx 40lbs of Playsand in our tank that was topped with 20lbs of Live Sand. I am finally coming to the conclusion that the playsand is harmful to the water quality and clarity. Is there anyway to...

I'm sad to report I found our Lawnmower Blenny dead when I returned from work today. :( Only had him a week. I seriously think the Six-Line Wrasse killed him, because I saw him attacking him earlier this week... and the blenny wasn't defending himself. But then I didn't notice this...

I posted awhile back with some pictures showing the Hair Algae outbreak in our aquarium. I have a pic of the tank now, and most of the Hair algae is now gone.. however we have this brownish algae now on the rocks and sand. I'm hoping this is better news than before and that we are on our...

Hello everyone. :) I added a Blue Spotted Watchman Goby and Pistol shrimp a couple days ago. They immediately went under my rocks, and I did notice the Shrimp digging out a little burrow. I have seen no sign of either one since. LOL, so glad I buy stuff that I can't watch :) The Goby is...

First off, Happy 4th of July to everyone! Now some quick history. We bought both clowns at the same time and they looked almost identical upon purchase. It's been over 2 months now and one of the clowns recently hasn't been very active, especially during feeding time. He now sits in the...

Right now I have two Penguin 550 Powerheads, Flow Rate: 145 gph each in my 46 gallong bowfront. From reading on this site that doesn't seem to be near enough, probably why I am getting "dead spots". Would It be smart to switch to 2 Maxi-Jet 1200's? That would give me about 590gph instead...

How far above the water line should the light fixture be setup? I have a 46-gallon Bowfront that is 20" deep. Light Fixture is the T5 Nova Extreme which has the Parabolic reflector increasing the intensity. The standoffs that came with the light put it 7 1/2" above the water line. I...

This is a hard one, I'm having trouble getting a clear shot with my camera when he is around. Looks kind of like a snail, but its shell appears soft. This guy started off really small and now is about 1" long. Not sure where he came from either. heh. He also emitted a bunch of white stuff...

Hey AA, Finally was able to get a picture of this worm. He is haunting my tank and wanted to check if this was one of the "good" ones or "bad" ones. Please let me know what ya think! Thanks!

Hi there, How bad does this algae problem look? Tank is kept up with RO/DI water changes and has been up over half a year now. Over the past couple months this side of the tank has gotten worse. I skimmed a bunch off the surface of the sandbed, but it comes right back. Nitrites = 0...

I was wondering how much to feed these guys. From what I read you want to feed every other day. I'm guessing that depends how much food you put in the tank during the feeding session. Right now I am feeding them flake food and they love it. One large flake seems to be a lot of food after...

Hi All, I am attaching 3 pictures. First one is some type of Shrooms. Second is a picture showing some tentacles things that come out of the live rock. I have many many more than shown. Third is some type of neat looking Slug. All of this stuff came on a live rock that my anenome was...