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Hi all, I have in my tank a monster (as in "big", not as in "predatory") of a green brittle star. Now, I know, I know that they have a bad rap, but I've had him for almost 2 years and, althoug he's needed a lawyer once or twice (!), he's never been found guilty! My question is, though, is it OK...

Some time ago I bought a rock with yellow polyps. After a couple months some tan colored anthelia (sp?) emerged from this rock. They've subsequently reproduced all over the tank and are now the dominant species. Any ideas on how to control these? They don't seem to be aggresive to any of the...

Following what many people think is "iffy" advice I bought 2 Royal Grammas from The Marine Center for my 90 reef. (Other fishy inhabitants = 1 yellow tang, mated pair of perculas, 4 reef chromis, lawnmower blenny). Some people said they would fight to the death, others that they would simply...

Hi all, I just got an open brain (Trachyphyllia geoffroyi) in my 90. I know this has been discussed before but I'm having a real problem feeding him. So far my only success has been putting a cut-off 2l coke bottle over it and simply dropping brine shrimp from a baster into the neck of the...

I'd really like to get a Heniochus acuminatus (black and whit butterfly) in my 90 gallon softie tank. But, I get conflicting advice if they are reef safe. Some peopel swear they are fine in a reef, others (sites) say they will nip at feathr dusters and polyps. Any experience anyone? For the...

To help with a hair algae problem I recently added a lawnmower blenny to my 90 reef. He's acclimated well, is making a small impact on the hair algae but is also demonstrating some identity problems. First he devoured a scarlet tree coral. I watche him nip at it in the evening, by morning it was...

I've had my 90 gallon wannabe reef now for just over a year. In that time I've been basically nursing along a piece of garbage known as a prizm skimmer. It's moved from the back on the tank to the side of the sump in that time, has taken constant adjustments and many people have advised my to...

Let me see if I understand this (in layman's terms) now... I have been working to raise a low PH in my year-old 90 gallon reef. My PH sits at around 7.9 24x7 - never seems to change. I got some Reef buffer (raises Ph to 8.3, it says on the bottle) and put about enough in to raise the Ph by...

I recently got Salifert kits for everything I test (I chose these because of advice on this board). My old test kits (can't remember which ones now) were always difficult to judge color change etc. One of the things I assumed was reported wrongly was PH - it always came out about 8.0 any time of...

I've got a lovely crop of purple corraline on my glass, PH's, pipes, snails, hell - even the drain pipe in the sump from the tank (fuge lit inverse photo-period from main tank). But most of the LR is still ... just bare LR. I can see a few spots of the stuff in a couple of the places but you...

In my 90 gallon reef wannabe I've had some drama today (see 'Clown's amazing journey). Also over the past two days I've lost 2 of the large Mexican Turbo snails. They just seemed to stop moving and when investigated the 'insides' had gone all rock hard - obviously dead. Question is - why? I've...

I woke up this morning and could not find my largest percula anywhere in the tank. Since I had to go to work I left my wife to search when the lights came on. When I came home I still couldn't find her anywhere. I was just about to start moving rocks to find the 'body' when a relay clicked in my...

On the advice of this forum yesterday I 'nuked' my largest aiptasia hitchhiker with an insulin syringe half full of lime juice (all I had in the refrigerator!). Wow! Talk about instant death! My question is just out of curiosity, does anyone know WHY a few cc of lime juice is SO toxic to the...

Just thought I'd share this experience with the group. I've fitted myself a sump on my 90 gallon consisting of a 18 gallon RubberMaid container with a MagDrive return pump and a LifeReef overflow box. All the plumbing, valves, pump, overflow etc. worked great first time - no leaks! I have set...

Hi all, For the past 6 weeks I've been battling cloudy water. The history is that 6 weeks ago I went on vacation. Before I went on vacation I had a pretty bad hair algae problem - but clear water. During my vacation the fish were fed hardly at all and, when I came back, I could hardly see into...

Hi guys! Great site - loads of good advice.... My FOWLR (for now) tank has been running fine now since February. Last month I had an outbreak of Hair algae which is now coming to an end (the hair algae is dieing off rapidly). But, I've now got a problem (gradually gotten worse over the past few...

I haven't been here for a few weeks and I thought I would update anyone interested on my 90 that I started back in January-ish. I got a lot of good advice on this board and made a few mistakes too... :oops: Current tank inhabitants are: Heaven knows how many crabs, snails etc. 3 Scarlet skunk...

My clown, who has been in the tank for only about 4 weeks, is not happy. He took a few days to come out from hiding and begin eating but then seemed totally happy, ate well, chased the damsels, generally 'clowned' about. But a couple of days ago he began just sitting on the bottom of the tank...

Hi all - thanks many of you for the excellent aqdvice so far to this newbie! I've got another ... issue... On top of my 90 gallon wannabe reef I keep getting a build up of a sticky film of bubbles. It's like bubbles rising from the sand get 'caught' in a film of something and form this layer...

Hi all, 2 questions - very slightly connected topics... When I first started up my tank I added 5 Mexican Turbo snails after the cycling had finished. AT this stage there was LOTS of algae in all kinds of colors on the LR. Well, from the instant the snails hit the water they began eating.. and...

I have finally taken the plunge and got some fish in my new aquarium. Reading all the advice about 'slowly does it' I cycled my tank for 2 months until Ammonia and Nitrite were 0 (still are), PH is 8.2 and Nitrate is 5ppm. Temperature is 78F. Oh, and it's a 90 gallon with 135lb of LR and about...