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Yeah, I have a knobby red star that is doing great in my reef tank...he looks like this as he swings from my PH:

Originally Posted by pete159 Every canister filter has a way to shut off the water flow. i have the same canister as you, only the smaller version. if you look on the top of the canister, in between the 2 hoses, there is a latch, pull it up, and you will see a key type device, tun it and the...

Well as of now....it hasn't come out of its tube in a few days so I'm not sure what is up...it seemed fine after coming out of tube and going back in....but I haven't seen it at all in the last few days.

Flower & Meowzer: Thanks! The DVD said to disconnect the locking device but didn't show actually removing the hoses either from the tank or the canister but I'll watch it again before I do anything. I do have a 5 gal bucket so that will be next to me as well when I attempt to do this AND I will...

Originally Posted by renogaw no clue on the cannister.. but seriuosly, a mirrored wall? LOL...Yeah - sounds not only ghetto but very '70's....but actually it's a really small wall and it comes in very handy when looking at the back of the tank!

That may be tough - my camera can only get so close but I'll try....thanks.

I have this rock of mushrooms and this honeycomb-looking piece of it now has growth to it! I see small white polyps extending just barely out of the rock but enough to move in the current of the ph. They retract and expand daily. I've tried searching for pics but can't find one. I can try to get...

Ok - took a picture - kinda dark and my tank backs up to a mirrored wall so that's why you see reflection... The black curvy thing that goes from left to right is the just the handle The black button thing that is just behind the handle is the "lock" that disconnects that whole piece from the...

I don't know if there's a way to turn the valves OFF as opposed to just disconnecting them?? I am such a moron...

This has a locking piece where both hoses connect that I can "unlock" and disconnect from rest of filter - I'm guessing I can just do that and that'll work. I even watched the stupid dvd that came with it and it wasn't very clear when it came to maintenance. But it did say to disconnect that...

I'm almost embarrassed to ask this - but I need to know and I guess I'm just an idiot....but, I have a Marineland C-360 canister filter and obviously I need to get into it to change out and wash out the various media filter trays. I need to unplug it yes I know, but even after I do that, if I...

Well, my FD made it fine throughout the night and my husband said that when he went to bed my barred goby was almost sitting on top of its tube as if to protect it from the harassment of the shrimp! Who knows but all is good today and that makes me happy!

I have some of the same frozen food and usually I just take my tiny piece and hold it at the top of the tank and let it thaw right there. I'll usually get a few of my fish come right up and nibble on it as I hold it while some just wait for it to start falling off and circulating around the...

Thanks me too....except! I was noticing my camel back shrimp starting to make a run for his 'feathers' when he's displaying them. I'm concerned he's the reason that the FD came out of his tube...maybe pulled out?? The shrimp has never shown any interest that I've seen to the FD but he's hanging...

Looks to me like spionids...I have several in my tank! Spionids polychaete Spionids are a family of small, thin polychaete worms that build their tubes from sand and other small particles. The Spionids pictured have two feeder tentacles that they stretch out to find food. They are beneficial...

Great looking tank! I'm curious too - why remove the sand??

Yes, Spiderwoman, the above is my fish list...they sold the bicolor but had a rusty angelfish that was quite appealing. I had seen them both the day before when I was there. So, Rusty is now cruising around the tank and every now and then my cleaner shrimp jumps on him and goes to cleaning! Such...

Cool - well, I think I'm going to get him and see how he does. Thanks for your experience!

I keep reading that these little guys can sometimes nip at soft corals. I only have one rock with mushrooms on it and that's it until I can upgrade my lighting. My other livestock in my 55 includes: While Sleeper Goby Barred Goby Camel Shrimp Peppermint Shrimp Cleaner Shrimp Red Knobby Star...

Well, I just ran to the house after getting off the air, and I didn't see him anywhere....I'm searching the PH, I'm looking behind rocks...and then I saw his feather tips starting to come out of the tube! He apparently made it back in just fine and he completely extended while I was...