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  1. General Reef Discussion
    I am planning on getting some acropora in the near future and I would like to know if there are any tricks to keeping them alive, like what types of supplements are mandatory and certain fish or inverts that could pose problems. My sister is going out of province to visit some relatives, and one...
  2. General Reef Discussion
    as of today there is a new reident in my tank that wasnt added purposely.. its about 1/4 inche cream white with 2 grey antenea sticking out of the top of it. its looks kinda like a small slug but moves really fast. it went from the rocks to the front glass and back to the rocks and back to the...
  3. Tridacnid Clams/ snails/worms/stars and such
    Earlier I yanked out an 8 inch bristle worm. Boy, was he hairy! After closer inspection of the tank I found that I am infested with tons of smaller ones. How can I handle this problem?
  4. General Reef Discussion
    Help me please... I have a Hippo Tang that broke out with ich last week. I started feeding garlic-treated foods, but he seems to be getting worse, and now my Flame Angel has it too. I don't really have a QT tank large enogh to do a long-term QT, so I was thinking of doing a dip on them...
  5. Classified Archives
    I need to do some MAJOR tank rearranging to accomadate my two leather corals. It's a VERY VERY hard choice to make but...Ive made it and the following colonies have to go! 1. A light blue/tan acropora. It is about 8" tall and 7.5" wide. Very healthy and lots of good growth. Been under 175W...
  6. PNSMAS archives (hidden)
    I need to do some MAJOR tank rearranging to accomadate my two leather corals. It's a VERY VERY hard choice to make but...Ive made it and the following colonies have to go! 1. A light blue/tan acropora. It is about 8" tall and 7.5" wide. Very healthy and lots of good growth. Been under 175W...
  7. Hitchiker, Pests, ID and warnings
    i counted about dozen slugs in my tank.... but this i haven't seen until today. i am ever amazed with what i find in my tank! but i think its time a i got a mandarinfish, or a wrasse, beacuse when i turned my lights on, there was a horde of these tiny critters scappering about..... and ducking...
  8. General Reef Discussion
    So, bubble corals are an LPS coral aren't they? What are some other hardy LPS that can be kept in my 20g with the bubble? I have the bubble, a tiny frag of a toadstool, a mushroom rock, and 3 green striped mushrooms. Are frogspawn hardy? My lighting is 70 watts.
  9. General Reef Discussion
    Well here it is, and I have no idea what it is (beyond the obvious) I know it's a nudibranch. I have no idea where it came from though. I have added no new live rock for over a year now. And all of the sudden when I did the change over to the 125 it showed up. Sorry about the pics, this thing is...
  10. General Reef Discussion
    I have a new tank that has finished cyvling. I put a sea anemone in and it curled up in a ball. Is there a problem with the sea anemone or is this normal?
  11. General Reef Discussion
    Hey all, Often I see people on here looking for good places to buy live rock. Well, after much searching and experimenting I've come to believe there is no replacing recycler.com. Tonight, for example, me and my two friends went to someone's house and for a total of $250 bought: 100 lbs of...
  12. General Reef Discussion
    Thanks for the welcome on the other thread I currently have 6 tanks saltwater and 2 freeshwater 6x2x2 with 3x250 Mh DBtech skimmer(good skimmers made locally) with calcium reactpr DSB of crushed marble not much coral in this one in fact none just live rock at this point 4x2x2 with 2x250 mh...
  13. General Reef Discussion
    Does anybody own or is currently running a 60g reef tank? If so, what kind of lighting are you using and what types of corals are you keeping in it ? Thanks..
  14. General Reef Discussion
    I'm on call tonight, so I've been surfing to kill some time... and I found an article written by Eric Borneman back in 1997 that warned against placing leather corals in the same tank as SPSs. It said something about yellow leathers (Sarcophyton species) being the most toxic and explained that...
  15. General Reef Discussion
    Well, I am finally going to do it! I am upgrading my existing lighting system which consists of a 175 W MH 10,000k bulb and two 55 watt power compacts. I am yanking out the 175 MH and installing either a 250W or 400W ballast/bulb. I have two medium sized leather corals in my 58 gallon...
  16. General Reef Discussion
    need help(or advice).purchased 1st livestock for a newly setup 50gal.tank lr and ls in for 5 wks.new filters and pwrhds and prot skmr.water quality is great(spgr 1024 ph8.5 nh3 no2 no3 all 0.lvstk had 2 hr ride home from lfs(not so local)golden leather mshrm was closed when got home-to be...
  17. Biological Filtration Archive
    Hi everyone:beer: I'm new to this forum and I can see there is a great wealth of info on this site! I have had a 75 gallon reef tank now for about two years. I have a variety of coral as well as fish. Unfortunately, I've been noticing an increase in a critter that I can't identify. Attached is a...
  18. General Reef Discussion
    I've been reading the posts here for several months on and off and find it very useful. I would like to thank you all for that. Question: I have a 125 g reef tank which has been running great for years. I use both a plenum and a trickle filter. Fish are great, inverts are great, and soft...
  19. General Reef Discussion
    Hello all-- When my lights have come on the last few days there has been tons of brown... threads?? floating around in the water and the water has been cloudy. After a couple hours, it pretty much clears up. amonia, nitrates, etc are at 0. KH at 10. There has been some brown algae on...
  20. General Reef Discussion
    I just got some tonight and was wanting to know anyones experience with it, is it as good as it sounds on the container?
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