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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

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...

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...

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...

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

I am wondering how many snails and crabs I should have for clean up in my 30 gal reef. Things are looking really shitty lately and I am trying to clean up a cyano problem. I only have about 5 crabs,an emerald crab, and maybe 5 snails. thanks Jeff

Hello,, I have had my reef set up for over 10 months but lately some of my zooanthids and glove polyps are staying closed or barely opening. No one seems to be able to really help me. I do have nice cyanobacteria problem that I am trying to manage but it is still around. I don't understand my...

Hello,, I have had my reef set up for over 10 months and up till recently everything has been pretty good. Got alot of bubble algae but just got emerlad crab working on that :) My question is about testing. I do the normal 4 tests( nitrate= 0, nitrite= 0, ammonia= 0, PH= 8.2) Are there any...

Hello,, I have been having problems with my glove polyps lately and can't seem to figure it out. Originally I was told it was problably with these little tiny anemone like creatures (can't remember the name) I got some joes juice and tried killing them but it just didn't seem to work. Basicallly...

I just started getting this dark maroon stuff on my rock. I assumed it was a slime algae but it seems very hard and won't just rub off with a metal object or anything. Seems too dark to be coraline. Any ideas? thanks Jeff

I just got these a couple weeks ago and wonder how do they grow? I have a few LPS's and don't fully understand how they grow. Any help would be appreciated. thanks Jeff

I have a colony of clove polyps that seem to be dieing off or something. I am not sure the life span of them. The colony started out with about 10 polyps in April and is now very big. It grows almost daily but the original section appears to be dieing and has very tiny what appear to be little...

Hello,, I know Frogspawn have sweeper tenticles so do you think my spawn is too close to my Zoo's? Some of the zoo's near the spawn appeared to be slightly damaged. My frog spawn has gotten so big over the months I may need to move it LOL

I have a 30 gal mini reef. I have 4 fish (percula clown, bi color blenny,2 cardinals), and decent supply of corals, 4 turbo snails and several crabs. Do you think a weekly or close to weekly 3 gal water change is enough. I have about 70lbs of live rock. All 4 standard readings are good and after...

Hello,, I have a 30 gallon reef and in it at night I seen probably hundreds of little slug like creatures. I assume they aren't harmful but can I have too many and if so what can be done? thanks Jeff

Hello,, I have had a caribian fire worm in my reef tank for over 3 months and he never seemed to bother anything. I recently got some Neon green clove polyps that were beautiful. I got up one morning after having them for a couple weeks now I only have 2 polpys out of five or so :( When I shut...

Hello,, I did my test after a few weeks and my PH is only at 8.0 is this a big problem? Also if so what do I need to do to raise it up. My other readings were Nitrite= 0 Nitrate= 0 Ammonia= 0 these are the only tests I do at this time. The tank is a little over 3 months old. Everything seems...

Hello,, I just purchased these mushrooms but not sure what type they are. Got any ideas? Jeff

Hello,, I have tons of these slug like creatures in my tank. I don't think they are a problem but how many is OK? It seems like there is at least what we can see at night 30+ of these. I assume they just eat algae and such which I have almost none of LOL. Here is a pic of one side of the tank at...

Hello,, most seems very well in my mini reef so far,, but my calcium is only 375 :( what is the fastest and easist way to raise this level to over 400? right now I just add Kent marine products,, Coral-Vite, and Essential Elements. thanks Jeff

Hello, I have a question about some algae I have growing on my rock. I just wonder if I should let it go,, or could I cut it and start some growing in another place? It is getting long fast :) thanks Jeff

Hello, I was looking at my tank tonight and seen some red stringy substance coming shooting out of something.It appeared to come out of my brain coral. I did some searching on the net but didn't see anything about red fluid. This happened twice about 10 minutes apart. Never seen exactly what...

I just got a frag of some frog spawn coral. I have 30 gallon with 2 96 watt PC's. Can I keep this coral at the bottom? Or at least keep it there till I can come up with a better higher up location? thanks Jeff

Just noticed what appears to be a baby from a mushroom I have had for 2 months. How do they reproduce and how big would the babies be? I look at this mushroom everyday and earlier it was not there. thanks Jeff

Hello, I have a fiji candy cane coral. I have tried several locations in the tank from the bottom to almost the top. I have a 30 gallon with 2 96watt PC's. Is it normal for this coral to eat some brine shrimp :) I have noticed sometimes if it can eat brine shrimp that floats in its path. also...