Recent content by mattborn

I've tried the magnetic scrub brush, and a hand held scrub brush, both for glass aquariums, and everytime I've used either I've been getting very small scratches on the inside of the tank. I make sure not to get any of the substrate on the scrubber, but yet it still scratches the glass. Any...

I'm planning on propogating my green star polyps to other areas in my tank tomorrow. Do you all think using superglue gel is the best way to do this? It is going onto a large piece of liverock and I don't think using a rubber band would work here.

Awesome! I can't wait to start to try and propogate my star polyps in a few weeks.

I've got a 30 gallon reef tank up and was wondering what opinions you have on my lighting. Is it too much, or what? I want my tank to be primarily just for corals. All bulbs are 36". I've got: (2) VHO Super Actinic 100% solid blue spectrum 95 watts each (2) VHO White Actinic 50% 7100k Actinic...

It is growing on top. How do I remove the algae?

The green stuff. It originally wasn't green, but now it has green algae on it, like the rest of the rock. The pattern is sorta similar to that seen on this picture of a moon coral.

Can anyone tell me what this is? The picture is a little blurry but the stuff seems to have grown more since the rock has been in my tank.

I have about 25 turbos, 35 hermits, 3 emerald crabs, 2 brittle stars, and a Sally Lightfoot in my 30 gallon tank. I had an algae problem before, but not since I added those little critters. It really doesn't even seem like there are that many in the tank, and I actually really enjoy watching...

I'm heading out to the store to buy my first coral on Friday. I'm thinking about getting some button or star polyps. My question is do they sell you the coral attached to the rock or do they take it off the rock before they give it to you? If they give you the rock, how do I go about removing...

Check out www.saltwaterconnection.com No fish info but info on the Lighting Requirements, Water Flow, Difficulty of Care, and Agressiveness of lots of corals, clams, sponges, etc.

I havn't bought fish from this site yet, but I have bought live rock and a "keep it clean package". Both times I had the package at my door before 9 in the morning the next day.

FYI, www.***************.com has shells for as low as 5 cents a piece.

Ok, I've had my 30 gal tank set up for a month now and I've noticed alot of small piles of fish crap on the ground from my 3 damsels. I have 4 very small red legged hermits and 8 turbo snails. It seems like the hermits just crawl on the 40 lbs. of live rock. Do I need more hermits? Should I get...

OK, I've got a 30 gal. w/ 40 lbs. of live rock and about 2 inches of crushed coral on the bottom. I've got 9 turbo snails and 4 small hermits (I think they're reg legged) and they do a wonderful job on the rock, but it seems like the crushed coral never seems to get cleaned. Do I need more...

Anyone know of a place online to buy hermit shells for mine to grow into? Thanks