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    Snail Id

    This might be a first ever, but because my camera won't take macro pics, I put the guy on my scanner and then magnified him
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    Snail Id

    This guy was crawling through my fire polyps. At first I though maybe a sundial. However, he is not circular. He is oblong, dark and has square whitish patterns on his shell. He is about the size of a pencil point
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    show off your meat corals

    Cynarina deshayesiana
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    show off your meat corals

    mine is only a few weeks old. He is sitting at the bottom of my 55 reef with 260W PC. He is eating well though. I have him several pieces of mysis today and his lips puckered right up. My LFS has a red one, but it is $169. A little too rich for my blood
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    show off your meat corals

    here's mine
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    Frogspawn and hammer corals

    give them their space. my hammer took out my favia and my last frogspawn
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    Skimmer Placement

    you may need to clean the pump or the tubing itself. I had the same problem, took it to the lfs and they put it in a muriatic acid solution. 10 minutes later, brand new
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    the art of live rock

    Originally Posted by superchargedVR thanks guys! ill post pics soon.. i have 2 clowns percs- a voltian lion 5 -6 inches snowflake eel dimono damsel a hawian alge eater.. its a goby i think tho a yellow tang and another damsel but i forget its name.. thanks for all the help im gunna post pics...
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    the art of live rock

    It could take a while. Mine took around 6 months before I saw full life on mine (pods, microsbristles)
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    Button Polyps and Zoos Polyps

    beauty (and price) is in the eye of the beholder Zoos are strong growers, so you should be fine
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    Button Polyps and Zoos Polyps

    there could be any number of reasons. My guess is color or availability/supply Do you have pics?
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    Pulsating Xenia

    Originally Posted by fbm These are 2 different species just as a note. The one with the longer limbs still pulsate but not like the shorter ones. I have both in my tank, well actually I have 3 kind and my favorite ones are the smaller limbed ones because they pulse like mad. I was looking at...
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    Pulsating Xenia

    man, that is a serious aptasia problem
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    Pulsating Xenia

    Originally Posted by Jesses89 Wow... thats beautiful, im DEFINITELY going tommorrow to get mine. i see 1 aptasia that comes out on my rock where my green fuzzy mushrooms are on... the mushroom over it like expands around it you can see were it stings it... how do i get rid of it? ive tried to...
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    the art of live rock

    what size tank?
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    cherry clams from the grocery store

    https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/show...t=cherry+clams
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    the art of live rock

    I am assuming you don't have many fish in there that are too big, however, you'll want to create some passageways for them to swim through and maybe a cave or two if you have shrimp or lobsters. I'd say put the bigger pieces on the bottom and work your way up until the smaller pieces are at the...
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    Move coral...or NOT move coral....??

    Originally Posted by weatherman If Im reading your right, you're talking about a bucket of water FROM THE TANK ITSELF.....and not just water from a tap perhaps. I know this may sound a little stupid.....sorry. Thanks for the info. I did NOT realize that many of them would only live for ONLY a...
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    Move coral...or NOT move coral....??

    Originally Posted by weatherman If Im reading your right, you're talking about a bucket of water FROM THE TANK ITSELF.....and not just water from a tap perhaps. I know this may sound a little stupid.....sorry. Thanks for the info. I did NOT realize that many of them would only live for ONLY a...
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    Move coral...or NOT move coral....??

    Originally Posted by weatherman I have to do some re-arranging in my reef tank (150 gallons) but am a little 'gun shy' doing it. Can the corals stay out of the water for several minutes while I move a few 'guys' around? My tank looks great, but there are a few pieces I need to move but m...
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