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I have had an elegance coral for over a year in my 75 gallon reef tank. I feed it brine shrimp, silver sides, as well as cyclopeese in the whole tank which it seems to love. It always bigger and fuller after I feed the tank. My frog spawn behaves the same way. Anyway, being a novice tank...

My Sandsifting Starfish has 3 limbs that appear to be broken off or bitten off. I'm not sure what could have done this? I have a 75 gallon Reef Tank with a large Maroon Clown, a flame angel, a spotted mandarin and a psuedochromis dottyback. There are turbo snails and blue legged hermit crabs...

If you find your alkalinity is too high, how can you safely lower it? I haven't had this problem yet, but often wondered what I should do if this ever happened. Thanks

<<<Ekclark said: Blue leg hermits... killed my scarlets, snails, conch, my patience. I do not think I will ever add these guys to a tank again. >>> Wow - didn't realize Blue Legged Hermits were capable of this. We have quite a few in our reef take and no trouble at all. We don't have...

What is the best way to thaw a piece of the frozen cyclopeeze before I feed my mandarin? Do people use a turkey baster to direct it close to the fish? Or just throw it in on the top of the tank and hope the mandarin can get to it. I have a 75 gallon reef tank with a large maroon clown, a flame...

Yes, the toadstool does seem to be shedding. I didn't realize that they shed. So after this shedding is done, will the toadstool's stem will be firm again? Thanks, Casey

My large beautiful toadstool's stem looks like it has gotten soft and has fallen over to the side. Everything else in my 75 gal reef tank is doing great. My lighting is fine at 520 watts. Any suggestions? Thanks, Casey

I believe its best to feed a bubble tip coral at night since they put out their tenacles which allows them to bring the food in. I've been feed mine brine shrimp with a turkey baster. I have a sally lightfoot crab that's been chowing down on it though. It really saddens me since its such a...

I have about 60 lbs of live rock. He is a very large mandarin and I suspect needs lots of food. He will eat some frozen brine but really prefers to pick at the rock. I soak the brine in some Garlic Extreme to make it interesting for him. I read that they also eat live black worms. I don't...

If I wanted to start breeding them in a separate tank, how do I get started. Can I buy them from a LFS to get the tank going? I've got the perfect tank already set up that would work great.

What is cyclopese? Haven't heard of this before. Thanks! Casey

How do you increase the number of copepods and amphipods in a reef tank? Do you have to have a separate tank to raise them in? Any suggestion would be welcome. Thanks, Casey

I bought a large spotted mandarin to pick at the plenaria in my reef tank and he has done a magnificent job. So well, that in 3 months I can't find any evidence of flat worms at all. But now the mandarin is starting to lose weight. I also feed frozen brine shrimp which he eats, but it he...

Wow! I'm impressed. Did you do that off the top of your head. There's a couple of abbreviations used to describe corals - soft and hard. I can't remember what they are but I have seen it used fairly often. Thanks for the great post. TTYL, Casey

Can anyone decipher all the abbreviations used on this forum? I assume "LFS" is "live fish store". Could someone make a short list of some of the frequent ones used so I don't get lost reading the posts and replies? Thanks, Casey