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What are the other tankmates? If they are other puffers then it is very possible that his eye became a light snack. By the way, are you keeping the puffer(s) in freshwater because most puffers do best in brackish water?

I felt this was a more appropriate place to post my response to the quagmire of a thread in the reef forum, and if it needs to be deleted I understand completely. Generally, I avoid even reading threads about religion and politics but this time I could not restrain myself. Science and religion...

These Cladocora, a pioneer coral, are EXTREMELY hardy, almost indestructible. They are relatively slow growing, or at least in my tank (I have 93 watts PC on a ten gallon). I actually have one frag that was only two corallites. I mounted it on a small piece of rubble and placed it about one...

The first is Cladocora arbuscula.

The 13 watt lamps are longer than the 9 watt lamps, not necessarily brighter, just more light-producing area.

I have a Caribbean tank. It is especially tough to stock, and it's only a ten gallon. I have been considering adding non-Caribbean stock but I can't decide.

Seachem makes a black sand subtrate. I think its is grey coast calcite.

It's a rock boring urchin. It will eat algae, including coraline, and some macro. I feed mine nori.

There is precedence for local governments using eminent domain in order to acquire property for business. Their justification for this is that the business will improve the local economy. However, this has been found to be illegal when challenged in court, I just can't recall the case at the...

In my opinion you have the right idea. Don't add separate fertilizer if you don't have to. Checkout the the book Ecology of the Planted Aquarium - A Practical Manual and Scientific Treatise for the Home Aquarist by Diana Walstad. It may be dificult to find but worth the effort. She contends...

Any rooted plant will preferentially take up nutrients via the root system, but many, if not most, will also take nutrients through the leaves, but only in certain situations or to varying extents depending on the species. Save some money and use Jobe's fertilizer sticks. Bury 1/4 - 1/2 of a...

It looks to me to be carrying eggs.

It has been a year and a half since the tank was established. To this point I have restricted the livestock to Caribbean only specimens. I knew this would be difficult but not impossible; however, it has been more difficult than I expected, particularly to stock the tank at a resaonable...

Does anyone have any experience or knowledge about arca reproduction in captivity? The tank is anout 1 1/2 years old and there were five turkey wings on the rock. About a month ago I noticed the larger (now about 2 cm in length) of the two in the photo, in the center. Yesterday I noticed the...

I think the biggest problem with the treaty is that it allows developing countries to add pollutants at our expense. Just because a nation is developing they should not be required to control their emissions? We are always telling people in the hobby not to cut corners, to save and research...

Well, the fish disappeared several days after the last post so I assumed he had died and was consumed by the pods. However, two days ago while sitting at my desk I looked up and he came swimming into the open. The wound was healed but he looked a bit thin. Since, he is coming into the open...

Check for ammonia, nittrite and extremely high nitrate. If it is indeed a swim bladder problem there may be nothing you can do except improve water quality if it is poor. If this is the case you can add plants, particularly floating plants with leaves ABOVE the water's surface, such as...

I'm not overwieght and I don't snore much, it's not even loud when I do (according to the Mrs.), but the doctor did give the Dx of apnea at age 27. The sleep study revealed that I stopped breathing between 60 and 90 times per hour, I think the averge was around 70. The strange thing though is...

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It may be roundworms, or maybe even flukes. Take the turtle to a vet for a stool sample. They can direct you from there.