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I just got this leather coral from my LFS yesterday. It came with this brown stuff growing on the base of it. It’s polyps are also just little brown dots. Does anyone know the cause or what either of these things are? Thanks!

Does anyone know what this is? I am asking everyone but i guess i am kinda waiting on you Rayjay i know this is your field of expertise. I have 2 wild caught erectus and they have been with me since December when i moved into my new house. They have there own tank alone and i started the tank...

So I donated my 75 to the ALC of Rochester and while i was helping move it i scratched my finger. I woke up the morning after the move with some swelling in my finger. This picture was right away in the morning about 10 am This picture is the same day at 5:30 pm This one is from same day 9pm...

A neighbor of mine began a reef tank a few months ago , I've been more than glad to help with tips and information so that he enters the hobby properly . Despite my warnings he has purchased a red tile star with his tank being only 2 months old . I received a frantic call about the starfish...

I have a relatively new family member, a little tomini tang. After having him quarantined, I put him in one of my tanks to eat up some of the algae I've been having in it. He was fine for about 3 weeks happily chowing down, but then recently as I was feeding, I noticed he had developed a small...

What are the symptoms of internal bacterial infections? Can these infections spread to other fish? What is the best solution for them? Best product? Does the main display tank need to be treated? Will the product you are reccomending harm live rock and inverts? Thank you.

I started my tank a couple weeks ago, and I've had this strange swelling and these blister-like bumps on my fingers that have been there for a little over a week. The blisters are fairly small, and under the skin, so they are pretty hard to see. Tiny ones started at the tips of some of the...

Hello I have 4 erectus seahorses. The other day I noticed that one of them had what appeared to have a fungal infection on his head. I also noticed that a large aiptasia anemone had popped up out of nowhere. The only thing I can figure is that maybe he got stung and it got infected. I injected...

Hi guys, i need your help. I have quarantined my flamed angel that had ich on it, treated the tank with copper power and as promised the ich went away. i have read that you need to quarantine at least 12-14 days but on the 2nd week the ich reappeared and my fish was even worse off than when he...

Hello, Im a marine biologist researching in Utila, Honduras this summer, involved in different projects including one on Surgeonfish. Blue tang, Doctorfish, and Ocean Surgeons have developed pale lesions on the side of their bodies. Due to my lack of knowledge on pathology in marine life, im...

This started off as what looked to be a small scrape and progressively has gotten worse. I quarantined this fish for three weeks and treated with an anti fungal and an anti parasite at the same time. It didn't seem to get any better but the fish was clearly stresses and not eating so i...