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They can be extremely picky sometimes. My female will eat whatever I feed but the male sometimes outright refuse even live food, even when he is not holding eggs. He can hunger strike for weeks at a time but eventually will come around on the addition of live blackworms. It sounds like he is...

Prior to adding 2 peppermint shrimp to my system, I had easily over 100 dusters. That number is slowly dwindling. These are the only additions in the last 2 months so I am positive it is them. I never see them come out to feed (and I feed quite often). They have not touched the one aiptasia...

micro algae grow is the fertilizer (phytoplankton food) needed for the phyto to grow. Rotifers need to feed off the phyto. In theory, you could do this in your fuge, but as this feeds into your display, it will be hard to guage the population and the correct feeding regimen. The way gsellers...

Pool Boy, Your case is slightly different. You had a blueface and a flame which are of different genus (one's a true angel, other is dwarf) and will usually be fine. Adding the other true angel was almost guaranteed fighting in that size tank. I think a true angel in a 90 is too small. I'm...

That might be enough but you are taking your chances. Choosing different sizes will help. That way, one will run instead both fighting till death. Keep in mind, you will always risk coming home to find a dead angel and a severely injured one. The dominant one pretty much claims the whole...

I thought this thing was that nice bright red. The picture you took after it opened looks quite orange to me. Still a nice coral.

You can touch it. The shell should be hard and very flat. Looks like stomatella to me too from the picture.

Can you get to the rock? If you can take the rock out you can kill it various ways (kalk, lemon juice, joe's juice, aipstasia-x, etc.) If you have to do it in tank, the same products will work but you will have to use syringe and feed it. Aipstasia-X (made by red sea) comes with a straight...

Originally Posted by GeriDoc Last year I traded three small frags of xenia for a fish worth about 20$. The next day I happened bo be back in the same lfs,and there were my xenia (which were a weed in my tank) all alone in a display tank with a sign that said "RARE BLUE PULSING XENIA...

First, go get yourself a sponge filter and put into your DT or sump. Get your 28 setup with salt, heater, powerhead. Decide whether you want to treat with hypo or copper. If you are doing hypo, fill tank only halfway and dilute (over a 36-48 hour period) after moving the butterfly. Move...

More than likely it will hold up but for peace of mind, I would try to reinforce the brace or look into replacing the tank.

Live Rock looks a lot better than fake corals. Initially live rock can be drab, but you will appreciate the coralline once it starts growing. Remember, LR is also your natural filter. Fish will always want/need some hiding spaces. It will definitely get stressed if you provide no cover.

It is possible. You will have to introduce both at the same time or very close to it. You will also need to have lots of hiding spots (lots of LR). Try to get two that are of different sizes. I keep a Coral Beauty and a Flame Angel together in a 90G. I have about 200 lbs. of LR. The CB...

I bought 4 banggai about 2 weeks ago. They're in hypo right now, 3 of them eating "some" frozen brine (well at least they don't spit it out). Other one will only take live blackworms. This one is the largest one and he has bullied 2 of them into the corners and into the rocks (this is in a...

Just curious what type of filtration she suggested if not LR. Were her 4 tanks at "home" all SW? Maybe she gets comission on selling canister filters.