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Still kicking myself over introducing live rock that was not completely cured. I have a plague of these worms in my tank - I estimate 25 - 50 of them. I thought they were eunicid worms but now I'm not entirely sure. I think that worm family covers hundreds of worms so Idk. I tried manually...

Think I hit the mother lode of unwanted hitchhikers this time around. I think I'm screwed. Set up a 90G tank. Went to the LFS for some interesting pieces of live rock to round out what I had. The cured rock was completely picked over. Feeling adventurous, I selected a few pieces of uncured...

My starry blenny is currently living in a 24G nanocube. I'm building a 90G tank to upgrade his digs. This build began last summer and it's taking me forever but I'm finally getting there. I'm also interested in rehoming my Hollywood stunner chalice, which is getting to be a real monster in size...

I am starting a 90G tank. I got it second hand on craigslist and the previous owner siliconed the bulkheads in place. Water testing it showed one leaked. I had to dremel it off and noticed the gasket had slipped, causing the leak. I'm going to replace both. Getting all the silicone off is a...

So I've been fascinated with paludariums and ripariums for the past year. I have read everything online that I could find on them (and watched a million youtube videos) and began planning my own. I took a break from saltwater to work on these. I built a 20G tall riparium and it turned out pretty...

Just curious. I've noticed my blenny is occasionally pale. I feed spirulina based flake foods (I rotate a few different brands), emerald entree, and vegetable based sinking pellets now and then. Despite trying to vary the diet, I'm wondering if he's lacking nutrients. There is no algae in my...

I bought a starry blenny 3 weeks ago. Its tank in the LFS was small and dimly lit. The fish was shy and difficult to observe because it kept darting into a hole of live rock. It appeared active and healthy from what I could see though. I bought it. Once I got it under my LEDs I saw that its eyes...

24G cube is up and running. Cycle is wrapping up. I'm looking critically at the rock work. I like how it LOOKS but I'm concerned about dead spots. Opinions if this is too much rock? The cave has 2 openings and the cavern is pretty large so the flow seems decent through the center. One thing that...

It's been a couple of years since I've visited this forum. About 2 years ago, I set up my first saltwater tank (after a year of research and planning). It was 60G with a 14G refugium. Modest size for many but pretty ambitious for a novice like me. I invested a bunch into the tank because I...

I was at the LFS today and saw a pink goniopora coral. It was absolutely stunning. I really wanted to buy it but thought I would read up on it first. Now I'm really bummed out. I've skimmed through articles and it appears to be a really difficult coral to keep beyond a year or so. I've read that...

I think I just screwed up my tank. I set it up in October. Did everything by the book. After adding some inverts, clean up crew and a few coral frags, I felt confident that everything was progressing well enough so yesterday I bought my first fish - perc clownfish. I checked out a new LFS that...

This is a long shot - I don't have a picture but I'm hoping someone can help me ID a worm in my tank - or give a good marine worm ID link. I've looked on this link but couldn't find a match: Worm Hitch Hikers This worm had a white bulbous head and a pink body and a bunch of short legs. It was...

My 7 year old son discovered this swirly whirly thing on the glass this morning. He said, "Mom this is the discovery of a lifetime... what is it?" So what do I tell him? Eggs? It is the size of a nickle. Thanks.

What do newbies need to know about coral toxicity? A few minutes ago, I found this: Viewing article It's titled Aquatic Terrors, heh. It seems like people put their bare hands in their tanks all the time. I don't have gloves - am I playing russian roulette? Is this a little sensationalized or...

I have slowly begun to stock my tank. Last week I picked up a really nice piece of rock with a mushroom coral on it and a few other things like feather dusters. The coral adjusted quickly and it looks nice and healthy but this morning I noticed a tear on the mushroom. Despite the tear, the coral...

Could someone please help me ID this coral? I'm googling tube corals and cup corals but I'm not sure I'm on the right track. It has tentacles that come out at night. Thanks.

This is a dumb question but I have to ask :p I have this type of sump: My problem is that the current pulls the macroalgae through the unit, into the pump and the algae ends up in my display tank. I have some rubble rock in the baffles (I hope that is the right term) but clearly not...

I have no clue what is creating this artwork on the glass of the tank. It looks like a negative of a tree - only made of sand. I have been scraping the walls of the glass with an ice scraper (there has to be a better way?) and periodically I find these markings. If I scrape it, it peels off like...

I'm sorting through the hair algae problem that I've been having, using advice I've received here. The tank is cleaning up nicely... maybe too nicely. I have an emerald crab and it has been in its glory, with the algae abundance. It is molting every 3 weeks and has grown absolutely HUGE. So now...

I have replaced the Seaclone Protein Skimmer that I originally bought with a Coralife Super Skimmer 65G. I am having problems producing foam in the skimmer. There appears to be plenty of microbubbles. It has exceeded the period of time that it needs to break in - about 72 hours. It has been...

I've been watching these objects slowly spread across a piece of rubble rock for a few weeks now. They remind me of semi-transparent rose petals. Any idea if this is more macroalgae or something else? I just checked my tank and my emerald crab has crawled on top of the rock. This gives an...

This began growing on a piece of LR shortly after I set up my tank in October. It was very tiny to start. It is growing rapidly now. New branches and network type things are developing weekly. Is it coral or a worm or something else? It doesn't move or retract. It is the purple stick thing in...

I hate to bring up another cycling thread but I'm struggling with this! In October, I set up a 60 gallon reef tank. On 10/23, I tried to cycle it with 40 lbs live rock that I added to 40 lbs of existing baserock. Nothing happened for weeks - 0 ppm for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. I assumed...

My tank is cycling right now. I recently set it up. I have some things growing on some rubble rock and live rock that I am having a problem ID'ing. I have 2 oval shaped sponge looking things. One is brown (top left) and the other is black (lower right). Both have what looks like a white slash...

Hi - I have a few questions and was hoping someone could help me. Last week I bought 40lbs of base rock for my 60 gallon SW/reef tank. Today, I bought 40lbs of Fiji (cured) live rock and 4lbs of Bali (uncured) live rock. I was curious about uncured rock but didn't want to make a huge...