My LFS has some live rock that I am wanting to get. But I am paranoid. I dont want any pest to get in my tank All his live rock is in a central tank and anything could be in there. If I dont want to cure the rock that is already cured. whats the next best thing to do what u think about a...

Ok, Just picked up some trochus snails. I wondered if anyone has any recommendations for a dip that is "snail safe". After a few members getting pests from snails a while back, I want to take zero chances. I do have some tropic marin pro coral cure, but I wonder how safe it is on inverts.

well i got some new corals today...& some trouble along with them...the zoas...have orange flatworms....rare zoas...big trouble..is there anyway i can rid the flatworms BEFORE adding the zoas to my tank ? or should i get my money back

I wrote in last week about my brain not doing so well. I think I may have bought it already bleached. I placed it under a ledge and have been trying to get it to eat. I noticed some white under it. I guess its melting. Does anyone think it has a chance at this point. Any more suggestions.

I don't know if what I have is welcome or not, but that same prolific uber frag I got that came with the flatworms is also host to some sort of spider/crabby thing. I had the lights out and turned them on and caught the barest glimpse of something that shape run for cover inside a hole in the...

am i suppose to use drip acclimation for sps and lps the same way i do fish? I know I am for anemones but a little confused about those. and if I am, do I do it after I glue them on the rock?

is it Ok to do a freshwater dip on shrooms and Rics? I am redoing my daughters tank and her corals are infested with flat worms. I know I can dip the Zoas, Leathers and clove polyps ok but I am concerned about the shrooms and especially the rics? What is the best way to disinfect them?

any personal experiences or advise would be great. I plan on a hour drip acclimation, middle of my tank, medium flow, and 1 maybe 2 times a week feed with zoo/phyto

I just got a shipment of fish and snails today......and although I am pretty much re stocking my tanks with frags.....i figured i would throw an acro colony on the order just to see...... holly crap.....can you say exceed expectations??? I usualy only order WYSIWYG stuff as I am kinda picky...

Well, I've had a "BB" tank for 2 years now, but it's only in the past month that I actually had a real BB tank. That is because (i feel) I had too much rock, poor flow patterns, and def. not enough fish, or skimming. Here was my tank at it's...

shipping all across the US :) i'm getting worth my money in shipping costs :D this is what i got; http://www.reefscience.com/images/corals/0610/DSCF0085.JPG http://www.reefscience.com/images/corals/0429/DSCF0145.JPG and one FRAG of this one...

I have a monti cap that I think has some type of parisite. Parts of the corals are bleached and I see smal wormlike critters on it. I think they might be nudibranches. . Would it be safe for the coral to just dip it in some ro water to remove the parasite? Do I have to add anything to it or...

So sump, main tank, garbage? and what is it?

Well since my new venture into acros I have both the pests:cry: I had someone from the club come over because I thought I seen some bite marks and since I'm pretty new to acros I wanted someone to take a look. Well after pulling pieces out and letting them dry out a bit it becomes pretty easy to...

i have a colony of pink zoo's that decided they weren't going to open for the last 2 days..water parameters are good and my other colonies of zoo's are fine. there are about 50 polyps on this colony and prolly 15-20 that are in the same spot that don't open...there are no other corals around...

So I'm reading that for corals the drip method is a must...which pretty much requires a refractometer. I'm trying to order everything I need in advance to avoid the "I can't wait, I'll just pay what the LFS is asking" syndrome...is this refractometer good enough...

Ive freshwater dipped a few sps before with no real negative effects.......but check this out. I treated my tank with Interdeptor last week and tried to save a few acrocrabs......so i FW dipped a couple corals in an effort to get them to jump so i could save them. Well it worked......BUT...

I havent had these guys before. I took this pic late lst night Who here has??? I got this coral this weekend....i DID dip it in tmpcc for ten-15 minutes before adding to my tank. In searching around it pretty much seems like they are on a level with AEFW's as far as how difficult they are...

So is Lugol Iodine just the same as the iodine you can get at Walgreens?

Just got in two monti's off ebay, my little QT has no lights at this time. I don't want to put anything bad into my tank, but don't want to put them in a qt with no light either. It is a 3 gal eclipse and the ballast crapped out. would cost more to order the pieces than to replace it. Back...