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Can someone tell me what kind of star this is? It was inside a rather deep hole in a rock bought. I don't know anything about caring for stars, any suggestions would be appreciated! What do I feed it? It has been climbing up my tank all day & is very active (for a starfish). Thanks!!

UPDATE... Well I got lucky and a little unlucky. My ammonia and nitrites are at 0 and nitrates are holding at 15 ish. Bad news is that blue damsel turned out to be a serial killer. So I caught the damsel in my tank full of LR ( and remember I'm a newbie, so I'm feeling like a fish superhero...

my LR was cured, great stuff ( even had feather dusters popping up from the first day!). I have 3 little blue-green chromis and a small yellow tail damsel, all same size. As for my first reading after adding raw shrimp, I waited til the 3rd day and my ammonia was at 1. The 4th day it was at 1...

Still confused..today I went to local FS ( most reputable in town, only do SW fish) to double check my water. When the sales person asked what I added to cycle with, I proudly answered "Oh, I just used raw shrimp". Thinking I would be commended for taking the moral high road and committing...

Hi, could someone direct me to a really good article on step by step instructions for when the cycling is completed? I need instruction from the water change (remove water from sump and add to tank, is this correct?) to what to add next ( inverts first or fish?). Do I remove my smelly bag of raw...

one step ahead of you, roka64, I did a PWC right after! Though I have to admit, I was gritting my teeth while dumping all that ammonia-laden water! Thanks everyone for the responses!

its a 75 gallon, and yes, I have 4o lbs live rock and 60 lbs live sand in it. Do I need my ammonia to hit a certain parameter, or is it just an increase then a decrease I am looking for? 3 days after I set up my tank ( no raw shrimp yet), I took a reading and the ammonia was .25 and everything...

I added a couple of raw shrimp a few days ago and not much increase in ammonia yet ( .25). Just for fun, I measured the ammonia in my daughter's little tank (she has 2 feeder goldfish in it), and it is off the charts. Could I use some of the water from her tank to help me out a little or could I...

I have been topping off my sump every day and am wondering how much a cover on it would help. Since I am going to be using an in-sump skimmer, I can' t use the lids that were made for it, but I'm thinking about making a plexiglass lid with cut-outs for the skimmer and pipes. I'm not using the...

how long does it take to go away?? I started cycling last week ( so I thought! now i hear I have to add shrimp, I thought the LR would take care of that & I have to start over). If I add shrimp today to get ammonia going, how long til it's gone?? it's ugly.

arrgh...and my live sand is getting a funky brown layer around the edges and creeping inward. Is there anything I can do about that now?

Not sure where I am now. I set up my 75 FOWLR on 9/30. I didn't take my first reading until 10/3 and the ammonia was .25. All other readings were 0. I've been testing every 2 days, and since my first reading, the ammonia is at 0 and all others are 0 also. I only have 60 lbs live sand, 27 lbs LR...

sorry, i meant to attach a pic of that I was talking about. I'm referring to the tube strainer that sits inside the return pipe.