Recent content by griffen8280

Yes alot of crustaceans actually have internal sacs that they can store water in. they use this ability when they are pulled out of water by splashing the water in the sacs against they're gills internally. This allows them to stay out of water for a very long time (pretty much until they...

Originally Posted by Clay12340 If your tank is cycling you shouldn't have anything in it. What are your other levels at? If ammonia and nitrite are at 0, then your tank most likely cycled. You might have just had a snail or hermit or something die and pollute the tank if it was a sudden spike...

I've heard from around that some types of leather corals will do pretty good under a Coralife 50/50 bulb. Some of them can be quite neat looking with little fingerlike polyps that come off the main body. Just a thought though.

Does the skimmer help to remove your nitrates in the tank? I have a ten gallon as well with 1 saddleback clown (used to be 2 but the female died in my first big thunderstorm like 2 days after bringing them home!) 1 Yellow Angel 1 leather coral 1 Sebae Anemone (bonded with remaining clown) 2...

Just lookin into your mysterious noise problem and may have found out the answer. Check to see if you can find a mantis shrimp in there. They are known hitchhikers that can hide in holes in live rock and then come out in your tank. I think they are mostly nocturnal but the disturbing thing is...

I am actually looking into getting one of these crabs but am still in the research phase. I have read that if one of these crabs feel threatened or if a predator is after it, they will voluntarily drop a leg or claw and scurry away. The best way to prevent this from happening is to get an...