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Thanks I would say you are right after looking on the net at the volitan. I have him in a 30 gallon but I have a feeling that will be too small even though his body is only about 3.5-4.5 inch with tail fin. I also have a cardianal fish, and two small damsels in the aquarium. Thanks for the...

I need help identifying a lionfish a friend gave me. He called it a dwarf lace lionfish, but I am not sure about that. Here is a pic if someone can help me. Also any idea if it will be ok with some corals? Thanks Jeff www.repairchips.net

Mine lasted about 6-7 months,, but I only had 198w PC's so maybe that had something to do with it. Mine was a flourescent green very pretty. Just enjoy it while you can. I got mine for 19.99 for it was too expensive. Jeff

Seaham that makes sense so what should we do? Just keep doing water changes and clean rocks and everything else? There is no slime like algae in there just rust colored hair like stuff that goes away at night and reappears after about 1 hour of the lights being on. thanks Jeff

OK,, thanks everyone.. I have tested for phosphate= .1 on seachem test, nitrates= 0, so I don't see that being an issue :( I was also told to test for magnesium and alkalinity. All my normal reading are good PH= 8.2, nitrites= 0, nitrates=0, and ammonia= 0. I am totally confused now LOL My...

I have one in my 30 gal reef with many many corals and he just eats my bubble algae, that is what they do best . They love bubble algae so if you have some these guys will eat tons of it. They are also very fun to watch. Jeff

I need some more ideas now. I have purchased distilled water and purchased copper and phosphate tests. I tested my well water, distilled water, and tank water which recently had a 6 gallon water change with the distilled water. They all came up will readys of or near .1 on my seachem phosphate...

I checked for copper=0 checked for nitrates=0. All readings in the tank are good,, but still snails don't make it,, if they lay at the bottom for any time the crabs eat them and other snails that are alive LOL Maybe I need to acclimate them to the water by slowly adding my tank water to the...

He was in a great piece of LR. It was a big piece one of my main two. The only thing he ever bothered were the green cloves, I had a ton of pink cloves and he wouldn't eat them LOL. they are nasty and kinda hard to capture. good luck if you get one :) Jeff

thanks,, that thing ate all my neon green clove polyps. I got them for only 20.00 at a store near me. I don't think I will ever find them that cheap again :( Thats why I wanted him so bad. Didn't matter were I put them in the tank he would find them and eat them. Of course I didn't get to save...

I finally had the perfect chance to get my carribian fire worm. lights were out and he came out to eat a snail. I got all of him this time,, last attempt broke him and he regenrated. You can see the new growth on the left end of his body LOL.. I just had to show everyone I was excited...

I didn't do the water,, I did flip them all over,, except for the ones that burrow into the substrate. They havn't moved since saturday. I haven't heard much about copper but maybe I should check for that :) thanks Jeff

Everytime I get some snails in my reef tank they seem to die right away. I wanted to get more since I have an algae problem and I needed a clean up crew anyway. I got 15 snails Saturday and they are still in the same place I dropped them. I acclimated them to the water temp for 1 hour. If I have...

I have actually touched my several times un gloved and knew but I just make sure I am not cut and also wash my hands before I touch my eyes, nose, or mouth :) Jeff

I would have to say it isn't a slime algae,, Is Cyano bacteria always a slime like algae? This stuff is more like a powder like coating that goes away at night but shortly after the lights are on it is covering most everything. I bought some distilled water and changed out 6 gallons of the 30...

Thanks I will look into a phosban reactor also. I seen them on ebay also :) Thanks for the help Jeff

I haven't tested for phosphates yet,, but I have been testing all along for nitrates, PH,nitrites, and ammonia they have been all 0 except PH= 8.2 I am sure an RO/DI unit is on my list. I have seen nice ones for about 130.00 with shipping thats seems like a pretty good price. thanks Jeff

Thanks is makes sense I didn't wanna use them but I wanted to get rid of the stuff so I could get to the source so it may not have this happen again. I will do that tomorrow and do a water change. thanks Jeff

My reef is self destructing and I am not sure what to do. I have a major algae problem and I assumed it was cyano bacteria. I tried chemicals to kill it against my better judgement( felt I had tried everything else) Tons of water changes and scrubbing all rocks of the algae. It is mostly burnt...

It was just weird seeing them all the sudden. You can't see them during the day. I figured they weren't any harm but would be nice to know what they were :) I have a nice digital camera even though it is pretty outdated LOL thanks Jeff

did you have any cyano bacteria in the tank? I have going thru the exact same thing as you. Started with my glove polyps closing after growing like crazy. My tank is 11 months old. I have had a cyano problem for sometime now. Well around last week my zoo's which are one of my fav corals started...

thanks I will replace them in a few weeks I think. Most everything in the tank still looks bad and it has to be due to the redslime remover. Jeff

I have doing a major clean up of my reef, due to a giant cyano outbreak :( I noticed the things popping up at night from my substrate. here is pic any idea what they are? thanks Jeff

Thanks you guys. I am pretty sure it is my well water that was causing it. there is so much now that I am having a hard time getting rid of it. I finally went against my thoughts and got some Ultra life red slime remover. I am so upset that I did use it. The stuff did not die and turn black like...