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they do seem to hang out along the top of the aquarium. Just thought you might be collecting the shells. I used to collect lots of different ones. Neat hobby to have. How do the designs get on the shells? I wondered about that.

Those are the snails my stomatopod loves. Is there something they are used for that is unique? She cracks them is several pieces so shells are worthless after she eats. Do you collect them? If she leaves any whole maybe I could send them. ---------------------- Curly

BEANS, you definitely have good taste !!! If I could choose my dream fish to have it would be this wonderful creature. Hope this site comes through...not good a "pasting". has some great shots and info. Weedy Sea Dragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus

I thought we all needed a good laugh so decided to post my "new acquisition" for a change. I usually don't for lack of a camera and I know how AA people like their "lookies"..lol. Well, surprise !!! I DO have a camera and took some pics, but now I have to learn how to get them to this thread...

Thanks, Mike...makes good sense to me. Their mouths are so tiny. I wondered if they would survive in SW...guess we got an answer..hope it's for a few days.

A couple of weeks ago I got a Black Molly and acclimated it to my SW tank that I had prepared for my Goby/Pistol shrimp pair that are coming tomorrow....being told that the babies would make excellent food. Well, they were right....today, there are 20-30 Black Molly babies swimming around my 20...

The plot thickens.... Well, Kurt...my turn to be the object of returns...ordered the Azoo battery operated back up and it runs on electric but not battery..The outside mailing and inside box are both warped and the lid over the batteries is broken..Naturally, them being who they are, F&S are...

What would be the purpose of opening a 50+lb bucket of salt among hundreds going out each day? I just got 3 buckets and had to use a hammer.

Direct the blame where it is due Kurt...try calling UPS and Fedex and really complaining....I feel your pain as I had several bad experiences last winter with them. There has been a tremendous sales of salt due to specials running out the end of April. Buckets have been order in mass...

I think there is a lot more to put question of blame to then on assuming there is a Stomatopod there. Have you heard any clicking repeatedly....seen shells...body pieces laying around?

I agree with Turbo...better read Ziggy's thread and if it were me, I would get that foam out from under the aquarium yesterday !!!!! Not a good thing for a glass aquarium. Good luck.

Any chance you have a smaller aquarium or a friend does that you could use temporarily? I have heard people say they use a large plastic cooking spoon or something to slowly keep the water stirred. If you have a bubbler it will help get water to the top to exchange oxygen (it won't put oxygen...

I have two cleaners and they are great friends !! They both hang out together under a rock overhang and are constantly digging out stuff to eat along with cleaning the fish. My Clarkii Clown hosts them and brings them food. Some clean fish more than others. I hand feed (using two fingers)...

I don't use any chemicals and don't use RO/DI either. My water is good and I just aerate it for several days and then add salt/heater and powerhead for a couple of days and leave it in the Brute with heater/ph until I am ready to use it. Unless you find your water has Nitrates in it this will...

I have several Aiptasia under and on my LR and found a jar of Mrs. Wages. Can someone tell me how to mix it up and with what? I have the hypo container but not the needle...can I somehow put a stiff piece of airline on it? Or is there another way? Any help is appreciated. Also, will...

Neon Gobies are my favorite fish...can't find one to save my soul right now...good luck...they are also cleaners...will clean gills even of other fish...just make sure you get the Goby and not an Engineer Goby...can look similar. and lots of LFS employees don't know the difference...Neon Gobies...

Too bad you are so far away. Do you have a local Forum? I'm sure someone would give him/her a good home. The eat small hermits and snails and should a couple of times a week to keep their "rapts" healthy. They eat Frozen Mysis, Silversides, Squid, Krill, soak freeze dried food in Selcon also...

Gomer...I don't have a clue...but for the Big Tank Guys coming along...what type of filter equipment are you using? Are you using a skimmer? What type and are you using a sock on it? How deep is your sand bed? Do you have any ammonia reading? Are all of your inhabitants accounted for? Do...

If you used LR, then you probably wouldn't see as big a spike...have you been testing everyday? The spike can happen and change in an instant...especially with LR. It sounds like your cycle is getting close, so just be patient...when your ammonia and nitrite are 0 then you can do a big water...

Bad idea...ask Ziggy

+2 on the natural sunlight. My 75 SW is in my kitchen by big windows and I love the way the LR is popping out with new growth of "things". I might not get as much since the glass is tempered, but when the windows are open it gets full force. Chaeto grows well with it also, and like Joy13...no...

I don't know if your tank is tall or long, but I love my Sissortail Gobies...they do get long though..I have three and they hang out more towards the top and love the currant. The first two burrowed at night, but now only the baby does. Cool fish.

What size tank do you have? What other inhabitants? Do you have sand for him to burrow in? They love the frozen cube food...I wash it and thaw it good and then target feed him. Now he comes up in the tank at feeding time.

Hi rchbn..welcome to AA. glad you are getting going up the right path now...is there anyway you can remove your Shrimp to a QT (Quarantine Tank) until your's is cycled? He could die from the spikes as invertebrates are more sensitive than fish. I hate to see you lose anymore.

My Orange-spotted Goby I had would leap up in the water after any fish that came close to his burrow...I am now fixing a pop bottle to attempt to catch my Blue-spotted Watchman Goby...he caused the death of one of my Sissortail Gobies and bit the other one...you can see where his head was in his...