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ive had mine for over 7 months and only see it 1 every few days, it always hides under a 12kg rock and only tend to see it around feeding time for a few minutes if that. i wouldnt worry too much as yet. gb

i have approx 45kg of lice rock in a 75g tank which has been up and running for approx 8 months. i do have a couple of hermits 1" +. but the sounds it like tapping on plasterboard 5-6 times within a couple of seconds. thanks, gb

as above, the reason i ask is that a couple of times a week a hear a clicking noise 4 or 5 times in a row that last about 2 seconds. at 1st i thought it was my neighbours tapping on the wall or something weird, but its definatly coming from the tank. its always when the mh are off and the 1* 50w...

Hi Folks im in need of some help to i.d the below pictures. im hoping is a good anenome as it looks quite nice and doesnt look anything like a glass anenome. its about 1cm round which has tripled in size over the last month. thanks, B4rrett

Im hoping they are beneficial, only really noticed the 1st one last night and worried they are a parasite. i will get some pics uploaded one i finish work. thanks for the quick replys.

i have recently noticed a few hitchikers in my tank which has been up and running for about 4 months. can anyone hazzard a guess on what they are as i dont have pictures, but i will get some posted up tonight. the 1st one is worrying me the most as some are on the stalks of my zoos although they...

ive had my small yellow tang for over 3 months at although it eats really well it is also very shy. if i go near the tank it darts to the back of the live rock. if i move away it will come out but usually hangs round the back of the rocks. mine is also a 75 gallon tank. Gareth

Originally Posted by renogaw if it's behind a cocoon, it was most likely sleeping. a ton of wrasses do that for protection. hopefully you didn't trash the fish... just phoned the wifey and she said its currently cleaning the tang happy as larry. cheers for the quick reply fellas. i wasnt...

Originally Posted by myreef05 Maybe it went to sleep. Some fish spin a web at night for protection. Were you sure it was not breathing? im fairly sure it wasnt breathing, but just before that it was breathing really heavy. i didnt have time to check this morning. gareth

i checked my tank last night when the moon light was on and noticed in a hole in a large piece of live rock i saw what looked like a blue cob web/cotton wooly thing. i turned on the lights and saw my cleaner wrasse behind it breathing heavy and almost colour less. within 5 mins it died as a...

i dont add any suppliments, and the sand is live araganite sand. then the stuff is on the surface its like a film but when i have both poweheads on agitating the surface it breaks up and causes a kinda light snowy effect when you look at the tank closely. i only feed the fish once a day 1 piece...

my skimmer is a hang on Redsea prism. i was hoping the critters were copepods, i just thought they came out at night. I pointed 1 of the powerheads away from the surface leaving just one to agitate it, within a day protein was floating on almost half of the surface. if i point both power heads...

i set my tank up just over 3 months ago the specs are as follows rio 300litre(67 IMP/G) tank with a hang on redsea protein skimmer original juwel internal filter 2x 900 maxijet powerheads 75 pounds of live sand 40kg live indonesian rock my stock is a juvi yellow tang, 2 juvi false percs and 1...

hi all, I have a 67(imp) gal tank with a inbuilt filter with the flow upwards agitating the water along with 2 mj 900 power heads which one of them is also pointing upwards. i have 40kg of live rock and a prism protein(hangon) skimmer. the tank has finished cycling over amonth ago and i only...

ok after 2 weeks of my tank cycling i havent thought of what i will be stocking the tank with. my tank is a rio 300litre(67 IMP/G) tank with a red sea protein skimmer juwel orginal internal filter 2 times 900 maxijet powerheads 75 pounds of live sand 40kg live indonesian rock after 2 weeks my...

just a quick question re cycling my tank. should i have the hangon skimmer up and runnning while the tank is cycling or not. Thanks in advance, Gareth

nice one fellas, i will be getting 35kg of live rock in 3 days to start cycling the tank. so i think i might get another maxijet 900 and possibly a wavemaker. i will post up a few pictures once its up and running. thanks, barrett

Hi Guys, im in the process of starting up a saltwater reef tank and have one or 2 questions. i have a new 300litre 67gal(80gal USA) tank, with a prism protein skimmer, 2 maxijets 900l power heads along with the internal juwel rio filter. 35kg of indonesian live rock will be delivered very...