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I have finally found a good pic of the little hitch hiker I have. After a great deal of reading I think this one may actually be ok. Does anyone have any experience with one that looks like this. He hangs out in the rocks and has a smooth body so I don't think he is the bad, gorilla or tebby...

I have been successful with my saltwater tank that I started a year ago, and I credit AA for most of it. So now as I embark on a present for my new grand daughter who loves my SW tank (but her parents don't want the work of a sw tank). I am wanting a check before I move any further with a...

I reached in my sump to adjust the heater and I found these alien cave dwellers deep in my sump where there is no light. Any idea on what the are? I went through the usual references and I can't find anything like them. They don't act like and animal because when I poked it with a pin (not...

If an anemone has an orange foot regardless of the tops appearance, is it a Chondy? The LFS has an anemone they are calling a LTA but it has an orange base. There are two clakii that are hosting in it, so I am not sure. It has pink tips and looks Haitian to me, which is Condy if I am not...

Has anyone ever kept a common (sugar) starfish in their aquarium? My daughter went on vacation to Oregon, and picked what she thought was a dead starfish off the beach. She put it in a ziplock bag with no water. When she unloaded her suitcase to give it to me, we were surprised to see it was...

We have had our r/o system hooked up before the softener for a while now but it is on the other side of the house from our fish room and tank (tired of hauling water). So we want to move it closer but the only water faucets on that side of the house are after the water softener. Do you think...

I found this today perched on my devils hand coral. I was not at night it was afternoon. He was fairly easy to catch. I think it is a mantis shrimp but I have never seen one this color. Is it good or is it bad? He is just under 1 inch long. Have never seen anything like this in my tank...

I have a friend who needs help. She needs a clean up crew. She has mild algae problems. I have already helped her address the usual issues, water quailty, less lighting and less feeding. However, because she has this big beautiful lunare wrasse:evilbat:, she has no clean up crew. He eats...

I have two royal gramma's that were the first fish I put in the tank after it cycled. Lately the larger of the two has been packing tank debris into a hole in the rock. The opening is packed with broken off calerpa leaves, sponge pieces, shell pieces. She spends a good deal of time in the...

My new green brain was nibbled on by my tiger cowrie. I have had the cowrie for a few months and he has not bothered any other corals. I have very little algae in the tank so maybe I am starving him. But my concern is the brain. I have band the cowrie to the refugium. Is there anything I...

I first noticed these about a week ago. They have multiplied rapidly. At first I thought they were just tiny tube worms, because I have had those grow on the glass before. But on closer inspection the are not tiny circles they are spots or dots. They almost look like fly poo only white. Are...

We went to Petco (the only LFS we have) last night to buy a new thermometer for our qt tank. When we got back to the fish section the young kid (who knows us well by now) asked if we wanted some "cool stuff" for our tank. He said that just a few hours previously a young man brought in the...

After six months and one major disaster it is finally starting to look like an aquarium and not just rocks in the bottom of a tank. Thought I would share. Thanks for all your help!!!!!!

:vader:Help!! Every thing is dieing. Ammonia0, Nitrate5-10, nitrite0, alk 7, mag 1125, phospate 0, ca425, salicate0, iodine 0.01, Ph 8.2 Borate alk whatever that is is 5, salinity 35. I have tested for everything and it is all good. The only thing we did different is change the refugium to a...

My husband has more fun with the refugium and wants to expand it. He wants to build a box of wood, well sanded with all rough edges gone. Then he wants to line it with pond liner, the heavy black plastic stuff. The area he wants to put it is an unusual shape and no traditional tank of about...

I have the opportunity to purchase a 125 gallon tank. I currently have a peaceful reef tank and I know that copper treatment is a huge NO NO for my type of tank. However, Now that we are addicted to this hobby, my husband wants an aggressive tank. This tank has an eel and two puffers(box and...

In my new LR that is almost done curing I have a bunch of this growing down in the larger holes in the rock. With my research, I think it looks like a gorganian type of sea fan or a Xenia of some kind. The pictures are not great because it is down in the hole but it is a light pink color...

I had just finished cycling my tank when I noticed some kind of polyp or zoo of some kind, that survived on my LR and was making a come back, when a couple days later I noticed it looked healthy but was being eaten by something. This troubles me because my plan is to have a reef tank. I do not...

I have these tiny white circle things on this one rock and on the cheato in the refugium. They multiple fast, they have doubled on the macro algae in a week. I have been through the hitch hikers guide with nothing similar. They almost look like baby tube worms with nothing out the top.

I spent the big bucks on lighting when I started this hobby because I knew eventually I wanted corals that require very good lighting. I have a one piece light with five fans, 4 blue actinic lights ( I think 750wtt), 2 MH, and blue moon lights. The tank is a 72 gallon bow front with 30 gallon...

I am cycling my new 72 gallon tank with two dead shrimp and live rock. The lfs told me the rock was cured however the coreline is turning white and fuzzy which leads me to believe it was not fullly cured. I have about 40 more gallons in a refugium and sump in a small room behind the wall...

I am very interested to see if the Pinpoint salinity monitors are worth the ease of use and frequency vs cost of the unit. I also have seen many digital Ph monitors. Are these electronic devices accurate? I feel like since I am so new at this I would have less human error in reading the test...

I have found formulas for watts of lighting per gallon, pounds of sand per gallon and inches of fish per gallon, but I am unable to find a formula for the pump/gallons per hour. I have a 72 gallon bow front with a 20 gallon refugium. I plan to have a reef tank, so I know how important a good...

I live in Casper Wyoming. I have wanted to get into the saltwater aquarium hobby for years but new it would be tough without a marine supplier within a 100+ miles. With the internet becoming a great source of supply and we recently got a PetCo in town, I am hopeful I will be successful. I...