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A week ago I recieved five polyps of these zoanthids. I personally dislike zoanthids due to their ability to quickly take over the rockwork and sting the bases of various SPS corals, although these immediatly cought my eye. Just showing off :) Graham

stupid edit lock I was just about to quote you to put in my original post, although the one minute just expired. I was about to say that this is when the "Preview Reply" button comes in handy :) Graham

Our house is going to be tented for drywood termites October 1st. Since the tank cannot be moved, I'm going to be doing the following. The company which is tenting the house will supply you with plastic wrap and bags which do not have pours which the toxin can leach in into. I'm taking the...

Lionfish12, You've made a very smart move to listen to all of us. I was unfortunate enough to learn the hard way; my ignorance killed a lot of livestock. I would hate to see that happen again to someone else. Out of curiousity, what state are you located in? Graham

Lionfish, I have the following to say to you: 1. Your anemone will not consume any kent products. I don't care what the label says. I can assure you that the food will not benifit the anemone. 2. Your anemone is starving. It's completely lost its zooxanthellae. I can assure you it will be dead...

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A picture is worth a thousand words :) Graham

About half is fully bleached and the other half seems full of color?? The coral polyps will expell their zooxanthellae when under stress. A high temperature or sudden temperature swings will oftewn cause them to release their zooxanthellae. Unfortunately, during this state it's often very...

the clam should realy be in the sand. Actually, T. crocea (which is the clam pictured) is a rock boring clam which is naturally found on hard surfaces (IE:, Rocks), not the sand. Graham

I'm sorry to hear about that. A similiar incident happened to me when both of my ballast coils melted. Originally posted by Ty_05_f now I have to get a New one which will cost me an arm and a leg. It's unfortunate that we cannot regrow lost limbs like starfish can ;) Graham

Originally posted by EUPHORIA I was told that coral beauty angels are reef safe though. Some dwarf Angelfish will develope the taste for corals over time. Anyways, if it is fish eating it, what should I do? Will moving it around help? If the fish is indeed eating it, then one or the other...

Originally posted by Mongoose I heard that actually scraping the alge of the glass with feed the sps also. Is this true? This is false. Small polyped scleractinians are not herbivorous -- they are carnivorous. They will not consume algae or plant-like organisms. they get all they need from...

It's tissue loss, not zooxanthellae loss; with that said, I can assure you that you did not stun the coral by shocking it with too much light. It appears that something has been eating at the coral -- possibly the angelfish? Was there any tissue loss when you recieved it? Graham

I work with the people you bought the clam from. I can assure you that the clam looks much better in person. The size of the clam is amazing, I advise you to make some extra room if you haven't already ;) Graham

The only "SPS" i've ever kept "successfully" was an Hydnophora ridiga. Anything else simply turned brown and eventually died. If you're interested in some of the more colorfull corals, including Acropora, I would invest some money into metal halides, like Magic_Carp suggested. Graham

Most Hermits present no problems to Acropora. From my experience, many of them will lay on the branches of my corals at night, and sometimes throughout the day. However, they never posed any threat to them. Graham

2x 400wt 10,000k Ushio's and an 400wt 20,000k Radium Reefnut, What ballast are you running the XM's on? Graham

A. valida commonly has such colors, although the A. valida can differ significantly from specimen to specimen. Graham

In my experience, quick growing corals include A. yongei, A. nobilis, A. millepora, A. prostrata, A. nana, A. valida, P. damicornis, and S. hystrix. Graham