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Not only is it better looking, it is also healthier for your fish. I have a 75g I started as a FO but I had die offs and other problems I don’t have with my reef. After the initial expense of rock and lighting I purchased expensive inverts like hermits and starfish. They are amazing to watch...

Hopefully someone with more experience will chime in but I will say this. When I got 50lbs live rock via airmail the cycle went like this: day1 - normal levels day3 - slight increase in ammonia day5 - back to normal (no water change) It was a painless. The lr was healthy, purple/pink, and...

Is it coarse or fine? There are two common species one is controlled by herbivores the other species they won’t touch. Just throwing this out because I had the same problem. I increased the water circulation, did a massive clean up and everything went back to normal. (thanks to the advise...

If it is apstasia I would take care of it quickly. I had one, now I have a tank full. I hated to kill anything living in the tank but now I wish I had done something earlier. It is your tank but the anti apstasia attitude is justified by their rapid proliferation. At this point I cannot even...

No offence taken. I understand the confusion about peppermint, cleaners and camels. My LFS understood too. I wanted the ones that ate aiptasia. They directed me away from the camels. Strangely, I have not seen them since I put them in the tank. I am encouraged by your experience. I will buy...

The 2 shrimp I purchased were peppermint shrimp. Do you think they may have been too small for the job? The aiptasia are an inch and a half at the largest. Pobably 10 total of the large 30 – 50 more of the smaller ones.

70 gal tank 25 gal sump with 50lbs lr. I have been preparing for this day. I got the tank 9mo. ago and slowly upgraded lighting and added lr I am ready to add coral but hesitate because of aiptasia infestation. I got 2 small cleaner shrimp. I have not seen them nor have they had affect on the...

I had not heard lettuce was bad for their systems. Good to know. I would suggest clipping something in the tank though. Use seaweed. He might be more willing to eat if he isn’t worrying about hiding from you. Mine hides from me too. It took a week before he would come out when I was near the tank.

Coral Beauty is a herbivore. Try feeding frozen veggies from your lfs. Mine didn’t eat the food I put in for several days but she did eat the algae growing on the tank glass. They will also nibble on lettuce, so you can clip some of that in the tank.

Maroon clowns are my favorite, but get a pair right from the beginning if you want more than one.

Ah, lunch time in Austin Tx I can read the BB without worrying about getting caught.

I also have a cleaner crew from this site. Talk about a clean tank. I thought the same thing. Until I finally found a web site on hermits. They are molting -the exoskeleton falls from the shell as if the crab has died. Crabs are vulnerable until their outer shells hardens.

Paul, A one-month-old tank. That is a young’n. Have you run the standard test on your water? If so what are the readings-ammonia, ph, alk, nitrite, nitrate, temperature? In all the books I have read 30-50gal. was the minimum size recommended for a saltwater tank. It is going to be...

You will be getting an email from me! I just saw the new tanks a Gallery of Pets. They have a lot of new equipment too. :D

I have tried to think of anything out of the ordinary. I use RO water from a store in town, nothing new there. I feed brim shrimp and veggies all frozen and from the pet store. This last batch of shrimp is getting tossed out even thought when I asked the lfs about food being a problem they...