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What are the benefits of coraline algae. I've got plenty of it and spend plenty of time scraping off my powerheads and glass. I've seen plenty of posts on how to grow it but none as to its benefits. Thanks

I'm looking to add something to my 55 gal. tank. I'm concerned how the current tank mates will react to a new addition. I have a tomato clown that's been the tank over a year a yellow tang, coral beauty & spotted mandarin that have been in close to a year. I was thinking of a 6 line wrasse but...

I had posted about a month ago about my sabe splitting which it didn't, it's just massive but now, my bubble has actually split! They are two seperate intities! My tomato is now very busy because he is hosting all 3! I'll try to post pics later. It's amazing, I have seen my tomato feed both...

I told the LFS I wanted an algae eater and they sold me this guy a couple of weeks ago but I forgot what they told me he was and I can't find anything similar in the identification charts. Thanks for your help!!

It almost looks like my sebae has split, is this possible? The middle pic was a mistake!

This came home as one anemone but it now looks like two. Is this possible?

One of my anemone which I believe to be a Sebae (hetera malu) will not host any clownfish according the guides I've seen. Why is this?

These have been growing all over my live rock. Any ideas? The closest thing I could find on the "Hitchhikers" section was a type of sponge.

Can anyone help me identify what I have here? I know I have a leather, an anemone and a coral but of what type I don't know. The coral is kind of flourescent green\yellow if it doesn't come out in the picture. Thanks

I have an anthias and a nudibranch that just disappeared of the face of the tank. I figured the nudibranch could be holed up in a live rock crevice somewhere but I have no idea what happened to the anthias. Are they diggers?

I've got a spare 10 gal tank I would like to make into a refuge and move most of my equipment (filtration, UV, etc) to it. Is this possible and can I find some good info on this board to help me do it?

I would like to try a clam in my tank. Are there compatibility issues, I can't seem to find anything in the compatibility charts. Any other cautions would be appreciated also. Thanks

Last night I looked at my tank and one of my turbos was on top of the live rock and it looked like there was smoke coming out of the opening. This went on for at least an hour. Anyone seen this before?

How much lighting for my ricordea? I have 4 x 65 pc, he seems to do better lower in the tank than at the top. Is this right?

What is a reasonable amount to have to top off? It seems I'm topping off about a gallon a day on my 55 gal. tank. Does that seem like too much?

Anyone know of a good place to purchase square pin PC bulbs? I've been doing some research and have found that most are of the straight pin variety. The best price I've found so far is about $21 ea for 55w, 10,000k.

This is my recurring algae, I can't get rid of it!! HELP!!

What will happen if I wash the hair algae off my live rock under freshwater? Maybe a stupid question but I'm tired of battling the hair algae.

I read the article on algae control and now I'm not sure what kind of algae I'm battling. Is there somewhere I can see pictures of the different kinds of algae for identification?

How do Urchin's and corals get along? MY LFS says they don't know but I'm suspect. I haven't seen any urchins in with their corals.

Anyone who has experience with Sea Apples? My apple stayed in the same little corner of the tank since I first put him in about 4 months ago. Now he's starting to move all over the tank. Any ideas? I put phytoplankton in the tank every couple of days.

Can anyone help me identify my anemone? He has about doubled in size since I got him and loves kril.

I keep thinking I have too many fish but everyone seems happy and I haven't lost anything in at least six months. Here is what I have in a 55g tank. 3 Neon damsels 1 Yellow Tang 1 Six line wrasse 1 Tomato clown 1 Mandarin Goby 1 Coral Beauty Additionally, I have a rock anemone, a pink tip...

I finally got my new lighting system up and now I'm seeing a lot of the red algae associated with too much light. Is there anyway to control this? I have a CustomSeaLife 48", 2 10,000k & 2 Ultra-actinic with the moon lights. I have the main lights on less than 10 hours per day.

My rock anemone which I've had for about 4 months has some kind of mucas, jelly like substance coming out of him. Is this natural? Is this waste of some kind? I need to what to do here. TIA!