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i noticed my 6 line wrasse was gone then a few days ago i saw a huge crab in my tank. im sure it came in the the 40 pounds of keys rock i got from lr.com. so if someone could help me out should i get rid of this huge crab or keep it? is it a threat to my tank? also, the legs are white and hairy...

i have had my saltwater tank going for about 4 months now everything was going great i have a yellowwatchman goby a clown and a cleaner shrimp. i had a sixline wrasse which was my favorite fish but a few days ago i realized i havent seen it in a few days no trace of it i have checked under the...

my sea urchin seems to be losing his spikes whats the cause what do i do?

i went to my lfs today and right now i have a percula clown a sixline wrasse and a cleaner shrimp i was looking around and i needed something to stir my sand bed up and i found a yellow headed sleeper goby and i asked if he would be ok with the rest of my fish and he said yes so i bought him up...

i have had my sw tank up for about 3 months now and everything is doing great there are two things im worried about my temp at night is at like 78 and then when my lights come on at around 4pm everyday it climbs to 84 but it is a steady pattern. it is the summer months here in illinois and it is...

what is the best fish that will fit in a 29 gallon tank to help clean the sand from detritus and stuff like that?

i have brown algea starting to grow on my rock what do i do to get ride of it scrubb it off? and what do i need to change in my tank to keep it gone?any help will be greatly appreciated!

how do i know if my turbo snail is dying he doesnt do much anymore but he is not closed up but he just doesnt look like he;s in good shape. my other turbo i have in there is doing great and is always moving around what do i do>?

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how often do you guys change out your filter on your power filter and how bout the prefilter on a powerhead how often should that be rinsed out? i dont want to start another cycle if i do it to early my tank has been cycled for about 2 weeks and i have 2 turbos one cleaner shrimp 1 nessarius...

i just acclimated my skunk cleaner shrimp for 2 hours and when i went to get him out with the cup i was gonna use he looked dead but when i put him in my tank he livened right up will he be ok ??? and also what do i feed him is my lr.com keys rock enough to feed him for a while my tank just got...

i just got two turbo snails do i need to provide them bigger shells or enough calcium to grow there shells as they grow? also the same questiona bout a scarlet red hermit crab TIA.

do i need to acclimate my new friends. i got 2 turbos one nassarius and a scarlet red hermit crab do i need to acclimate them?

i have a shrimp hitchhiker and am tryingto get a look at it to ID it could i use a peice of frozen raw shrimp that i was going to cycle my tank with and drop it in on the sand. Also i ended up using live rock to cycle and my cycle is complete is the little peice of raw shrimp gonna restart my...

i finally got my digital camera guys and im trying to take some pics of my new tank and new live rock but i cant get them to upload i remember seeing a thread about how to get pics onto these posts but dont remember where i saw it can someone help me out thank you. Also i have like 7 pics i...

what is a good website for buying some freshwater fish

i have 40 pounds of keys rock i got from lr.com and i looked in there the other night with a flashlight. i saw these very long arms look like spaghetti noodles and there must have been about 25 to 30 of them coming out of a 1 centimeter hold in the rock and the hole has a white tunnel that comes...

my cycle is done now im just curious how i avoid another cycle what do i feed the tank i have nothing in it right now just the live rock and some hitchhikers that came along with it.

ok i bought from the local fish store some supplements today i bout some liquid phytoplankton and was told to does it 2 a week for food does that sound accurate should i be dosing it at all.? Also, i baught a reef supplement called reef solutions the man told me it was all the trace elements and...

i was just wondering i have the cpr bak pak with the blue media in it i was just wondering if lr. would be better in there instead of that blue media?

as most of you know i started my cycle 8 days ago with 40 pounds keys lr.com rock. well, after 8 days my reading are ammonia-0 after a spike for about 6 days nitrite-1.0 been spiked now for 2 days sg-1.024 temp 81 Now my question is would it be beneficial for me to turn my protien skimmer...

what salt do you guys use to cure ich will ocean salt work is epsom ok?

i have a problem my water hardness is all the way up as high as the test strip reads do i want it that high what is a good number to have my hardness and also is reverse osmosis water better to use than tap??

somethign in the tank is popping and clicking is this the dreaded mantis shrimp if so how do i identify him and how do i coax him out of this new lr i got to get a good look at him?

yeah im cycling my tank with my 40 pounds of keys and my ammonia is testing and its like dark green almost looks blue very dark do i change about 5 gallons to try and bring it down or let it go? and my ph has dropped to 7.8