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What happened to this board? When I started a few months ago, it was a cool forum for people to discuss things civily. You could post your mistakes without being called a names normally reserved for the hallways in junior high schools. It seems to me that there are a lot of people who hide...

There's a black tar-like sustance on my LR. It's just on two pieces. It's not sticky, it scrapes right off, but I'm curious as to what it is.

Be patient. It's impossible to tell where you are since each cycle is different. The quality of the water you use and the inherent amount of sulfate and phosphate contained will make everyone's cycle differ. Plus the quality of your lr and how much die off you have, whether you add any...

Sorry for your loss. Exact same thing happened to me. Ich should clear up within 30 days, so don't torture yourself. Ten gallons is pretty small however, doesn't leave much room for error. That may be part of your problem. I had problems with my cycle also and after I removed most of my...

It takes time. If you had to re-cure the lr after shipping it may take a lot longer for things to grow on it. What I would suggest is going to your LFS and inspecting some smaller pieces of lr, select one that's got good growth and add it to your tank. Eventually you'll re-seed the rest of...

Welcome Mike J! Based on the answers given, you're probably wondering what is meant by stability. The easy explanation is that if you have time to observe your tank over a given period, you will be able to watch the levels of the various natural occuring elements (nitrates, nitrites, ammnoia...

Agreed fshhub. A neon damsel is gorgeous when it's young. As mine got older it became kind of gray green and looked pretty awful

Corals are living creatures. "Live Rock" is only live in the sense that it has bacteria colonies established on it. These bacteria colonies process ammonia and help to keep your tank clean. As the bacteria colonies propagate, the live rock also starts growing algae and living things that form...

Okay, let me give you a totally different perspective on it... I would agree that it's better to go with a medium or smaller size, mainly due to the territory and aggression established in your tank. If you're adding an aggressive fish, it's always best to add it last, this allows the other...

I've had a couple of mine removed in the last few days also. There was nothing offensive and no references to other vendors or links. Just FYI.

Took me forever to cycle my tank. Once I turned the skimmer off, it was done in a week. Water will stink and you'll get a film on top, but it will cycle.

IMO you're close to the limit as is. The fish might be small now, but things are going to grow. The dwarf lion will get to be 6 inches and the eel.... The problem is that lions, eels and puffers are all messy eaters. It's going to place a lot on your bio load and make it difficult to keep the...

As far as corals go, I have a colt coral, two well established feather dusters, about 6 tiny feather dusters, a whole rock of button polyps and a leather coral that looks like Billy Idol's haircut around 1989.

I'll try this again, since for some reason, my post of an hour ago was removed.... My tank has been up for about 4 months and just finished it's cycle about 3 weeks ago. The coral is growing well, the pod population seems to be well established and now everything seems pretty good. I just...

fshhub: After re-reading my post I understand that I didn't clarify my position. You are absolutely correct that cyanide is being used in many third world countries. My point was that for the lfs person to raise it as an issue, then try and stand on the moral high ground that he knows their...

I have to concur with fshhub. Another big reason that they don't survive is that tangs (especially the hippos) seem to love absolutely pristine H2O conditions. The lfs actually suggested that I didn't add a hippo until my tank had been up for a year, which I thought was pretty cool since they...

Saturday we picked up 2 emerald crabs, a chocolate star fish, and 2 damsels (one domino, one blue) These are now housed in a 30 gallon plexi w/ 15 pound lr, and an arogonite bottom. Everyone is happy and well, the crabs are doing a great job of cleaning everything up. My questions are as...

Feathers are pretty hardy, I have two that lasted a cycle, even though my fished cacked. I just looked in my tank today and I can count 6 small feather dusters about the size of my thumbnail that are scattered throughout the tank, so they are obviously amorous too!

I concur with the observations about placing them with aggressive eaters. The other consideration is whether or not they have something to hold on to. In the wild, seahorses usually wrap their tails around seaweed or other flora so they can stay somewhat stationary (you can tell from their...

You have pods man! They will get a bit bigger. Everyonce in a while you'll see a larger husk of one floating by and you'll be able to get a better look at them. It's really not the size of the individual pod, but the size of the population that contributes to the health of your ecosystem...