coral polyps

Hi everyone :wavey: I'm setting up a 12g nano reef tank and I had a question (big surprise huh :)) anywhooo,, my question is about cycling the tank, is there a guide out there that could tell me the rules of this procedure? I want to do everything very slowly and take my time with this...

I think its an anenome, heres a few pics. And theres some corals that look almost like it, but less tentacle things, and smaller.

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-Sailfin Tang (although I like the Kole Tang also) -Ocellaris clown (already have) -2 red firebelly gobies (already have) -foxface not sure but i think that will be it. I would like to add another clown to make a pair but I dont know if I add one now what my clown will do

i've got alot of money wrapped up in equipment for my 75. i want to go bare bottom for an sps setup. i can't find 1 thread on exactly how to make and install a starboard bb. do i set it on pvc? do i glue it so no water gets under it? also was wondering if the coralife 500w mh system is too much...

Was soo cool had alot of fun with my girlfriend i got a couple of fraggs got my mom to want a little aquarium down stairs too hahaha but umm i got two zoanthid frags one for 10 and one for 30 i also got a candy cane coral with 10 heads and 2 one big one little colonies of octocoral polyps for...

ok I went to the lfs the other day they don't usually keep sps..But they received this piece of Horn coral and it was bleaching when they received it...well I know that the Horn corals are pretty hardy and something was going on? what are these guys for sure? I took a pic for them!

A few months ago I picked up several pieces of rubble rock to add to my aquarium... mostly as filler rock to fit into all those little spaces. When I picked them up, there were several coral skeletons among them. This was one of them. It had vibrant green insides, but I figured it was dead as...

Will they get along in the same tank? As some may know from a previous thread, I may have unleashed the wrath of bubble algae into my tank and was thinking of getting ahead of it and unleashing the wrath of an emerald crab on any bubble algae that pops up. Will these two crabs live peacefully...

I've had my red bali star for a few weeks now, and everything seems fine, but he has these little bubbly, bally, balloony things (whatever you want to call them) on him. Around 3 of them. they're small... but what the heck is it? Is he going to be okay? The edges of his little legs are...

I have had many different experiences using BB systems now, especially for stony coral/ reeftop biotopes now. I have noticed that if the current is strong enough to prevent detrital accumulations under the rock, that stony coral polyps tend to recede in all but the protected areas where there...

So I am looking at my montipora( I think that is what it is, looks like an acro, but not as hard to keep, brownish polyps) and I see this little teeny CRAB eating the algae off of it! He is so cute! He is brown and tiny,......but....he looks like he has hairy legs! I will never get a pic...

I'm starting this thread 'cause I felt I already pulled Eds' thread in a different direction-sorry Ed. Any way, if our tanks are limited in Carbon I would think Fish poop is a very important part of our systems to maintain the health of our corals. I think I have seen this without...

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I know I should do homework on my own before buying any livestock, but I really trust my LFS. He has sold me everything in my tank. After coming on forums like this I am starting to have my doubts. When I question if certain items are OK for my tank and what I have he always says sure. I have...

Just wondering how all of you started your reefs. My 75gal is up an running for the past 2 months...but at the moment its more of a FOWLR....im slowly adding more rock, live and base, and its got 2 clownfish, an algae blenny, and a threadfin anthias in it. No corals as of yet. Its just thinknig...

would you guys put in a 120? i know the online clean up crew packages really over shoot the amount, i dont want a bunch of turbos cause i know they can push stuff aroound. i already have 4 trochus, 1 turbo, 4 nerites (thats the closest i can id them anyway) i also like margaritas...

Fellas- I know there are no general rules for coral placement and there are lots of variables. How do you determine when a coral is in it's happiest location? How long should you leave a coral in a certain spot before you decide if it likes it there or not? Some like more flow and more light...

Whats the deal with these. I know DOM=dissolve organic matter but I really don't know what it is comprised of ? Is it in our reef tanks already ? What type is useful to corals? Same with bacterioplankton? I am currently looking into the ways our small polyp stonies feed and what I can do to...

If you saw my posts recently in the BB / Substrate-free forum, then you know we re-did our entire 120-gal reef and now have no plenum, no sand, and 1/2" starboard instead. We love it!! Here's the tank, taken a couple days ago, 1 week post-setup, 50% same water: Supports in the back Fish...