hey guys, i was given a serpent starfish. kinda big if u ask me. arms are 5 to 6 inc. my question is. would he tried to eat my fish when they are sleeping ?

Hello all! I'm new here and just bought some pulsing xenias for my tank. I noticed these striped legs coming out of the rock and while transferring them to my tank, I took a quick pic! I did a bit of googling first and it looks like a tiger-striped serpent sea star? If that's correct, will they...

Hi! I'm interested in adding a starfish to my 28 gal hqi nanocube tank. I've looked a little...and have come up with this (if the link works): http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+528+580&pcatid=580 A marble sea star. I was interested in it because of its smaller size...

OK, its been a while, but I wanted to make a selection to what I might or can get and not just leave it up to everyone else :read: I located what I can with the free time which was available to me for I need now to move to the next step and make a fish selection for which SPS corals will be...

I posted a few days back about my BioCube, and my worried start... (ooooooooooh boy.) Its been a few days now with some interesting changes. The original LFS we went to, suggested: Making our own SW with filtered tap water and dechlor Getting two fish to help the cycle Get 1.5 lbs of live rock...

hello. and im so excited to get a tank and get started. i have a question. about how much is this tank pictured below worth? it includes the tank, live rock and some corals.... how much do u guys think its worth.. they told me they'll sell this set up for $150... good deal? IT ALSO INCLUDES...

I will be starting the initial stocking of my 180 in the next few weeks and am planning to start with the workhorses of the reef ... i.e. the cleanup crew and the janitorial staff. I have been thinking of the following list ... if anyone has any suggetions for additions, deletions, substitutions...

Check these pics out. Now I only have one of these guys in my tank and have witnessed him eat a whole snail shell and all. May have been dead or dying. What do you think now?:bigeek:

Due to some personal events I have to sell my entire reef. This includes all equipment, live rock, fish, corals. - 75 gallon AGA with factory stand and DIY canopy. - 20 Gallon aga for sump. - ASM G1 Skimmer - Mag 7 Return Pump - Power Heads (Maxi 1200, 2x 606 minijets) - Heater 250 watt visi...

A few weeks back, I noticed a sea star freaking out and fleeing at the front of my reef tank. I ran over to see what was up. There was my 18” Tiger-striped Fancy Serpent Sea Star split in half. The poor star was cut right across the disc, into a three-legged part and a two-legged part. The two...

I think I'm in some kind of a downward spiral with water chemistry... I've struggled with Nitrate levels in excess of 50 since I started this tank about three years ago. On occasion (before water changes), I'd see levels of 110. I've been reading threads about nitrate levels, and after...

Equipment 1) 75 Gallon MarineLand Perfecto with Tidepool II Biowheel filtration 2) Protein Skimmer 3) UV Sterilizer (run every three months) 4) 440 Watt VHO with Ice Cap 660 Ballast Maintenance 1) Age of Tank = 2 years 2) 100% RO water changes and top...

OK, lets try this topic. This one comes up a lot. What is the best thing to feed to our tanks? G~ thanks for the idea Awestralian BTW- if anybody else has any ideas for a discussion, please PM me.

Ok guys…I have a general question regarding my tank. I am currently looking into possibly “gluing” my live rock together. I’ve heard of using a product called “Mr. Sticky” to glue corals to your live rock. My question is can you use this to also stabilize your rockwork? What is the easiest way...

Hello Everyone, I just joined this message board...I've been reading for some time your threads and decided to get in on the action. I also have a question that I hope some of you may be able to help me out. I have a strange organism that is appearing on my glass, live rock, everywhere etc...

here is what i have for sale I need to get rid of it as soon as possible so that i don't change my mind lol i will be home all week and on the weekend the way i want to do this is to pm and then i can see who got what first. there are pictures of everything on my gallery most of it has grown...

Im wondering if I should take a new toothbrush to the brown algae seen in the shot below, or let it be. Or get more snails to take care of it? How many snails = 1 fish? Or can't it be equated like that? The tank is only about 2 1/2 weeks old and cycled really quick. It's current inhabitants...

I have a 75 gallon tank with stand, hood, aqua light, prism skimmer, bio wheel, heater........(all the basics) that I must sell. I live in Otsego (Northwest Metro) We have hundreds of sand snails, about 100 blue leg hermits, 5 emerald crabs, cole tank, flame angel, 4 striped damsel, saddle back...

Well since I'm waiting to acquire and set up my new 90 gal tank I went ahead and set up my old 30 gal. I cleaned up all my old live rock (now base rock) and I'm looking for a couple pieces of nice live rock to seed it all and a cup of live sand or so to jumpstart the sand bed. Whats the best...

Good morning I have a 180 gal reef and my anemones are not doing well. I bought the anemones for 2 TR clowns who BTW won’t go near them. One pink tipped, one green carpet, one sebae leather. I have some candy cane ( small ) Star polyps ( small ) White bubble ( small ) 4 large elephant ears...