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Hey guys!!! Haven't had many problems until now and in need of some expertise. I have been having an overgrowing problem with green algae in my 90 gal reef tank and been battling it last few months. Please let me know what I can do to try and get it under control such as type of salt and if...

It may not be an everyday occurance but my lawnmower blenny likes to sit on the tube of the feather duster. It doesn't seem to hurt the feather duster and as long as it doesn't then I wouldn't worry about it. If you see the sally pick at the tube where it exposes the feather duster then you...

Thanks for your info. It sure helps to know the crab it will regenerate his lost claw. I've been putting in calcium and iodine for the corals and know that inverts need them as well. Thanks for all your help.

I was wondering if anyone knows if crabs can survive without or regenerate an appendage. Last night, I found a large brown crab in my tank and noticed that my emerald crab lost an appendage. Then I saw that the brown crab had the emerald's claw in his arms eating it. I removed the brown crab...

Rule of thumb is 1 inch per gallon and with that small of a tank you take the risk of having the tank crashing at a faster rate than a larger one. Basically, once all water parameters are good then you can add possibly a clown since they are much hardier than Coral Beauty's or any dwarf angel...

Mandarins are not that hard to take care of but their staple foods come mainly from lr at least 100lbs to keep one from starving. If you get one with less than that you take a chance of starving it within the next few months and then it's gone.

I would say try mushrooms or leather corals. They are very hardy however, the finger leather requires a good bit of lighting. Anyway, since you don't have a skimmer that usually controls nitrates, how much of a water change weekly?

I've read that scallops are hard to keep but this is true that they are cheap. From the book that I read, if you don't feed it often then it will die after a few months. I don't know the life span of a scallop but if they find there way to the back of the tank then they will eventually die...

I also agree as far as not trying to remove the mucus from the coral. I know that they are one of the most hardest to keep in a reef tank unless you are well experience with hard corals. Unfortunately, I had one myself and within a week it was a goner. The lfs owner said it was possible that...

Hey Salttrigger I also saw the ice probe and called the company about it. They said that it works for small tanks up to 55 gal. I've got a 90 gal so it won't work with mine either. Hate for you to spend the $119 on it and it not work for you. I'm also in the market trying to find a...

Most likely it's a pistol shrimp. Usually, and I say that carefully, the pistol shrimp will only cause the irritating sound of clicks, however, if it is a mantis then eventually the shrimp will kill your livestock when it becomes hungry enough. Mantis are very powerful and can break glass...

Hey I like the new look to the BB. I see now that everyone will be rated. Well I know I pop in from time to time, however, I like to post my advice only from experience or from what I've read. Mainly from experience since what is read from a book or magazine can differ. ;)

Emerald crabs usually stay in hiding until nite-time and as far as the scooter, the emerald crab shouldn't hurt him at all. How big is your white goby? I was thinking that it might be a sand sifter goby or that's what the lfs called it. Angel

I decided to get a large wrasse since the lfs sold the trigger. I have removed all my crabs,snails, and shrimp to another tank until I know that the mantis shrimp is gone. I do plan to keep the wrasse anyway and put him into the larger tank and if he doesn't get the shrimp then the trap will...

I have never seen him. I only hear a popping noise later in the evenings which makes me believe it might be a mantis shrimp. Believe me if I could see it and net the little murderer then I would have done that already. I was just going on what the lfs told me that a trigger, puffer, or large...