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Hey all. I've been absent long enough I bet no one remembers me! I just went through a period of upheaval that included end of a relationship, change of career, two moves, and loss of my primary vehicle. As a result, my reef tank suffered greatly. Things have stabilized quote a bit, and I think...

Rough day at work. Excruciating pain. May need surgery. Came home early and glad I did! My reef tank was overflowing! Algae had slowed down the U tube for the overflow box. Well, I think I caught it before any major damage was done, but the stand is particle board. Time to upgrade, methinks! I...

My LFS has this in one tank. No one knows what it is, it just appeared and started growing. Any thoughts? It's squishy and when you wave a finger right next to it, it's surface ripples with the water flow.

I'm curious about comparing the behavior if livebearer fry in their first few days of life. I recall reading somewhere that some types will haunt the tank bottom immediately after birth, while some will stay at the surface. I had some endler fry not that long ago that stayed within an inch of...

Some time ago, I posted the build for my ten gallon paludarium. http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f24/10-gallon-paludarium-build-222937.html Now I have been given a 37 gallon tank by a friend and have decided to upgrade, and use the ten gallon as a sump. I've drilled the new tank and will be...

So, I have a green M digitata and an orange M capricornis on the same rock. The cap has decided no rock shall impede it, so rather than grow out in the three directions available, it also encrusted right up over an inch high barrier and is creeping towards the digitata. I expect them to collide...

So I should have started this thread two weeks ago when I got the tank, but oh well. I got a free ten gallon tank and decided to do a low budget paludarium. Had some PVC pipe laying around, got my hands on some eggcrate, cork bark, and moss for next to nothing. So I siliconed it all together...

Would much rather deal locally if possible. This rock has at least a dozen mushrooms, raning from 1/2" diameter all the way up to 3". Will sell for $20, or trade for other coral frags. Please note that the red mushroom in the upper left corner of this image is on a different rock, but one of...

Just purchased a blue/green ricordia and didn't notice until I got home that there is an aiptasia on the frag plug right next to it! On such a small object, I'd normally just burn it off or maybe use kalk, but I'm concerned to do anything hot or caustic with it so close to a notoriously...

My Marbled Fromia Star is losing a leg in the typical disintegrating fashion. I am fairly sure I know the cause. Lacking a brain, he went foraging for food under a bubble coral and one leg in particular got right up in there with the tentacles. He's been in the tank (55gal) for almost 2 months...

I thought I would share my experience with this beautiful coral. The Green Birdsnest Coral, Seriatopora guttatus, is characterized by irregular, delicate branches that are thin and come to a slight point, and has neon green polyps that extend far enough to give it a fuzzy look. According to Live...

So I have a 55 Reef and a 55 fresh. The freshwater tank has: 4 bala sharks (rapdily outgrowing the tank. 4-6 inches each) 1 opaline gourami, male 1 gold gourami, female 2 tiger barbs (one green, one albino) Lightly planted tank. I am in the process of finding a more suitable home for the...

Hey all, I have a 55 gallon currently set up as a tropical aquarium, and last night I got the notion to make a local biotope paludarium. It would use, exclusively, plants, fish, and animals collected locally from the Tacoma, WA area. Has anyone done anything like this before? Any thoughts...

As a measure of just how boring the off season is for me (I'm a landscaper), lately I have been counting pods in my refugium at night to see how fast the population expands. Each time, I'd think I saw a free swimming little one with a slight reddish tint, shaped like a mosquito larvae. Always...

Today the LFS gave me some sort of acro frag. It's mostly dead because they had it under a single T8 bulb (corporate BS. They can't get new lights yet). Very little actual tissue left, and I figure it's most likely too far gone to save. On the off chance that it isn't, I'm outlining what I have...

I want a mandarin. While I hope to be able to train it to eat frozen foods, I recognize that needing a supply of live foods for the rest of it's life is not only possible, but probable. Right now, in my tank, I don't have anything that seems overly concerned about pods. The sixline, damsel, and...

So, when I upgraded from a 29 gallon tank to a 55, I was left with an extra tank. I decided to make a refugium. It's actually built and hooked up as I write this post, but I'm going to detail chronologically my design, process, and most importantly, my mistakes! Step 1: The Design! It's a...

So, to show my SO what a Montipora Capricornis looks like, I used google images. I wanted to show her the purple variety. And she instantly zoomed in on this image from Flickr. The poster found it at Pulau Beralas, growing wild. So, has anyone seen a blue Monti like this in the trade? And if...

Ok, so this might seem like a small thing to those who've been around for a while, but I'm excited and I want someone else to be excited with me! Today, after doing my water tests (SG up a little, almost time for an RO top off), I happened to notice 4 small spots of pink coralline algae on the...

For starters, I know the odds are usually FOR livebearers breeding prolifically. However, in this case, it's actually quite stunning. I had two leftover Mosquito Fish (Gambusia Affinis) after placing some in a customer's pond for bug control. One male, one female. The female died giving birth to...

Today, I noticed a couple hundred tiny black/brown specks in one area of my tank. At firt I thought "Whoah! I'm way overfeeding the sinking pellets!" until I realized that these were less than 1/4 the size of those pellets even before they soak up water! I've been scouring the ID threads hoping...

I can't believe I only paid $40 bucks for this rock! It's about a 4 lb rock, for starters, and look at these mushrooms! Rhodactis, I think. There are two big ones, and three little ones.

So, I've been operating with the standard T8 that came with my hood, and I want to upgrade to T5 HO for my corals, and also so that I can have a greater variety of corals. My question is one of acclimation. Everyone in the tank is used to the T8. Is the switch from one 48" T8 to 2 48" T5 bulbs...

After years of freshwater tanks, I am finally starting a reef tank. I've wanted to do this since I was a child! I'm starting with a 29 gallon tank. Tank has been cycled and I have my first fish, a Firefish Goby. I also have two coral Frags, 1 Dragon Eye Zooanthid, and one Red Blasto (not sure of...

1~Started with a gold gourami sitting on the bottom. Then I noticed my crawdad eatiog my male lyretail molly. The gourami seems to be ok now, but over the course of about 12 hours, the two remaining (silver) mollies, all 7 guppies, and one swordtail have died. They just stop swimming and either...