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So far, I've been able to keep 2 of them. I'm not sure how they'll do long term in such a small tank, though...they take a LOT of filter feeding. If I knew of someone better able to care for them, I'd give them up, but for now, I'm just trying to feed them as I can.

Ok, so my old thread had the wrong title (I now have a 14g, not a 12g) AND got buried, so I decided to start a new thread. Happily, I have more pictures, so there should be more to see and less to read this time around! I started just over a month ago with a 14g biocube for work. I removed the...

I've had my hands all over this rock sniffing it for anything going bad and peeling off some sponges going south. I'm not sure, but if there was a mantis shrimp, it probably would have part of one of my fingers by now. :) From talking to some "mantis" people, it seems more likely that this is...

My tank had an ammonia spike over the weekend. The rock is quite a bit more bare now, but the snails were more active today than they ever have been. I'm hoping this means that we're over the hump. I also saw many feather dusters and there were tiny white spots on the glass...the snails...

Hitch-hikers seen so far: 1 keyhole limpet Several nass snails 1 hermit crab 2 bristle worms 2 cup corals too many barnacles to count! several sponges several cerith snails something that clicks a couple times in the mornings and evenings

It's picture time...these are from yesterday! Full tank shot after the water cleared One of my live rock...not sure what the orange thing is...perhaps a coral of some sort? Keyhole Limpet - my favorite hitchiker so far, but this isn't his best side! Picture of filter and refugium filled with...

Pictures galore! Here's my poor new empty tank when I got it: As you can see there and below, my special, plastic reef safe shark, Sharky was my first temporary inhabitant: Finally, sand AND water! Before the water cleared: And after: And now today...my first shipment of live rock from the...

So, why don't you have any fish yet? (This asked 2 days after I set up my tank.) ;) I'm considering telling my coworkers that I don't like fish and I just want to look at the water until my tank cycles! ;)

This is a really neat idea. As soon as I have corals worth trading, I'll have to check back here and see if I can join in! :D

You want pics? Well, I got pics, but no water yet! Here is my tank, ready to go, with my live sand and reef crystals next to it. (Don't worry, a refractometer is on my wish list...a hydrometer will have to do in the meantime.) (Pics didn't work...moving them...) I even already have a tank...

I ended up having to get a 14g biocube. The place I ordered the 12g from couldn't get the lights for months. It turns out that it is a CADlights tank and they may be discontinuing it. I even looked on their website and couldn't find it listed. It's a shame because I really was in love with...

Kate, your tanks are GORGEOUS! I just finally got my 14g biocube and I keep going through your threads for ideas. :)

Well, to cheer myself up, I went to the LFS and picked up a 20# bag of live sand and reef crystals so that when/if my tank arrives, I'll be ready to get started. :) I went with the aragalive "black" Tahitian sand, which really isn't black, but black mixed with white, but I still think it will...

Umm....pictures of these two new cuties?

My tank hasn't even shipped yet. :( I ordered it very early wednesday morning. Now it's friday night with no sign of it being shipped. I'm not too pleased with that company right now. I emailed them this morning for an ETA...no answer all day. I called them this evening and left a...

This tank is just another one of many reasons I'm in love with ric's. :)

So, for CUC and, eventually, Livestock (months from now): 1 fighting Conch 1 emerald Crab 1 brittle star 5 Blue-leg hermit Crabs 8 Nassarius Snails 3 Cerith Snails -a break for my wallet- 1 Fire Shrimp -a LONG break for my wallet- 2 b/w Clowns Various Soft Corrals - Ric's, Zoo's, and mushrooms...

My tank is ordered and should be here in about 3 days! :D I bought a basic test kit along with it (Ph, Nitrates, Calcium, Alkalinity, and Phosphates). Here's my costs so far (thought it might be helpful for any other noobs out there!) 12g tank - $165 Reef Master Mult-Kit - $53 Shippping &...

I have heard that the cucumbers will barf up their guts and poison the tank. Ewww! If I did go the route of building my own CUC, how would this sound? 1 peppermint shrimp 1 fighting conch 10 snails - most likley nassarius 1 brittle star 5 blue-leg hermit crabs 1 emerald crab To be added later...

Well, oddly enough I still don't have the ability to edit my own posts in this thread. I did remove any other references I have to other vendor's sites elsewhere. Mod help?! I finally found the GOOD LFS in town after visiting the icky one on saturday. At the place today the tanks were...