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Hi, I'm new to Reef Tank. Relatively new to marine aquariums. Anyway, I'm upsizing to a bigger tank, transferring fish and live rock and this little guy is swimming around. Does anyone know what it is? Bad or good? Should I throw him in the new tank or not?

Hello forumers, when I woke up this morning I noticed this tiny thing floating/swimming in my tank. its round and flat with a tiny foot in the bottom, and tentacle like things around its edge. its very small about 4-5 millimeters, and it pulses propelling itself. I will try to upload a PHOTO ASAP.

I just saw one of the coolest things in my tank. My red mithrax crab releasing babies into the tank! After staring at the first several dozen, my wife managed to capture a few seconds of the event. Pass around the cigars! I siphoned a few out into a container to get a closer look and they...

I don't know if these are some kind of larval corals or some pest. They are multiplying like crazy and have not done anything that I know of to my corals. "They appeared out of no where" is quite frankly as best I can describe. I haven't added anything to the tank in around a year. Only removed...

Hi Guys Hope you can help I'm a newbie to keeping Marine fish. I bought some extra live rock and was reorganising my decorations when i noticed a strange larvae sticking out of the live rock it was white and about the size of a bean, Im just wondering what this . I haven't got a pic which I...

I've been doing a little studying on the procession of Clownfish clutches. I noticed today that the clutch (laid about a week ago) had gone from black to silver. The "light reading" I do here at night to wind down told me tonight may be the night for hatching. So about 30 minutes ago I...

Hi all, I have just started seriously trying to raise cleaner shrimp larvae. My current batch has been going for a week and there are at least 6 in there that are going strong. I had a large die off last night because I ran out of BBS so they died of starvation.:o I am not raising them in a...

In your opinion........... Is this a goal that is achievable by hobbyists? With the amount of asexual reproduction and fragging that takes place in the hobby, is this a worthwhile field of study and research? Does the science exist to give us a fighting chance of success? Is...