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I have 4 Peppermint and 2 Skunk Cleaner shrimp. The larger 3 peppermints always seem to be prenant and recently I noticed the skunks are both pregnant as well. How long it takes to gestate one batch of eggs? I know ts doubtful any will survive I'm just curious as to how often my fish get a...

5 months ago today I was checking to make sure my salinity, pH, and temp were good, and was getting the bathroom prepped to process 160lbs of LR. October 1. October 28. December 23 January 19 Febuary 23 It's been through a number of changes, the LR has been tweaked a few times. I...

2 Days ago I added 2 small scooter blennies to my tank. They are both about 2" long, one is maybe 1/4" longer than the other. They both appear healthy and spend most of the day picking at the LR, I'm assuming there eating small pods but can't be sure. They will go to the sandbed when I feed...

I've had 2 small scooter blennies in QT for a few weeks now, I had decided not to release them until I caught the last of my hitch hiker crabs. Yesterday I spotted the crab lurking by one of the smaller, outlying rocks. I pulled the rock and then got the crab into a bucket. I pu the crab in...

I just added a pair of percs to my tank. I got them from an awesome LFS and had them in QT for 2 weeks. They've been doing well in the main, they seem very scared of everything and stay in the corners. Tonight when I checked one of them was pressed up against an overflow. He still looked...

I just got this in my shipment of LR.com rock. At first I thought the tube was vacant accept in the evening this thing came out. Its hard to tell from the pic but there are 2 "bushes" each has multiple layers similar to a feather duster. The purple circle is a cap and closes off the tube...

I just got another 30lbs of LR.com keys today. There were a fair number of aptasia on them. I've already "dealt" with all the ones I've seen. However there is one guy thats doesn't look like the rest. Hes about 1/2" around with tenticles about 3/8" long. The tenticles are transparent except...

Last week I finally got calc and alk test kits, from salifert. The first tests showed the calc at 320 and the alk at 3.2. I did some research and it looked like the solution was to dose calcium chloride. I picked up a bag of calcium chloride 94% pure. The first night I dosed 2 cups in a...

I'm looking for some recomendations for small bottom feeding reef safe fish. Currently I have 7blue chromis, 1 bar goby, 2 percs in quarantine. All of which eat from the mid to upper areas of the watercolumn. Some of my blender mush makes it to the sand. The cleanup crew eats it now but...

My Neptune Systems Aquacontroller arrived yesterday. I set it up and have been recording the results through aquanotes. I'm getting some kind of interence from my MH ballasts thats throwing the temp off. At night my temps read just above 80F. As each of my MH ballasts kicks on I see an...

After a very long battle I've decided to cut my losses and give up on trying to run my sump with 2 Mag18 return pumps. II figured with a 75 gallon sump therw ould of been enough settling time for the ubbles to escape but I was wrong. My plan is to cut it down to a single Mag 18 return and use...

Yesterday I used some Epoxy to mortar a frag to some LR. Since then it seems I'm getting alot of microbubbles in my main. I traced the source back to the drain in my sump where it looks as if there are alot more bubbles forming than usual. Since I brought my 100Sump online I haven't had a...

I picked up my first coral today. Its a Green Star Polyp about 3" in Diameter. I know they can be a weed but I was looking for something hardy and relatively cheap to "test the water" before I invested in some larger more expensive varieties. The LFS owner said it would be a few days before...

I'm looking into an autotopoff system for my tank. Instead of using a container of water and a pump/powerhead I'd like to use a valve connected to my RO/DI system. Are there any kits that include a float switch and valve or does anyone have any linkage to a similar home brew system? Thanks...

I bought my first non-chromis fish yesterday. I picked up a very pretty bar goby / zebra goby. Hes 4" long, nearly the same color green as the chromis but has very nice orange and blue bars. At the LFS I could only catch glimpses of his head as he peaked out from the rocks. The salesmen had...

Well my tanks been up for 3months now. I've noticed it "maturing" quite a bit. 10/28 12/23 In the past 2 weeks the coraline has exploded. Its expansion on the LR is incredable, small patches are also forming the the mega-flow chambers. I've finished my school of Chromis. I picked up 3...

My tank has now been up for 3 months. 120Gal w/ 100Gal Sump. The other morning I noticed a string/coil of white on my glass. I tried to get a pic but I wasn't able to get one to come out good. So I'll describe it best I can. The coil was about 3 inches long and half an inch wide. The...

Anyone have one of these little guys?

I have 2 groups of small brown stumps on my LR. They are about 1/4" tall and the thickness of a toothpick. Up until recently I thought they were the remnants of something that didn't survive the cycle. However today I noticed at the tip of each one of them are small projections. There size...

While I was looking over my tank today, deciding wheather or not to vacuum I saw something odd in one of my caves. I saw a black claw reached out. I knew I had a rock crab from moltings, but this was the first time I had seen him. By the looks of it he was waiting for lunch to pass by. I...

I'm looking to cure some LR to add to my fuge. Will a 5Gal bucket w/ a powerhead and a heater work? Should I punch some holes in the lid for air exchange? Thanks for any help.

Tommarow my tank will be 2 months old... I've been looking for some blue/green chromis to add to my tank for about a month now. Neither of my LFS ever seem to have them in stock. Well today hidden in the back "reef room" of one of them they had a tank with about 20, the owner said he had...

My tank(120Gal) has been up for 2 months and except for some microbubbles its ready for fish. The microbubbles are a result of my DIY sump, I plan to rework the sump soon. I'd like to put in 3 Blue/Green Chromis as the first batch of fish, will they have any problems with the microbubbles?

As part of my basement sump system I was thinking about adding a fuge for pods. I'm still pretty new to this hobby so I'm not exactly sure what would provide the best conditions. My thoughts for a POD fuge would be a 30Gal rubbermaid tub, filled with LR. No lighting, moderate flow. My hope...

My dryer has been dieing for a while now, and since its about 12 years old old I've decided to replace my washer and dryer with the new stackable kind. The good new is that will open up some floor space in my laundry room. Even better the laundry room is located directly below my tank...