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I appreciate the help on identifying the corals here a some pics of them in tank. Hippo is perfectly fine.

I picked up a blue hippo and a red scooter blennie today and two new corals sold as a colored sand polyp and a Giant cup mushroom(may be a pagoda cup) Looking for a positive ID on the corals see my thread in Reef tanks. I am in the middle of acclimatizing them right now and yes there is plenty...

There is plenty of water just the way it looks in the pic the hippo has been laying on his side.

Some new occupants I picked up today Blue Hippo Tang Red Scooter Blennie Pagoda Cup Coral? sold as Giant cup coral, is closed up in picture but opens up real wide & flat w/little nodules on face and has "mouth" in center that currently looks like its guts hanging out it - expelling waste or a...

Originally Posted by f14peter Man that's outstanding! I want to go back to the fake reef structure, if I may as I also have an overflow I'd like to camoflage a bit. Is it hard plastic or resin material, or something else? I saw an inside-the-tank background at a not-so LFS (Sacramento/CA) that...

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Here are a few of the new occupants in my tank. My arrow crab, cleaner shrimp, and a new green recordia coral -hasen't opened up yet. Got the rest of the stuff in also but no pics. My wife the vet was able to get me some IV drip lines from her practice and that made acclimatization very easy.

Originally Posted by TeresaQ look up keyhole limpit (spelling) looked that up and I do not think that is what this is. There is no hole in the shell and it does not form a uniform pattern in shape of its shell.

my bad turbo snails.

pics of snail

I found this growth on two of my turbo Snails see pics below. I pulled the growth off of the snail in the pic and the growth is another snail. Is this a predatory snail or is my turbo having babies? The snail is small and white body with white head and shell is completley open. Any help...

I pulled the growth off of the small snail in the pictures and it is definetly another snail attached. I did notice a little discoleration on the host snail on where it was attached. I did not notice a hole though. The attached snail has a white body with a large foot sucker and a small white...

Well my order shipped today from SWF.com!!!! Here are some new pics.

Originally Posted by lionfish1 bad arnold imitation "it's not a tumor!" wow that is wierd how long did it take to grow? I noticed it last week on two snails. It dosen't seem to be affecting them and it looks almost like another "shell" growth on them, their is a definite "line" in between the...

Noticed a growth on the shell of a few of my turbo snails, see pics below. What is this and should I be concerened?

Well haven't posted in awhile but wanted to update on progress so far. Will post some new pics tommorow morning. 1)I got my canopy on and took the front off and added hinges and locking bars to give me easy access. 2) Having some temp probs and narrowed it down to my cansister filter pump...

You might try peppermint shrimp that eat aiptasia according to swf.com. I just ordered five for my tank.

Originally Posted by Sharkboy13 how deep is that sand bed? Hey just got back in from CA again, shouldn't have to travel again for awhile. The bed is a mixture of live sand and crushed coral and ranges from 3"-6" across the tank. Thanks for the comments.

Well I finally was able to pick up my lights (used) today! I got a PFO system with 2 400W MH and two sets of 95W PCs. One of the MH bulbs was broken so these pics are with 1 MH bulb working. I have got some work to do on the canopy also. I will be out on another trip for a week so we will...

I just purchased a new feather duster from LFS, I acclimated it and have put it in some LR in my tank. My question is what side does it come out of? It was buried in sand under some LR in the store and I'm not sure which end is up. One end seems to have a flap of skin hanging down, not...