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The clam since passed. Not pretty.

She acclimated him for two hours. She floated the bag in the tank for 30 minutes and then proceeded to add water to the bag with a turkey baster (dedicated to feedings and acclimation). She said she had increased the volume of water in the bag to twice the original volume. Do you think that...

My wife surprised me with a Clam today. I believe it is a Tridacnid crocea. She had already placed it in the tank when I came home. She said she acclimated it for temp and water. My tank parameters are NH3 0, pH8.2, temperature 82, Nitrate 0, Calcium 420ppm, Alk 120ppm. The problem is the...

I am not sure about other corals. There is some xenia in the vicinity but I was more concerned with the hammer hurting them. There is a goniopora, a leather, some shrooms, some zoos. The only thing in reach is the xenia. About the carbon, I only run a small filter in my sump that has a...

I bought phosban and a nylon bag to add to a HOB filter and it lowered my phos great. If possible get a test kit for phos and test. Test your top off water source as well. A healthy cleanup crew can quickly assist in getting things cleaned up. (snails, bluelegged hermits, scarlet hermits...

I have heard but haven't done it that garlic extract entices them(fish in genral) to eat. How long ago did he stop eating? Good luck. I love the dogface puffers. They seem so personable.

Can I use regular epoxy or does it have to be marine. I have some reg 3M epoxy and need ot secure a leather that keeps going for a ride.

My alkalinity is 115ppm. I believe this to be low. Is it? How do I raise it? Could this be the problem with the hammer?

It is a 30 gallon with several corals and an anenome. The anenome is no where near the hammer but there it some xenia near it. I also have two clowns and a jawfish in the tank. There is also a cleaner shrimp, half a dozen blue legged hermit, 3 scarlet hermits, 4 turbo snails (large), 2 astea...

I just test nitrates which were 1ppm, ammonia 0ppm, and pH 8.2. Should I test for anything else?

The hammer coral in my 30 gallon reef is looking sickly. It is deflated and showing part of its skeleton in the center. Parts of it are partly inflated. I just tested my parameters, 0 NH3, pH 8.2 and 1ppm Nitrates. My nitrates have been 0 I am a little concerned. I did recently switch to...

Checked out the wrasses. Some are beautiful. I really like the Fairy wrasse, the exquisite and the carpenter flasher. It is such an agonizing decision. This being my last fish.

I have seen the cardinals. Would you put just one in. I really wanted something with a bit more color. I will check out the wrasses right now.

I have a 29 gallon reef with a 10 gallon sump (only fills about 7g). I currently have 9.3 watts/gallon (150 MH and 120 PC actinic). My parameters are all 0 with a pH of 8.1. It contains a cleaner shrimp, ocellaris clown, dusky jawfish, anenome, and assorted corals.My question is really one of...

It has been like this for over a week. Also I have noticed that it has decided to change it's spot. It has had it's foot secured to the underside of a larger piece of lr and now it has moved it foot to on top of lr. This is the first move is about a year. It fully extends its tentacles its...