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Maybe I'm ignorant, but I can't recall having seen this kind of algae. At first I thought it was diatomic of some sort, but now I'm not sure. It seems that Hermit Crabs die shortly after ingesting it. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

The store in which I work was given a what we thought to be Silver Dollar. He was a small juvenile with these odd red patches. We thought it to be bacterial but he never seemed sick nor responded to treatment. As he grew, the colorations grew with him and have stayed this way. Is It even a...

Oops, I guess I looked at the wrong creature.

Asterina starfish.

I believe you're correct. Thanks!

The bright green frag.

Anyone else..? :)

Does this guy have a specific name that anyone knows of? Curious to look more into his type.

I don't necessarily have any concerns myself, more so wanting to know if anyone could find something wrong with the idea, or some way to improve it without changing the concept.

Did you happen to top off the tank or do a water change with water that was not passed through a reverse osmosis unit? Or, if the stand was stirred, nutrients could of been brought up to the top.

Maybe I should've posted this elsewhere. Haha.

Is it a newly set up tank? Looks to be diatoms. Feed mostly off silicates and phosphates in new sand. They'll die off once they've consumed all their nutrients. Don't fret over them.

I'm going to have to agree with pipe organ.

A customer of mine from where I work came up with this, and asked me to find holes in the idea. I've yet to find any, but I want other opinions and I'm open to suggestions. Here's what's going on, and a quick sketch of the idea plus my explanation. Water from the overflow spreads over a...

I'm curious as well.. There's one in the tank where I work, none of us have figured it out. Its been there for 10 years closes when touched.

Well, until you can get a picture uploaded, what does the growth look like?

The one on the left; http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+2790+2670&pcatid=2670

Looks like stomatella.

It's very possible that the apparent ich was caused by all the stress. You could raise the temperature...or also look into saltwater dips. I would suggest adding salt to the entire tank, but because of the clown I wouldn't feel comfortable with that. Research the saltwater dips with...

From the picture, it looks like it. Hard to tell. I'm leaning towards yes, and would encourage it's removal.

Looks like a sponge.

Can you upload a good picture? Also, what're the ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels? And tank size?

Do you have any pictures of the fish that are looking torn? Or possibly even deceased? That way we can get a better idea if it IS flexibacter.

I'll warn, though, clown loaches are particularly sensitive to salt.

Well, it appears that a lot of your bacteria is wanting to grow there. I wouldn't change any of it out. Just visually inspect your sponge for large chunks, and keep up with your purigen regenerations.