Recent content by Dawny11

I can't see to attach the photograph and am out of my depth now. Too new to all this I think :-(

Sorry for the metric posting, I still live with pounds shillings and pence lol x

I just removed the live rock that the crab was laying against. It was moving and I could see "something" eating it. The rock is now "clicking" as you described. I have attached a picture of the dead crab and you will see it's been a feast for something as were the fish. I think you're right and...

I'll take a picture and upload it later. Thanks for your reply.

Well I've woken up to a dead emerald crab now, but the duster, red legged hermits, clown and cleaner shrimp are all in tact. Would it help if I took all the live rock out and swapped it at the store? Perhaps they could quarrantine it? I know there's no guarentee that there wont be something...

The click sounds like a small pebble on the glass. I did have 5 snails and all of them have since gone. I also have 5 red legged hermits and found one of the eating two of the snails. Apparently the live rock I brought was 20 years old so there could be anything inside it I guess. My tank is...

I have definately heard clicking!! I honestly thought ( in my girly world ) that it was the thermometer clicking on and off! I am waiting for the test kit to arrive and will post all the details here. Keeping fingers crossed I wake up in the morning and still have the the duster left at...

I lost two clowns, 2 twin gobys and an Emporer. The emeralds are about 1" on the body. I did ask the store if it could be the crabs and they said no. BUT, I found the emperor being devoured by an emerald and the emporer was about 2'5" in size.

I'm totally new to this hobby and am learning every day. I took a sample of the water to my aqua store and everything is fine in with the water. The temperature is set at 28 degrees. I dropped the lighting due to green haired algae. I was surprised that there was a number of slimy trails...

Having lost 5 fish to "something sinister" in live rock, I replaced the lose with one clown and a feather duster. Within the feather duster is covered in a white slimy film and is "hungover" The clown is swimming very close to the top of the tank. I noticed a bristle worm about 2 inches long...

Thank you for the advise. I have brought one clown now and a large feather duster. I will wait and see what happens next. I still have the cleaning crew so I shall keep all digits crossed.

Hi, It's not been good :-( All was going well, the tank was in tip top condition so I brought to clowns, an Emperor and 2 twin gobys, 3 emerald crabs and a cleaner shrimp. Two days later I found one clown dead and in the claws of a crab. The following day the gobys were no more and no where...

update Well so far so good....Or so I thought. I noticed a little red legged hermit that had squeezed its way between two snails that where stuck together and I assumed the crab was cleaning their shells....I guess not! because now, I have two empty snail shells! My guess is the hermit ate...

new "small" problem Me again! I woke up today with a small amount of brown algae re-appearing plus a minute white "bug?" on the thermometer. It's been fun watching the snails trying to catch the bugs, but should I be concerned the bugs are there? They are very tiny and white in colour and...

Thanks everyone, Im pleased I joined as this was just the kind of advise I needed. :)