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Thanks for all the input and I'll keep posting my results and any questions that I have.

My Mushroom coral split into two new little mushrooms for a total of three. I'd like to know if there is anything that I could add to the tank to speed up the growth of the two new ones? I haven't beed adding anything to the water at all other than keeping the water clean and doing regular water...

Great news on my tank, my mushroom coral has split into 2 new smaller ones. I'm hoping that it will continue to split and cover the the piece of rock that its on. This only tells me that something really right is going on inside my mini reef. I'm totally plaesed with the results in my tank so...

About 3 weeks ago I discovered a new critter in my tank.Its what I believe to be a Sally lightfoot crab.Its molted once already and growing bigger each week.It likes to hang out on the same rock as my mushroom coral and it hides alot because its still small.Its smaller than a quarter and its a...

They're brown and neon green under the light at certain times.Plain jane smooth mushroom corals. As far as my computer it has a 1.20GHz celeron processor,128MB of RAM,and a 20 GB hard drive.I like it alot.

My computer took a dump on me and I had to save up and get a new one after being offline for a little over a month.Everything has been going great with my tank and my mushroom coral has split off and I have one new one for sure and possibly splitting to get a third one.

I'm pretty sure that they're star polyps of some sort because they have 8 tenticles that are green on the tips and the mat is pink.My mushroom coral is loving life in my tank and is growing more each week.I'v almost decided to add all the corals that I've got in my plan slowly first then add the...

Thanks for all the confidence builders they really help alot.I completed a 5 gallon water change today and did a basic clean up on my canister filter while still keeping my biological side still intact the way my LFS told me how to clean this canister.I'm still debating on wheather to get a fish...

Somethings going right inside my reef because I've got purple coraline algea growing and spreading all over the rocks in my tank.Its even starting to grow in places on the rocks where there wasn't coraline algea before.I've also got what I believe is a small star polyp that only has 1 stem with...

As of 05/20/02,here are the reading for the water in my tank. salinity is between 1.022 and 1.023 ph is at 8.0 ammonia is at 0 carbanite hardness is at 9ppm This is the part that confuses me,this is my nitrite scale: <0,1mg/1 color for scale is yellow 0,1mg/1 color for scale is orange 0,25mg/1...

Thanks for the advice so far.I think what I'm going to do is to take some of my tank water to my LFS and have them test it for me because my test kit is very limited.I still have 3 weeks as of today until the Damsels have been in my tank for a full month.The one decent sized mushroom coral that...

The first coral that I plan on adding to my tank are some green Star Polyps.I read on how to acclimat them and that isn't my question.What I want to know is it ok to add them after 1 month of having 3 damsel fish in my tank?Any input on this form anyone and I'll respond back as soon as possible.

Thanks for the hints and I will start with the mushroom corals,star polyps,and button polyps.I read in this site that they are the easier ones to care for.They will probably be put in last.Should I quarantine them first or just put them in my tank?

I've made my plan out for the fish I'm going to keep in my 20 gallon tank.I'm having a difficult time in finding some corals other than mushroom corals that will do well under 40 watts of light?I have a 20 gallon long glass tank which is barely 13 inches deep and my reef is built about 6 to 8...

I know what you mean on the disaster thing I lost all my fish to a case of Ich that was $45 worth of fish.I let my tank go for 1 month with only live rock,live sand,snails,and my hermit crabs.I just added 3 Damsels and plan on letting them go for at least 1 month before adding my next fish.Could...

Did you treat your tank with the rock in your tank?If so your rock isn't live rock any more.I've read that Ich meds kill live rock live sand and inverts.

I've read on this fish and its one I plan on buying in the future and they will pick at the rocks because they get some of their diet from things that growq on the rock itself.Also try some lettuce before putting it in the tank break it up a little by smashing it in your hand and then put it in...

On my first attempt I ran into an Ick problem and the few fish that I had died unfortunatly a few days into the treating in my 10 gallon hospitol tank.I was told in the fourm after I did over a 3/4 water change to let my tank go for about a month and I did that.My test kit is limited to only...

where do you have them in your tank? they like low light and not much current.I bought a piece of rock that had 1 good sized mushroom on it and I havent been adding any type of invert food at all and its growing quite well.Try moving them in your tank to a low lighted spot with little current...

All the advice is great and helpful thank you.Here is a list of what I'm running on my display tank: 20 gallon long glass aquarium 1 20 watt 10000K fluorscent bulb 1 50/50 6000K daylight,actinic 03 blue fluorscent bulb 20 watts 1 standard heater 2 powerheads for circulation 1 aquaclear 200 hang...