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I just had to post this, I was looking at my tank tonight and I just happened to have my digi cam with me. I found 2 things hiding that were just adorable, so I thought I would share.

I just checked the nitrite, nitrate and ammonia levels in my brackish tank and they all check out good, but the green slime algae seems to be flourishing in my tank? what is it feeding off, I know they feed off of light, would putting the light on for only a few hours a day help, or completely...

One of my figure 8 puffers has a wierd spot. It is active and normal in all other ways, no wierd behavior or anything like that. At the base of its dorsal fin, it looks raw as if the skin is gone, it's all around the base of the dorsal fin, but not on the fin at all, the fin looks perfectly...

After 1 year I have finally gottent the coraline effect that I was looking for. The back and the sides of my tank are now covered top to bottom in red coraline. You can only see bits of glass or light coming through. It's like this completely closed in hunk of ocean now. Things are now starting...

Ok, 2 questions. I recently was given a small portion of herringbone and I planted it in my 26 gallon marine. It has taken off and is growning along the sand and doing wonderful. Since I added it, all other algae problems have disappeared (I had a green hair algae problem, but I also reduced...

I don't know why I did this but I did. You know when you want something new in your tank, you just want it and there is nothing that is going to stop you, well maybe its just me. Anyway, I had a 5 year old fw 33gl tank that was running fine, I got tired of it. I decided I wanted brackish. So, in...

I have recently started seeing little outbreaks of this green powdery like algae on my substrate. It creates a film that sticks together. I vacuum it up but it comes back. What is it. It is green, not hairy and stays mainly on the substrate. I did do water testing and all my tests came up...

Hi, I have to osci clowns and the larger of the two seems to be fading in colour, almost becoming a light pale colour. It seems to be fine otherwise, is this normal, or is there something else at play here???

Well, I got my system up and running again after I had to scrap it all and start from scratch. I moved and nothing was alive after about 2 weeks from settling in. Oh well, what can you do. I tried everything and anything, but nothing could stop it. Here are some new pics of my system now.

Ok, first off, we have this beautiful white thing that resembles a sponge, a very small white translucent sponge with 2 long, thick tentacles protruding from it. The tentacles have grown about 2 inches in a week. I have no idea what it is, it is growing on the rock by a mushroom. (picture 2)...

I bought this mushroom, but they didn't know the proper name for it. It's doing very well, but I would like to know what it is. Can someone please help me?

Check it out, I got some great deals on some of this stuff, I got the whole brown button polyp colony with over 40 polyps on it ranging from 1 cm to 1 inch for only 20 bucks!!!! There is a big cluste of pumping xenia but its not open yet, I have only had it for a week and it's slowly opening...

:idea: I have recently had a bad case of red slime algae(Cyano Bacteria), and I have a solution. I went to the store and found a new product by Ultralife reef products. Its called Red Slime Remover. It works wonders :!: . I did one treatment at night and I got up the next morning and there was...

I got home after being away and saw to my dismay, my peppermint shrimp motionless on a rock. Something was missing though, his inards. I soon realized that this shrimp molted his exoskeleton and is doing just fine. Just thought I would share this in case anyone else was not aware of this.

I didn't know you shouldn't be vaccuming your dsb. I thought all that stuff that was getting sucked up was bad stuff... never again. oooops, no wonder my tank was taking so long to cycle...

If I am converting a 33 gallon freshwater tank to a salt water tank can I use the same water? Should I start fresh with clean a clean dsb and water or can I just change the freshwater to saltwater by adding salt? What would be more beneficial? Will using the old freshwater help shorten the...

As in previous post, continued...Please feel free to comment and read the stuff under each pic, if you can answer my questions it would be a great help.

Ok, I got rid of my 2 green spotted puffers (I donated them to a tropical fish specialty shop). They were just too much hassle, I love them but I don't have the proper room for them. They are very copious and need lots of living space to absorp the excess nutrients they produce. I have a 15...

Hey, I was reading the bargain hunter last night when I came across someone selling live rock. It was 50% cheaper than at the lfs, this guy runs a small marine livestock shop from his home. He has a nice variety of fish and corals and invertebrates. I bought 5 pounds of l/r. It still had a tiny...

Ok, first of all I'd like to apologize for my inapropriate comment on one of my previous posts, I tend to forget that this is a forum for all ages at times, it won't happen again. Now, I have a couple of bristle worms crawling around the tank, they are growing, are they a problem or can I keep...

I was told I have flatworms. They are these tiney little white spots on the glass by the hundreds. Some are bigger and have legs, they look like tiny white spiders. How do I get rid of these things and what is this a sign of???

Well, it seems that the tank took care of itself. The hair algae I had growing amidst the polyp community dissapeared overnight. But wait, I just looked over to the tank and low and behold there is none of my giant hermit crabs straddling it. He is eating the hair algae, he is actually pushing...

I recently posted a problem about a certain hair algae growing on my live rock amongst the polyps. I was told that I could remove it with a small pipe brush, but how exactly will it stop it from growing, I cannot remove it all. Is there another way to do this, chemical?? fish??

I went out and got another light, so now I have 1 life-glow and 1 marine-glow on my tank. The chemical levels are all doing fine and the fish are doing great. I still have some problems though. I have noticed my bubbletip getting smaller and shrivelling up and now it looks like it is falling...

Hey, it's me again, Chris. I went out today to my lfs and to my surprise there it was, a flourescent light canopy that was 50% off because the box was damaged. Well, I bought that puppy right away and put it on my 15 gallon marine tank. The bulb is a "Marine Glow" and it makes everything blue in...