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Not the best of pictures, but here's him out of his shell. I had to hold him in one hand to keep him from the other fish and hermits, and take the picture with the other. And now, after the first hermit left him alone and left his shell alone, I gave the shell back to him, and he jumped...

I just had two red leg hermits battling it out at the front of the tank, when I saw one of them leap out of its shell and climb on top of the other hermit's shell to hide. I transferred the now-shelless hermit to one of those breeder nets to keep him safe from the fish and other hermits, but is...

The coral is under a T5HO, with two actinics, and two 10k daylights. Calcium is usually around 400 to 450, magnesium 1380 last time I checked, phosphates, nitrates, nitrites, ammonia 0 (Though I don't think that matters much). I've been swapping it between medium to high water flow, depending on...

I bought some Galaxea coral, probably about 6 months back, and it has not spread since I bought it... I've been keeping calcium levels high (Around 400-450), and an attack of hair algae pretty much destroyed about 75% of the original amount, and coralline's taken over where I got rid of the hair...

I've been told that there are certain reef supplements (iodide and molybdenum) that aren't really advised to supplement unless you're testing for them for risk of overdose, and I was wondering about problems with other supplements? I've heard the only problem with an overdose of calcium is...

I bought some hermit crabs from my LFS, and he said that they were red legs, but then I started looking around, and they don't look much like red legs... As you can see in the picture, the tips of their legs are white, with a red band around the end. [edit] Nevermind, I was looking at the...

Well, it wasn't algae on the hermit crab shells, they were more of a light brownish color, and just turned pure white a day after I put them in the tank.

I just bought 30 Blue Leg Hermits (Some turned out to be Red Legs, but I'm not complaining), and I noticed about a day after I put them in my tank, some of their shells started bleaching. There's also a small amount of white spots on the coralline algae in my tank (Though there is a big section...

I was thinking of getting those fish that eat up sand and sift it through their gills (I always enjoyed watching them in the fish store and aquariums around here), but I have a few questions: 1) Should I get a goby or blenny? And which kind is the best? 2) Goes with 1, but which causes the least...

I was reading up on hypersalinity dips on live rock, and was wondering on a better way... I've heard 1.035 to 1.040 salinity for one minute, and 1.030 salinity for no more than ten minutes, but I thought to myself: Why not start with 1.030 to 1.035, and after everything has jumped off the live...

I've always bought RO water, my phosphates are currently 0 to .25 and have never gone above that. My nitrates have never gone above 5 (Now at 0), ammonia always 0, nitrites always 0, pH stays from 7.8 to 8.3 (Last checked it at 8.0). I used to feed the tank (of Previously 5, now 3, with 2...

Right now I have 15 Nassarius snails, about 15 Astrea snails, 1 BIG Mexican Turbo Snail (He's bigger than my Coral Beauty!), and 1 Emerald Mithrax Crab, but I'm still having a problem with hair algae. I'm planning on another water change soon (After I'm done with my current college assignments...

My tank is about 8 months old now, with plenty of "bugs" swimming around at night, so I think it's ready for a Green Mandarin. The thing I'm wondering now, is how do you QT it? I know most only eat copepods (There's an LFS near here that feeds them bloodworms), and usually a QT tank doesn't have...

I'm going to keep the female alone. Was nice to have a pair, though I hated to see them fight, so I think she'll be good on her own. I'll get a firefish, and a green mandarin (I've been wanting to get one for a while, but was waiting for my tank to get copepods. It's been 7 months since I set...

The male was the sick one. I did notice his colors were growing dull, while the female's stayed vibrant orange. Unfortunately, he passed away just after midnight.