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Corals are shipped from online stores over night in dark bags. If going with no light would kill a coral then all online corals shipments would be dead. I also have turned my lights off at time when my fish were attacking a new addition. It works, but not always. Days might be a little too...

When I feed it it kind of folds over the food and gets puffy.

I think I have the same type of brain, but it was sold to me as an open brain which it does not look like. I didn't see the tentacles on mine for awhile after I got it. I have had it for 3 months now and I see the feeding tentacles when I spray photoplex for the scallops or feed the fish. They...

Yeah, I know. Waiting for the right deal on a good used skimmer. Don't want to spend 400 on a good one that is new and don't want to spend 200 for one that is basically the same as I have now. So you think the leak is the problem. Is silicon enough to fix the problem? That is what I will try...

BUMP I found places selling the Ri0 2500 (the pump I bought) with the Red Sea Berlin Hang-On Protein Skimmer Package with Pump. So I think this should be the pump even if mine is older. I can't seem to find the model number. Could it be something else?

I got the pictures. It is a HOB model, I have it on the outside of my sump. It looks like the one you posted to me reef. The new pump that I got is also 55 watts, but I think 2 pumps can have the same watts and different head and GPH. I am trying the rio 2500 now, not sure if that is the...

anyone?

Yeah, that was my guess, but you can also just dump the Phytoplankton in the water. I would be surprised if he is not using any kind of invertebrate food at all in the tank. His profile said his tank was 3 meters which seems off because that is like 10 feet. Mine is 125 gallon, but I don't...

What do you feed him?

I have a Red Sea Berlin skimmer and I needed a new pump for it. I have looked allover the web trying to find the right pump because my model seems to be older than the Berlins that are sold now. I think it is about 3 year old. I have gone through 3 different pumps trying to find one that was...

Do they really have no brains? I don't think these guys are that dumb. I only seen them move 3 times in 6 weeks. One of them moved out of its crevice between a rock and the glass into the middle of the tank, sat there for a few mins then swam backwards over the same place it came from and...

OK, I didn't think so, but wasn't sure. Probably best to QT the anemones and maybe do a formalin dip? Can they be exposed to air? Do you think the poor fresh water lighting is an issue for QT? Should corals be QTed after they are dipped?

Should I fresh water dip/bath: anemones corals crabs I have been using the 30 min bath method with meth blue found on this forum with great success for my fish. my QT has bad lighting. Is this a problem for QTing anemones or corals? If I can dip my inverts do I need to QT them for 30 days...

Also, I think stress will kill these guys easy. I agree they do not eat brine at all. Needs to be filter feeder food and I heard marine snow is worthless. Kent as worked for me target feeding. They like to find a cave or wedge themselves between some rocks and almost never move, swim around...

I have had mine for about 6 weeks now. I feel bad because the LFS guy told me they were easy to take care of. If I knew they die so easy I would not of got them, but so far so good. Does anyone know how long they live in the wild? I thought I read 1 year, but I am not sure if that was just...